The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election.
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 County results Donnell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% McKittrick: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Bennett Champ Clark, incumbent Senator since 1933
- Roy McKittrick, Attorney General of Missouri
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Roy McKittrick | 172,566 | 52.73 | |
| Democratic | Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) | 154,669 | 47.27 | |
| Total votes | 327,235 | 100 | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Forrest C. Donnell, Governor of Missouri
- H. Grosby, physician[2]
- Charles P. Noell, lawyer[2]
- Charles E. Rendlen, lawyer[2]
- Charles Shaw, former Mayor of Clayton[2]
- Howard V. Stephens, president of Johnson-Stephen and Shinkle Shoe Company and former member of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners[2]
- William McKinley Thomas, International Shoe Company employee[2]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Forrest C. Donnell | 147,762 | 49.58 | |
| Republican | Howard V. Stephens | 64,301 | 21.58 | |
| Republican | Charles Shaw | 43,616 | 14.64 | |
| Republican | Charles E. Rendlen | 20,412 | 6.85 | |
| Republican | Charles P. Noell | 14,847 | 4.98 | |
| Republican | William McKinley Thomas | 4,284 | 1.44 | |
| Republican | H. Grosby | 2,786 | 0.93 | |
| Total votes | 298,008 | 100 | ||
General election
editCandidates
edit- William Wesley Cox, state chairman and nominee for President in 1920 (Socialist Labor)
- Forrest C. Donnell, Governor of Missouri (Republican)
- Roy McKittrick, Attorney General of Missouri (Democratic)
- D. B. Preisler (Socialist)
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Forrest C. Donnell | 778,778 | 49.95% | +10.80 | |
| Democratic | Roy McKittrick | 776,790 | 49.82% | −10.87 | |
| Socialist | D. B. Preisler | 3,320 | 0.21% | +0.07 | |
| Socialist Labor | William Wesley Cox | 215 | 0.01% | −0.01 | |
| Majority | 1,988 | 0.13% | |||
| Turnout | 1,559,103 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1945 - 1946. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1946. p. 412. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Careers of Seven Republicans Seeking Nomination for U.S. Senate in Coming Primary". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. July 15, 1944. p. 5A. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1945). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 21.