Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.[1]
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Primaries were held April 13, 1948.[1][2]
Election information
editTurnout
editIn the primaries, 1,649,655 ballots were cast (745,645 Democratic and 904,010 Republican).[1][2]
In the general election, 4,075,090 ballots were cast.[1]
Federal elections
editUnited States President
editIllinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley.
United States Senate
editIncumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks lost reelection to Democrat Paul Douglas.
United States House
editAll 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1948.
Illinois had redistricted before this election, eliminating its at-large district.
State elections
editGovernor
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Incumbent Governor Dwight H. Green, a Republican seeking a third term, lost reelection to Democrat Adlai Stevenson II.
Stevenson's victory was regarded as a surprise upset, and his margin of victory of 572,067 votes was, at the time, record breaking for an Illinois gubernatorial election.[3][4][5]
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai E. Stevenson | 2,250,074 | 57.11 | |
Republican | Dwight H. Green (incumbent) | 1,678,007 | 42.59 | |
Prohibition | Willis Ray Wilson | 9,491 | 0.24 | |
Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 2,673 | 0.07 | |
Write-in | Others | 12 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,940,257 | 100 |
Lieutenant governor
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Incumbent lieutenant governor Hugh W. Cross, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Sherwood Dixon was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sherwood Dixon | 578,390 | 100 | |
Total votes | 578,390 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 684,452 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 684,464 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sherwood Dixon | 1,998,555 | 52.22 | |
Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 1,815,907 | 47.45 | |
Prohibition | R. B. Campbell | 9,949 | 0.26 | |
Socialist Labor | O. Alfred Olson | 2,897 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,827,311 | 100 |
Attorney general
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Incumbent attorney general George F. Barrett, a Republican running for a third term, lost to Democrat Ivan A. Elliott
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ivan A. Elliott | 283,831 | 51.85 | |
Democratic | Joseph P. Burke | 263,586 | 48.15 | |
Total votes | 547,417 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 694,186 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 694,187 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ivan A. Elliott | 2,019,401 | 52.61 | |
Republican | George F. Barrett (incumbent) | 1,806,137 | 47.06 | |
Prohibition | Frederick Juchhoff | 9,613 | 0.25 | |
Socialist Labor | Edward C. Gross | 3,118 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,838,273 | 100 |
Secretary of State
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The Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett (incumbent) | 591,821 | 100 | |
Total votes | 591,821 | 100 |
Republican primary
editFormer Illinois Treasurer and incumbent congressman William Stratton won the Republican primary, running unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William G. Stratton | 713,430 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 713,432 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Barrett (incumbent) | 2,120,832 | 54.49 | |
Republican | William G. Stratton | 1,759,083 | 45.19 | |
Prohibition | Maude Swits Stowell | 9,636 | 0.25 | |
Socialist Labor | Gregory P. Lyngas | 2,896 | 0.07 | |
Write-in | Others | 6 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 3,892,453 | 100 |
Auditor of Public Accounts
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Incumbent Auditor of Public Accounts Arthur C. Lueder, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Benjamin O. Cooper was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin O. Cooper | 543,319 | 100 | |
Total votes | 543,319 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sinon A. Murray | 648,460 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 648,462 | 100 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin O. Cooper | 2,030,222 | 53.15 | |
Republican | Sinon A. Murray | 1,776,396 | 46.51 | |
Prohibition | Irving B. Gilbert | 10,156 | 0.27 | |
Socialist Labor | Nick Mays | 2,960 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 3,819,736 | 100 |
Treasurer
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Incumbent first-term Treasurer Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for lieutenant governor. Democrat Ora Smith was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ora Smith | 541,808 | 100 | |
Total votes | 541,808 | 100 |
Republican primary
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer H. Droste | 644,417 | 100 | |
Total votes | 644,417 |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ora Smith | 2,026,268 | 53.20 | |
Republican | Elmer H. Droste | 1,769,775 | 46.46 | |
Prohibition | Rupert J. Jordan | 10,043 | 0.26 | |
Socialist Labor | Rudolph Kosie | 3,024 | 0.08 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 3,809,113 | 100 |
State Senate
editSeats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1948. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
State House of Representatives
editSeats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1948. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
Trustees of University of Illinois
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An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois.[6] All three Democratic nominees won.[6] The election was for six-year terms.
4,078,146 ballots were cast in the election.[6]
All three who were elected had never before held office as Trustees of the University of Illinois.[7] Incumbent Republican Chester R. Davis lost reelection.[7] Fellow Republican incumbents Martin Gerard Luken Sr. and Frank Hotchkiss McKelvey were not nominated for what would have been a second term.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Z. Hickman | 1,952,705½ | 17.25 | |
Democratic | Frances Best Watkins | 1,933,764½ | 16.95 | |
Democratic | George Wirt Herrick | 1,918,521 | 16.95 | |
Republican | Chester R. Davis (incumbent) | 1,860,339 | 16.43 | |
Republican | Dr. W. L. Crawford | 1,837,011 | 16.23 | |
Republican | Charles L. Engstrom | 1,781,733½ | 15.74 | |
Prohibition | E.N. Himmel | 11,417½ | 0.10 | |
Prohibition | Regina Ethel Ruyle | 10,988 | 0.10 | |
Prohibition | Ross E. Price | 10,890½ | 0.10 | |
Socialist Labor | Loren M. Johnson | 3,332 | 0.03 | |
Socialist Labor | Bernard Campbell | 3,222 | 0.03 | |
Socialist Labor | Henry Cortez | 3,139 | 0.03 | |
Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 11,321,024½ | 100 |
Judicial elections
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Special judicial elections were held to fill vacancies.
Circuit Courts
editTenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph E. Daily)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Howard White | 52,182 | 52.06 | |
Democratic | Baird V. Helfrich | 48,062 | 47.95 | |
Total votes | 100,244 | 100 |
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by death of Frank H. Hayes)
editThis election was held on November 2, 1948.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert E. Larkin | 37,341 | 53.76 | |
Republican | S J Holderman | 32,118 | 46.24 | |
Total votes | 69,459 | 100 |
Local elections
editLocal elections were held.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 747. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Stevenson, Adlai E. II". mchistory.org. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ McKeever, Porter (1989). Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-688-06661-1.
- ^ Whitney, Alan (July 15, 2009). "Stevenson of Illinois". The Nation. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Illinois Blue Book 1949-1950. Illinois Secretary of State. pp. 745–46, 785. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.