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1944 United States Senate election in Washington

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The 1944 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Homer Bone resigned in April, having been appointed and confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in April. Democratic U.S. Representative Warren Magnuson won the open race over Republican Harry Cain, the mayor of Tacoma and was appointed to the vacant seat.

1944 United States Senate election in Washington
← 1938 November 7, 1944 1950 →
 
Nominee Warren Magnuson Harry P. Cain
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 397,719 342,464
Percentage 55.13% 44.44%
Results by county
Magnuson:      50–60%      60–70%
Cain:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Homer Bone[a]
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Warren Magnuson
Democratic

Blanket primary

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The blanket primary was held on July 11, 1944.

Candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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  • Stella Alene Blanchard, candidate for U.S. House from Goldendale in 1942
  • Harry P. Cain, Mayor of Tacoma since 1940
  • Gordon B. Dodd
  • J. Parkhurst Douglas
  • Howard E. Foster, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1938 and 1940
  • Joseph A. Mallery, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
  • Charles Arlin Nave
  • Clement L. Niswonger
  • Edwin L. Rice
  • Cameron Sherwood, candidate for U.S. House from Walla Walla in 1942
  • Herb Sieler, nominee for U.S. House from Chehalis in 1936

Results

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Blanket primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Warren G. Magnuson 118,586 34.86%
Republican Harry P. Cain 67,350 19.80%
Republican Cameron Sherwood 51,700 15.20%
Democratic Martin F. Smith 25,605 7.53%
Republican Joseph A. Mallery 18,364 5.40%
Republican Herb Sieler 17,383 5.11%
Democratic John A. Hogg 10,091 2.97%
Republican Stella Alene Blanchard 6,191 1.82%
Republican Howard E. Foster 6,140 1.80%
Republican Gordon B. Dodd 5,393 1.59%
Republican J. Parkhurst Douglas 4,330 1.27%
Republican Edwin L. Rice 3,633 1.07%
Republican Charles Arlin Nave 3,327 0.98%
Republican Clement L. Niswonger 2,123 0.62%
Total votes 340,216 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Harry P. Cain, Mayor of Tacoma (Republican)
  • Warren Magnuson, U.S. Representative from Seattle (Democratic)
  • Ray C. Roberts (Socialist)
  • Josephine B. Sulston (Prohibition)

Results

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1944 United States Senate election in Washington[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Warren G. Magnuson 452,013 55.13%
Republican Harry P. Cain 364,356 44.44%
Socialist Ray C. Roberts 1,912 0.23%
Prohibition Josephine B. Sulston 1,598 0.20%
Total votes 819,879 100.00%
Democratic hold

After the election, Governor Arthur B. Langlie appointed Magnuson to the vacant seat left by Bone's resignation, and he took office on December 14.

Cain would win election to Washington's other Senate seat in 1946 and served alongside Magnuson from 1947 to 1953.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bone resigned from office on April 1 to take his commission as a federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

References

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  1. ^ "1944 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ 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. 16.


   

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