1942 United States Senate elections

Template:Infobox election The 1942 United States Senate elections were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as president. The 32 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections, and two special elections were held to fill vacancies.

Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gains, taking eight seats from the Democrats and one from an independent. The Democrats nonetheless retained a significant majority, though the smallest since Roosevelt was first elected in 1932. However, for the first time since 1932, Democrats did not have a supermajority.

The New York Times ascribed the results to "voters' dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, both at home and abroad" but not evidence of a lack of enthusiasm for the war effort. It found that a candidate's stance as isolationist or interventionist before Pearl Harbor had little impact on his success at the polls.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The paper's editorial board welcomed a return to normal political alignments after the unbalanced majorities of the previous decade.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The election not only changed the numbers of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, but also accomplished an ideological shift, as several longtime enthusiastic supporters of the New Deal were replaced by Republicans of the most conservative sort.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The Republicans gained enough seats to end the Democrats' supermajority control.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Democrats later gained a seat in New Jersey through an appointment, bringing their seat total up to 58.

Results summary

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Democratic	P	Republican

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Parties		Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Total
		Democratic	Republican	Progressive	Other
Last elections (1940)		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 66	28	1	1	96
Before these elections		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 65	29	1	1	96
Not up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 41	20	1	0	62
Up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 24	9	0	1	34
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 23	8	0	1	32
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	—	—	1
	Template:Small	0	Template:Party shading/Republican | 1	—	—	1
Incumbent retired		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	—	—	1
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	—	—	1
	Template:Small	0	0	—	—	0
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	0	0	1
Incumbent ran		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 22	8	—	1	31
	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 13	8	—	0	21
	Template:Small	colspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease5 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase 5 Republicans Template:Decrease1 Independent replaced by Template:Increase 1 Republican	6
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 2	0	—	0	2
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease2 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase2 Republicans	—	—	2
	Template:Small	15	Template:Party shading/Republican | 16	0	0	31
Appointee ran for either, but not both, special and regular election		1	1	—	0	2
	Template:Small	0	Template:Party shading/Republican | 1	—	0	1
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease1 Democrat replaced by Template:Increase1 Republican	—	0	1
	Template:Small	0	Template:Party shading/Republican | 2	0	0	2
Total elected		16	Template:Party shading/Republican | 18	0	0	34
Net change		Template:Decrease8	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase9	Template:Steady	Template:Decrease1	9
Nationwide vote		6,497,048	Template:Party shading/Republican | 6,869,448	—	565,783	13,932,279
	Share	46.63%	Template:Party shading/Republican | 49.31%	—	4.06%	100%
Result		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 57	38	1	0	96

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Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

One Republican retired instead of seeking election to finish the unexpired term and two Democrats retired instead of seeking election to a full term.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Arkansas	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Minnesota (special)	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
West Virginia	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Eight Democrats and one Independent sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election. One Democrat sought election to finish the unexpired term but lost in the primary election and one Democrat sought election to finish the unexpired term but lost in the general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Delaware	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Iowa	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Michigan	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Mississippi	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Nebraska	Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Nevada	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Jersey	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Oklahoma	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
South Dakota	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
West Virginia (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Wyoming	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Post election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
New Jersey	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Oregon	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Massachusetts	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1942.

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Election results

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Race summaries

Special elections during the 77th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1942 or before January 3, 1943; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Colorado Class 3	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1941 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 3, 1942.	Template:Plainlist
Minnesota Class 2	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1942. Republican hold. Winner did not run for the next term, see below.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada Class 1	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Appointee lost nomination to finish term. New senator elected November 3, 1942 and qualified December 7, 1942.<ref name="Neva421105">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Reno421205">Template:Cite news</ref> Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
West Virginia Class 2	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1941 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee lost election to finish term. New senator elected November 3, 1942 and qualified November 17, 1942.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Neither candidate ran in the contemporaneous election for the next term, see below. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist

Races leading to the 78th Congress

In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1941 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Delaware	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1932 United States Senate special election in Georgia|1932 Template:Small]] 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1939 Template:Small [[1940 United States Senate special election in Idaho|1940 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1940 United States Senate special election in Illinois|1940 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1939 Template:Small [[1940 United States Senate special election in Kentucky|1940 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maine	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Michigan	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936 1936 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Minnesota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	Template:Plainlist
Mississippi	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1941 United States Senate special election in Mississippi|1941 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Montana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1934 United States Senate special election in Montana|1934 Template:Small]] 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Nebraska	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Independent | Independent	1913Template:Efn 1918 1924 1930 1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
New Mexico	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1933 Template:Small [[1934 United States Senate special election in New Mexico|1934 Template:Small]] 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1917 Template:Small 1918 Template:Small 1918 Template:Small 1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Rhode Island	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1941 United States Senate special election in South Carolina|1941 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1930 1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Tennessee	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee|1938 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Texas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1941 United States Senate special election in Texas|1941 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1920 Template:Small [[1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia|1920 Template:Small]] 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
West Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1941 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	Template:Plainlist
Wyoming	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1936	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Eleven races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Montana	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	0.7%
Colorado	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1.0%
Michigan	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	2.4%
Idaho	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	3.0%
West Virginia (special)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	4.6%
Massachusetts	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	5.8%
Illinois	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	6.8%
New Jersey	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	7.3%
Wyoming	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	9.18%
New Hampshire	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	9.22%
Delaware	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	9.3%

There is no tipping point state

Alabama

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Arkansas

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Colorado

There were 2 elections in Colorado.

Colorado (regular)

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Colorado (special)

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Delaware

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Georgia

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

There were two elections to the same seat due to the August 31, 1940 death of Farmer–Laborite Ernest Lundeen. Republican Joseph H. Ball was appointed October 14, 1940 to continue the term, pending the special election. Ball was elected to the next term in the regular election, but not to finish the current term in the special election.

Minnesota (special)

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Minnesota (regular)

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Mississippi

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada (special)

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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North Carolina

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Virginia

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West Virginia

There were 2 elections to the same seat due to the January 12, 1941 resignation of Democrat Matthew M. Neely who was elected Governor of West Virginia. Democrat Joseph Rosier was appointed January 13, 1941 to continue the term, pending the special election. Primaries for both races were held August 4, 1942.

West Virginia (special)

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West Virginia (regular)

Neither Shott nor Rosier were candidates in the regular election. Instead, governor (and former senator) Neely ran to reclaim his seat, having regretted leaving the Senate.

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At the end of the term, Revercomb would lose re-election to Neely in 1948. He then won a special election to the other seat in 1956.

Wyoming

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See also

• 1942 United States elections
  • 1942 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1942 United States House of Representatives elections
• 77th United States Congress
• 78th United States Congress

References

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