1944 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1944 United States Senate elections coincided with the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his fourth term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and three special elections were held to fill vacancies.

The Democrats retained their large majority, although they lost a net of one seat to the Republicans. Republicans won open seats in Indiana, New Jersey, and Missouri, and defeated an incumbent in Iowa. However, Democrats defeated incumbents in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. The Democratic majority was further reduced to 56-39-1 throughout mid-term appointments.

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 (1942)		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 57	38	1	0	96
Before these elections		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 58	37	1	0	96
Not up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 36	24	1	—	61
Up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 22	13	0	—	35
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	11	0	—	32
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	—	—	1
	Template:Small	0	Template:Party shading/Republican | 2	—	—	2
Incumbent retired		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 4	1	—	—	5
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 2	1	—	—	3
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease2 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase2 Republicans	—	—	2
	Template:Small	2	Template:Party shading/Republican | 3	0	0	5
Incumbent ran		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 18	12	—	—	30
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 13	8	—	—	21
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease3 Republicans replaced by Template:Increase 3 Democrats Template:Decrease1 Democrat replaced by Template:Increase 1 Republican	—	—	4
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3	1	—	—	4
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease1 Democrat replaced by Template:Increase 1 Republican	—	—	1
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 19	11	0	0	30
Total elected		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	14	0	0	35
Net change		Template:Decrease1	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase1	Template:Steady	Template:Steady	1
Nationwide vote		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 19,360,257Template:Efn	18,557,087	73,089	1,211,148	39,201,581
	Share	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 49.39%	47.34%	0.19%	3.09%	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, one Democrat retired instead of seeking election to finish the unexpired term, one Democrat retired instead of seeking election to finish the unexpired term and election to a full term and two Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Indiana (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Massachusetts (special)	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
New Jersey (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
North Carolina	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Washington	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Four Republicans and five Democrats sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Arkansas	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Connecticut	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Idaho	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Iowa	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
North Dakota	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Oregon	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Pennsylvania	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
South Carolina	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Post election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
Alabama	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
California	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Nevada	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Connecticut	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
North Dakota	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Idaho	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Kentucky	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Virginia	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Washington	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1944.

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Election results

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Race summaries

Special elections during the 78th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1944 or before January 3, 1945; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Indiana Class 3	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican gain. Winner did not run for the next term, see below.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts Class 2	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1944 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey Class 1	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1943 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1944. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon Class 2	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1944 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 7, 1944.	Template:Plainlist

Races leading to the 79th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1945; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1938 Template:Small [[1938 United States Senate special election in Alabama|1938 Template:Small]] 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arizona	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1931 Template:Small [[1932 United States Senate special election in Arkansas|1932 Template:Small]] 1932 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
California	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1941 Template:Small 1942	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Florida	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1936 United States Senate special elections in Florida|1936 Template:Small]] 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1922 United States Senate special election in Georgia|1922 Template:Small]] 1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944 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
Iowa	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1936 United States Senate special election in Iowa|1936 Template:Small]] 1938	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 1933 Template:Small 1938	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New York	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 [[1932 United States Senate special election in North Carolina|1932 Template:Small]] 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
North Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1925 Template:Small [[1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota|1926 Template:Small]] 1932 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1930 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania|1930 Template:Small]] 1932 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926 1932 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent died November 17, 1944. Wilton E. Hall appointed just to finish the term.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Utah	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1940 United States Senate special election in Vermont|1940 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 1938	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent resigned November 13, 1944, and winner was appointed December 14 to finish the term.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Fourteen races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Missouri	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	0.1%
Ohio	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	0.6%
Pennsylvania	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	0.6%
Indiana (regular)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1.3%
New Jersey (special)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	1.6%
New Hampshire	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1.8%
Idaho	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	2.2%
Iowa	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	2.9%
Connecticut	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	4.4%
California	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	4.6%
Indiana (special)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	5.0%
Illinois	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	5.5%
New York	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	6.4%
Wisconsin	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	7.7%
Kentucky	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	9.9%

Utah was the tipping point state with a margin of 19.8%.

Alabama

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Arizona

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Three-term Democrat Carl T. Hayden was easily re-elected.

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Hayden would be re-elected three more times before retiring in 1962.

Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Florida

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Georgia

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

There were 2 elections in Indiana, due to the January 25, 1944, death of Democrat Frederick Van Nuys.

Democrat Samuel D. Jackson was appointed to continue the term, pending a special election. Republican William E. Jenner won the special election to finish the term, and Republican Homer E. Capehart won the general election to the next term.

Indiana (special)

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Indiana (regular)

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maryland

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Massachusetts (special)

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Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. resigned February 3, 1944, to return to active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. Republican Sinclair Weeks was appointed February 8 to continue the term until an election was held. A special election was held on November 7 with Republican Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall defeating his challengers. He didn't take office until January 4, 1945, when his term as Governor ended.

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Missouri

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey (special)

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New York

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The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 2 at the Cornish Arms Hotel, the corner of Eighth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street, in New York City. They nominated Eric Hass for the U.S. Senate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At that time, the party used the name "Industrial Government Party" on the ballot, but was also referred to as the "Industrial Labor Party".

The Liberal Party was organized by a state convention with about 1,100 delegates who met on May 19 and 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. They endorsed the incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner for re-election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The party filed a petition to nominate candidates which was allowed by Secretary of State Curran on August 25.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Republican State Committee met on August 8 at Albany, New York. They nominated Secretary of State Thomas J. Curran for the U.S. Senate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Democratic State Committee met on August 8 at the National Democratic Club at 233, Madison Avenue in New York City. They re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The American Labor state convention met on August 10. They endorsed the Democratic nominee Wagner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Democratic/American Labor/Liberal ticket was elected and incumbent Wagner was re-elected.

Democratic	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert F. Wagner	2,485,735
Republican	Thomas J. Curran	2,899,497
American Labor	Template:Party shading/American Labor | Robert F. Wagner	483,785
Liberal	Template:Party shading/Liberal (New York) | Robert F. Wagner	325,056
Industrial Government	Eric Hass	15,244

North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

Oregon (special)

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Oregon (regular)

Template:Infobox election Incumbent Republican Rufus C. Holman ran for re-election, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Wayne Morse.

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Pennsylvania

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Utah

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Vermont

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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See also

• 1944 United States elections
  • 1944 United States presidential election
  • 1944 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1944 United States House of Representatives elections
• 78th United States Congress
• 79th United States Congress

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