1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
December 15, 2023
The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.
1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.
^"Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
December 15, 2023
1940, united, states, senate, election, pennsylvania, held, november, 1940, incumbent, democratic, senator, joseph, guffey, successfully, sought, election, another, term, defeating, republican, nominee, cooke, 1934, november, 1940, 1946, nominee, joseph, guffe. The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5 1940 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Joseph F Guffey successfully sought re election to another term defeating the Republican nominee Jay Cooke 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1934 November 5 1940 1946 Nominee Joseph F Guffey Jay CookeParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 2 069 980 1 893 104Percentage 51 79 47 36 County results Guffey 50 60 60 70 Cooke 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before electionJoseph F GuffeyDemocratic Elected U S Senator Joseph F GuffeyDemocraticAs of 2023 this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term Contents 1 General election 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 ReferencesGeneral election editCandidates edit Joseph F Guffey incumbent U S Senator Democratic Jay Cooke Republican Results edit General election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Joseph F Guffey inc 2 069 980 51 79 nbsp 1 01Republican Jay Cooke 1 893 104 47 36 nbsp 0 90Socialist David H H Felix 15 449 0 39 nbsp Prohibition H B Mansell 11 113 0 28 nbsp 0 40Communist Carl Reeve 4 761 0 12 nbsp 0 09Socialist Labor Frank Knotek 2 503 0 06 nbsp 0 10Write in 110 0 00 nbsp Totals 3 997 020 100 00 References edit Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5 1940 PDF Office of the Clerk of the U S House Retrieved July 9 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1187622104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,