The 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wall Doxey, who had won a special election the year prior to complete the unexpired term of Pat Harrison, ran for a full term in office. He was defeated by James Eastland who was appointed to and held the seat prior to Doxey's wins.
1942 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi
1942, united, states, senate, election, mississippi, held, november, 1942, incumbent, democratic, senator, wall, doxey, special, election, year, prior, complete, unexpired, term, harrison, full, term, office, defeated, james, eastland, appointed, held, seat, p. The 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3 1942 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Wall Doxey who had won a special election the year prior to complete the unexpired term of Pat Harrison ran for a full term in office He was defeated by James Eastland who was appointed to and held the seat prior to Doxey s wins 1942 U S Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi 1941 special September 15 1942 1948 Nominee James Eastland Wall DoxeyParty Democratic DemocraticPopular vote 74 747 56 748Percentage 56 84 43 16 U S senator before electionWall DoxeyDemocratic Elected U S Senator James EastlandDemocraticBecause Eastland faced no opposition in the general election his victory in the September 15 primary was tantamount to election Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 1 3 Runoff 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Ross A Collins U S Representative from Meridian and candidate for Senate in 1934 and 1941 Wall Doxey incumbent Senator since 1941 James Eastland former State Representative from Doddsville Scott County and interim Senator in 1941 Douglas R Smith Roland WallResults Edit 1942 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James Eastland 50 118 37 55 Democratic Wall Doxey incumbent 37 756 28 29 Democratic Ross A Collins 36 511 27 36 Democratic Roland Wall 8 077 6 05 Democratic Douglas R Smith 993 0 74 Total votes 133 455 100 00 Runoff Edit 1942 Democratic U S Senate runoff 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James Eastland 74 747 56 84 Democratic Wall Doxey incumbent 56 748 43 16 Total votes 131 495 100 00 General election EditResults Edit 1942 U S Senate election in Mississippi 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James Eastland 51 355 100 00 N ATotal votes 51 355 100 00 See also Edit1942 United States Senate electionsNotes EditReferences Edit MS US Senate D Primary Race Aug 25 1942 Our Campaigns MS US Senate D Runoff Race Sep 15 1942 Our Campaigns Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2 1942 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved December 31 2020 MS US Senate Race Nov 02 1954 Our Campaigns This Mississippi elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi amp oldid 1115178833, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
