Two United States Senate elections in Connecticut were held on November 5, 1946, to determine the next United States Senator from Connecticut. One election determined who would complete the remainder of deceased Senator Francis T. Maloney's term and the other was for the regularly-scheduled term from 1947 to 1953.
Republican Governor of Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin won both elections. In the special election, he defeated former Governor Wilbur Cross. In the regularly-scheduled election, Baldwin defeated Democratic Assistant Secretary of Labor Joseph Tone.
Senator Maloney died on January 16, 1945. Former Admiral Thomas C. Hart was appointed to serve in his place as Senator until a duly-elected successor could be named.
Senator Hart resigned his seat that day, and Baldwin assumed the seat on December 27. Baldwin himself resigned in December 1949 to join the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.
Referencesedit
^"Our Campaigns - CT US Senate - Special Race - Nov 05, 1946".
^"1946 Senatorial General Election Results - Connecticut". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
1946, united, states, senate, elections, connecticut, related, races, 1946, united, states, senate, elections, united, states, senate, elections, connecticut, were, held, november, 1946, determine, next, united, states, senator, from, connecticut, election, de. For related races see 1946 United States Senate elections Two United States Senate elections in Connecticut were held on November 5 1946 to determine the next United States Senator from Connecticut One election determined who would complete the remainder of deceased Senator Francis T Maloney s term and the other was for the regularly scheduled term from 1947 to 1953 1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1940 November 5 1946 1950 special Nominee Raymond E Baldwin Joseph M Tone Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 381 328 276 424 Percentage 55 84 40 48 County resultsBaldwin 50 60 60 70 U S senator before election Thomas C Hart Republican Elected U S Senator Raymond E Baldwin Republican Republican Governor of Connecticut Raymond E Baldwin won both elections In the special election he defeated former Governor Wilbur Cross In the regularly scheduled election Baldwin defeated Democratic Assistant Secretary of Labor Joseph Tone Contents 1 Background 2 Special election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Aftermath 5 ReferencesBackground editSenator Maloney died on January 16 1945 Former Admiral Thomas C Hart was appointed to serve in his place as Senator until a duly elected successor could be named Special election editCandidates edit Raymond Baldwin Governor of Connecticut Republican Frederic C Smedley Socialist Wilbur L Cross former Governor of Connecticut Democratic Results edit 1946 U S Senate special election in Connecticut 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Raymond E Baldwin 378 707 55 77 Democratic Wilbur L Cross 278 188 40 97 Socialist Frederick C Smedley 22 164 3 26 Total votes 679 059 100 00 General election editCandidates edit John W Aiken Socialist Labor Raymond Baldwin Governor of Connecticut Republican Frederic C Smedley Socialist Joseph Tone former Assistant Secretary of Labor Democratic Results edit 1946 U S Senate election in Connecticut 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Raymond E Baldwin 381 328 55 84 Democratic Joseph M Tone 276 424 40 48 Socialist Frederick C Smedley 22 012 3 22 Socialist Labor John W Aiken 3 156 0 46 Total votes 682 920 100 00 Aftermath editSenator Hart resigned his seat that day and Baldwin assumed the seat on December 27 Baldwin himself resigned in December 1949 to join the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors References edit Our Campaigns CT US Senate Special Race Nov 05 1946 1946 Senatorial General Election Results Connecticut US Election Atlas David Leip s Election Atlas Retrieved April 23 2022 nbsp nbsp This Connecticut elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1946 United States Senate elections in Connecticut amp oldid 1215798520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
