The 1948 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent United States Senator James E. Murray, who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re-elected in 1936 and 1942, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he faced Tom J. Davis, an attorney and the Republican nominee, in the general election. Following a narrow re-election in 1936, Murray significantly expanded his margin of victory and comfortably won re-election over Davis, resulting in him winning his fourth term and his third full term in the Senate.
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1948, united, states, senate, election, montana, took, place, november, 1948, incumbent, united, states, senator, james, murray, first, elected, senate, special, election, 1934, elected, 1936, 1942, election, after, winning, democratic, primary, faced, davis, . The 1948 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 2 1948 Incumbent United States Senator James E Murray who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re elected in 1936 and 1942 ran for re election After winning the Democratic primary he faced Tom J Davis an attorney and the Republican nominee in the general election Following a narrow re election in 1936 Murray significantly expanded his margin of victory and comfortably won re election over Davis resulting in him winning his fourth term and his third full term in the Senate 1948 United States Senate election in Montana 1942 November 2 1948 1954 Nominee James E Murray Tom J DavisParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 125 193 94 458Percentage 56 65 42 74 U S senator before electionJames E MurrayDemocratic Elected U S Senator James E MurrayDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit James E Murray incumbent United States Senator Harry J McGregorResults Edit Democratic Party primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James E Murray incumbent 62 658 81 63 Democratic Harry J McGregor 14 104 18 37 Total votes 76 762 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit Tom J Davis attorney former President of Rotary International Wellington D Rankin former United States Attorney for the District of Montana former Attorney General of MontanaResults Edit Republican Primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Tom J Davis 31 897 55 98 Republican Wellington D Rankin 25 083 44 02 Total votes 56 980 100 00 General election EditResults Edit United States Senate election in Montana 1948 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James E Murray incumbent 125 193 56 65 7 58 Republican Tom S Davis 94 458 42 74 5 62 Prohibition C S Hanna 1 352 0 61 Majority 30 735 13 91 13 20 Turnout 221 003Democratic hold SwingSee also EditUnited States Senate elections 1948 and 1949References Edit a b Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana July 20 1948 PDF Montana Secretary of State Archived from the original PDF on May 28 2013 Retrieved July 2 2014 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2 1948 PDF Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Retrieved July 2 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 United States Senate election in Montana amp oldid 1173910534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
