1940 Illinois gubernatorial election

The 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.

1940 Illinois gubernatorial election
November 5, 1940
 
Nominee Dwight H. Green Harry B. Hershey
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,197,778 1,940,833
Percentage 52.93% 46.74%
Governor before election

John Henry Stelle
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Dwight H. Green
Republican

Elections in Illinois

Incumbent Democratic Governor Henry Horner chose not to run for re-election. Horner died in October 1940 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor John Henry Stelle, who had already been defeated in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in April 1940.

Republican nominee Dwight H. Green defeated Democratic nominee Harry B. Hershey with 52.93% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on April 9, 1940.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry B. Hershey 815,604 59.73
Democratic John H. Stelle 484,454 35.48
Democratic Robert W. McKinlay 27,593 2.02
Democratic James O. Monroe 24,862 1.82
Democratic Albert Lagerstedt 12,925 0.95
Write-ins 2 0.00
Total votes 1,365,440 100.00

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louie E. Lewis 945,586 77.47
Democratic George M. Maypole 275,016 22.53
Total votes 1,220,602 100.00

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Results
Republican primary results[1][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight H. Green 610,025 57.14
Republican Richard J. Lyons 457,643 42.86
Total votes 1,067,668 100.00

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Results
Republican primary results[4][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hugh W. Cross 390,941 41.53
Republican Arnold L. Lund 216,471 22.99
Republican Earle B. Searcy 168,692 17.92
Republican John V. Clinnin 61,049 6.49
Republican Charles Hindley 43,461 4.62
Republican William C. Jerome 40,671 4.32
Republican Guy C. Crapple 20,132 2.14
Write-ins 1 0.00
Total votes 941,418 100.00

General election

Governor

Candidates

Results
1940 Illinois gubernatorial election[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Dwight H. Green 2,197,778 52.93%
Democratic Harry B. Hershey 1,940,833 46.74%
Socialist Arthur G. McDowell 7,523 0.18%
Prohibition Clay Freeman Gaumer 6,467 0.16%
Write-ins 21 0.00%
Majority 256,945 6.19%
Turnout 4,152,622 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Results
1940 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Hugh W. Cross 2,073,679 51.27%
Democratic Louie E. Lewis 1,955,834 48.36%
Socialist Joe Tonielli 7,695 0.19%
Prohibition Henry Johnson Long 7,181 0.18%
Write-ins 13 0.00%
Majority 117,845 2.91%
Turnout 4,044,402 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
gollark: Technically, all your dreams include at least one GTech™ orbital overwatch station.
gollark: PRs are welcome at all times. They may, however, be converted into unPRs.
gollark: All source chains terminate, ultimately, at GTech™ headquartersl.
gollark: How reflective are you, actually? GTech™ has laser launch capabilities.
gollark: You can't launch yourself very fast.

References
  1. Illinois Primary Vote 1940, pp. 29-31.
  2. "IL Governor, 1940 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "1940 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Illinois". US Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. Illinois Primary Vote 1940, pp. 32-34.
  5. "IL Lt. Governor, 1940 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "IL Governor, 1940 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "1940 Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results - Illinois". US Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. "It's always campaign season". The Visual Journal. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. "IL Lt. Governor, 1940 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. "Socialist Party of America (1897-1946): Party Officials". Early American Marxism: A repository of source material, 1864-1946. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. Illinois Official Vote 1940, pp. 12-13.
  12. "IL Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  13. "1940 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Illinois". US Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  14. Illinois Official Vote 1940, pp. 14-15.
  15. "IL Lt. Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

Bibliography
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.