1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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

November 5, 1940
 
Nominee Joseph F. Guffey Jay Cooke
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,069,980 1,893,104
Percentage 51.8% 47.4%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Jay Cooke

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) 2,069,980 51.79% +1.01%
Republican Jay Cooke 1,893,104 47.36% -0.90%
Socialist David H.H. Felix 15,449 0.39% 0.00%
Prohibition H. B. Mansell 11,113 0.28% -0.40%
Communist Carl Reeve 4,761 0.12% -0.09%
Socialist Labor Frank Knotek 2,503 0.06% -0.10%
N/A Other 110 0.00% N/A
Totals 3,997,020 100.00%
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References

  1. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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