1944 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1944 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1944 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential 1944 11 7 no 1942 Vermont gubernatorial election 1942 1946 Vermont gubernatorial election 1946 File:Mortimer R. Proctor (Vermont governor).jpg 150x150px Mortimer R. Proctor Republican Party (United States) 78,907 65.9% 3x4.svg Democratic Party (United States) Ernest H. Bailey 40,835 34.1% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Proctor: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 90-100%Bailey: #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90%No Vote/Data: #808080 Governor William H. Wills Republican Party (United States) Mortimer R. Proctor Republican Party (United States) The 1944 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican William H. Wills did not run for re-election to a third term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Mortimer R. Proctor defeated Democratic candidate Ernest H. Bailey to succeed him. Republican primary Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Mortimer R. Proctor 22,654 63.0 Republican Party (United States) W. Arthur Simpson 13,327 37.0 35,981 100.0 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62989/p1944.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 1 January 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051326/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62989/p1944.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) Ernest H. Bailey 2,170 98.3 Democratic Party (United States) Other 38 1.7 2,208 100.0 General election Candidates Mortimer R. Proctor, Lieutenant Governor of Vermonthttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/109341223/proctor-wins/ Traditionally Republican Vermont Gives Electoral Votes to Governor Dewey November 8, 1944 September 11, 2022 The Burlington Free Press Associated Press Ernest H. Bailey Results 1944 Vermont gubernatorial electionGeneral Election Results – Governor – 1789-2012 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 1 January 2015 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Mortimer R. Proctor 78,907 65.9 Democratic Party (United States) Ernest H. Bailey 40,835 34.1 N/A Other 5 0.0 119,747 100.0 References Vermont 1944 Gubernatorial Category:November 1944 in the United States