1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

none March 2026 September 2023 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri 1938 1950 United States Senate election in Missouri 1950 150x150px Forrest C. Donnell.jpg Forrest C. Donnell Republican Party (US) 778,778 49.95% File:MO Attorneys General - 32 Roy B. McKittrick (1933-1945).jpg Roy McKittrick Democratic Party (US) 776,790 49.82% 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg 270px County resultsDonnell: #e38080 50–60% #d85d5d 60–70% #d82b2c 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%McKittrick: #7a97e3 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% U.S. senator Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) Forrest C. Donnell Republican Party (US) The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell, the Governor of Missouri. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election. The state's other senator Harry S. Truman was also running for Vice President with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the same ballot, and during the campaign, Donnell stated he would not appoint a successor for Truman regardless of the outcome of his own race as he prioritized fairness over political pressure from his own party, believing the state's next elected Governor should appoint Truman's successor. Donnell was also elected to the Senate seat once held by his former law partner Selden Spencer. Democratic primary Candidates Bennett Champ Clark, incumbent Senator since 1933 Roy McKittrick, Attorney General of Missouri Results Democratic primary August 1, 1944Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1945 - 1946 1946 Missouri Secretary of State's Office 412 https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bluebook/id/23396/ 12 December 2022 Roy McKittrick Democratic Party (United States) 172,566 52.73 Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 154,669 47.27 327,235 100 Republican primary Candidates Forrest C. Donnell, Governor of Missouri H. Grosby, physician Charles P. Noell, lawyer Charles E. Rendlen, lawyer Charles Shaw, former Mayor of Claytonhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/140650480/ Careers of Seven Republicans Seeking Nomination for U.S. Senate in Coming Primary 15 July 1944 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 5A State Historical Society of Missouri Howard V. Stephens, president of Johnson-Stephen and Shinkle Shoe Company and former member of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners William McKinley Thomas, International Shoe Company employee Results Republican primary August 1, 1944 Forrest C. Donnell Republican Party (United States) 147,762 49.58 Howard V. Stephens Republican Party (United States) 64,301 21.58 Charles Shaw Republican Party (United States) 43,616 14.64 Charles E. Rendlen Republican Party (United States) 20,412 6.85 Charles P. Noell Republican Party (United States) 14,847 4.98 William McKinley Thomas Republican Party (United States) 4,284 1.44 H. Grosby Republican Party (United States) 2,786 0.93 298,008 100 General election Candidates William Wesley Cox, state chairman and nominee for President in 1920 (Socialist Labor) Forrest C. Donnell, Governor of Missouri (Republican) Roy McKittrick, Attorney General of Missouri (Democratic) D. B. Preisler (Socialist) Results 1944 United States Senate election in MissouriClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1945-03-01 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1944election.pdf 21 U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (US) Forrest C. Donnell 778,778 49.95% +10.80 Democratic Party (US) Roy McKittrick 776,790 49.82% -10.87 Socialist Party of America D. B. Preisler 3,320 0.21% +0.07 Socialist Labor Party of America William Wesley Cox 215 0.01% -0.01 1,988 0.13% 1,559,103 Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) References 1944 Missouri United States Senate