1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

none March 2026 September 2023 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1934 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1934 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania 1946 November 5, 1940 150x150px Joseph Guffey.jpg Joseph F. Guffey Democratic Party (US) 2,069,980 51.79% 3x4.svg Jay Cooke Republican Party (US) 1,893,104 47.36% 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 260px County resultsGuffey: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Cooke: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey Democratic Party (US) Joseph F. Guffey Democratic Party (US) 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. As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term. General election Candidates Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic) Jay Cooke, businessman and chairman of the Philadelphia Republican city committee (Republican) Results General election resultsStatistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1940election.pdf Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House 9 July 2014 Democratic Party (US) Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) 2,069,980 51.79% 1.01 Republican Party (US) Jay Cooke 1,893,104 47.36% 0.90 Socialist Party USA David H.H. Felix 15,449 0.39% Prohibition Party (United States) H. B. Mansell 11,113 0.28% 0.40 Communist Party USA Carl Reeve 4,761 0.12% 0.09 Socialist Labor Party of America Frank Knotek 2,503 0.06% 0.10 110 0.00% |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 3,997,020 | align="right" | 100.00% | align="right" | |} References 1940 Pennsylvania United States Senate