1941 United States House of Representatives elections

none January 2026 January 2025 August 2025 There were elections in 1941, in the months leading up to World War II, to the United States House of Representatives: |- ! New York 17 X | Kenneth F. Simpson | | 1940 | | Incumbent died January 25, 1941.New member elected March 11, 1941.Republican hold. | nowrap | Republican Party (US) Joseph C. Baldwin (Republican) 52.94% Democratic Party (US)Dean Alfange (Democratic) 37.99% American Labor PartyEugene P. Connolly (American Labor) 9.07% |- ! Oklahoma 7 X | Sam C. Massingale | | 1934 | | Incumbent died January 17, 1941.New member elected April 1, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Victor Wickersham (Democratic) 82.47% Republican Party (US)George E. Davison (Republican) 16.61% Independent Party (US)J. R. Cornelison (Independent) 0.92% |- ! Virginia 2 X | Colgate Darden | | 1938 | | Incumbent resigned March 1, 1941, to run for Governor of Virginia.New member elected April 8, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Winder R. Harris (Democratic) 58.76% Independent Democratic PartyNorman R. Hamilton (Ind. Democratic) 39.25% Independent Party (US)Maurice S. McCarty (Independent) 1.59% Prohibition Party (US)Andrew J. Dunning (Prohibition) 0.40% |- ! New York 42 X | Pius Schwert | | 1938 | |Incumbent died March 11, 1941.New member elected April 22, 1941.Republican gain. | nowrap | Republican Party (US) John C. Butler (Republican) 40.57% Democratic Party (US)Hattie E. Schwert (Democratic) 36.51% New Deal PartyEdmund P. Radwan (New Deal) 20.97% Progressive Party (US)Loyd E. Kinsley (Progressive) 1.95% |- ! Maryland 6 X | William D. Byron | | 1938 | | Incumbent died February 27, 1941.New member elected May 27, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Katharine Byron (Democratic) 51.11% Republican Party (US)A. Charles Stewart (Republican) 48.89% |- ! North Carolina 5 X | Alonzo D. Folger | | 1938 | | Incumbent died April 30, 1941.New member elected June 14, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) John H. Folger (Democratic) 96.46% Independent Republican Party (US)B. W. Walker (Ind. Republican) 1.97% (write-in) Republican Party (US)Marshall C. Kurfees (Republican) 1.57% (withdrew) |- ! Alabama 7 X | Walter W. Bankhead | | 1940 | | Incumbent resigned February 1, 1941.New member elected June 24, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Carter Manasco (Democratic) Unopposed |- ! New York 14 X | Morris M. Edelstein | | 1940 (special) | | Incumbent died June 4, 1941.New member elected July 29, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Arthur G. Klein (Democratic) 68.02% Republican Party (US)George A. Hastings (Republican) 26.35% American Labor PartyLeonard H. Wacker (American Labor) 5.64% |- ! Wisconsin 1 X | Stephen Bolles | | 1938 | | Incumbent died July 8, 1941.New member elected August 29, 1941.Republican hold. | nowrap | Republican Party (US) Lawrence H. Smith (Republican) 63.62% Democratic Party (US)Thomas Ryum Amlie (Democratic) 36.38% |- ! Mississippi 2 X | Wall Doxey | | 1928 | | Incumbent resigned September 28, 1941, after being elected to the U.S. Senate.New member elected November 4, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Jamie Whitten (Democratic) 69.25% Democratic Party (US)Luther A. Pyle (Democratic) 30.75% |- ! Pennsylvania 15 X | Albert G. Rutherford | | 1936 | | Incumbent died August 10, 1941.New member elected November 4, 1941.Republican hold. | nowrap | Republican Party (US) Wilson D. Gillette (Republican) 65.68% Democratic Party (US)George O. Wagner (Democratic) 43.88% |- ! Colorado 4 X | Edward T. Taylor | | 1914 | | Incumbent died September 3, 1941.New member elected December 9, 1941.Republican gain. | nowrap | Republican Party (US) Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 54.04% Democratic Party (US)Frank Delaney (Democratic) 45.96% |- ! Massachusetts 7 X | Lawrence J. Connery | | 1937 | | Incumbent died October 19, 1941.New member elected December 30, 1941.Democratic hold. | nowrap | Democratic Party (US) Thomas J. Lane (Democratic) 58.19% Republican Party (US)C. F. Nelson Pratt (Republican) 41.20% Communist Party (US)James Jack Green (Communist) 0.61% |} References Dubin Michael J. United States Congressional elections, 1788-1997: the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses 1998 McFarland Jefferson, N.C 0-7864-0283-0 539 1941 Category:Jamie Whitten