1940 Illinois gubernatorial election

none May 2023 January 2025 September 2023 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential no 1936 Illinois gubernatorial election 1936 November 5, 1940 1944 Illinois gubernatorial election 1944 File:Dwight H. Green cph.3b30070 (1).jpg 150x150px Dwight H. Green Republican Party (United States) 2,197,778 52.93% File:Judge Harry B. Hershey.png Harry B. Hershey Democratic Party (United States) 1,940,833 46.74% 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County results<br/ >Green: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Hershey: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor John Henry StelleLieutenant Governor Stelle assumed office as Governor after the death of Governor Henry Horner in October 1940, less than a month before the election. Stelle had lost the Democratic primary for Governor earlier that year. Democratic Party (United States) Dwight H. Green Republican Party (United States) The 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Before the primary, incumbent governor Henry Horner, a Democrat, opted not to seek a third term. In October, before the general election, his death in office made John Henry Stelle assume the governorship. However, Stelle had previously failed to win the Democratic nomination in the primary. Republican former Attorney Dwight H. Green won the election, defeating his Democratic opponent, former Mayor of Taylorville Harry B. Hershey, with 52.93% of the vote. Democratic primary Candidates Harry B. Hershey, former mayor of Taylorville Albert Lagerstedt, former member of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesSmith Harold Hopes of GOP Run High in Congress Race February 15, 1942 Chicago Tribune He is Albert Lagerstedt, 25 West Ontario Street, an independent candidate for governor in the 1940 primary. Before coming to Chicago about ten years ago, Lagerstedt had been a congressman from Minnesota from 1922 to 1928.Lagerstedt, Albert https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=13504 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library February 27, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20210701185359/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=13504 July 1, 2021 and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination in 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois Robert W. McKinlay James O. Monroe John H. Stelle, incumbent lieutenant governor of Illinois Results Gubernatorial Democratic primaryOFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 5, 1940 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1939–1940 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, APRIL 9, 1940 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1940/PE%20and%20GE%201940.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210624113817/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1940/PE%20and%20GE%201940.pdf dead June 24, 2021 Illinois State Board of Elections 2 August 2020 Harry B. Hershey Democratic Party (United States) 815,604 59.73 John H. Stelle Democratic Party (United States) 484,454 35.48 Robert W. McKinlay Democratic Party (United States) 27,593 2.02 James O. Monroe Democratic Party (United States) 24,862 1.82 Albert Lagerstedt Democratic Party (United States) 12,925 0.95 2 0.00 1,365,440 100 Republican primary Candidates Dwight H. Green, Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1939 Richard J. Lyons, former Illinois state representative Gubernatorial Republican primary Dwight H. Green Republican Party (United States) 610,025 57.14 Richard J. Lyons Republican Party (United States) 457,643 42.86 1,067,668 100 General election Gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Dwight H. Green 2,197,778 52.93 Democratic Party (United States) Harry B. Hershey 1,940,833 46.74 Socialist Labor Party of America Arthur G. McDowell 7,523 0.18 Prohibition Party Clay Freeman Gaumer 6,467 0.16 4,152,622 100 Notes and References Category:Illinois gubernatorial elections Illinois Gubernatorial