1948 United States Senate election in Montana

none March 2026 September 2023 1948 United States Senate election in Montana Montana 1905 presidential no 1942 United States Senate election in Montana 1942 1954 United States Senate election in Montana 1954 November 2, 1948 File:Senator James E. Murray.jpg James E. Murray Democratic Party (US) 125,193 56.65% TomJDavis.png Tom J. Davis Republican Party (US) 94,458 42.74% 1948 United States Senate election in Montana results map by county.svg 300px County resultsMurray: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Davis: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator James E. Murray Democratic Party (US) James E. Murray Democratic Party (US) The 1948 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent United States Senator James E. Murray, who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re-elected in 1936 and 1942, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he faced Tom J. Davis, an attorney and the Republican nominee, in the general election. Following a narrow re-election in 1936, Murray significantly expanded his margin of victory and comfortably won re-election over Davis, resulting in him winning his fourth term and his third full term in the Senate. Democratic primary Candidates James E. Murray, incumbent United States Senator Harry J. McGregor Results Democratic Party primary resultshttp://sos.mt.gov/Elections/archives/1940s/1948/1948_Primary_Statewide.pdf Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, July 20, 1948 Montana Secretary of State July 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528184111/http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/Archives/1940s/1948/1948_Primary_Statewide.pdf 2013-05-28 dead James E. Murray (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 62,658 81.63% Harry J. McGregor Democratic Party (United States) 14,104 18.37% 76,762 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Tom J. Davis, attorney, former President of Rotary International Wellington D. Rankin, former United States Attorney for the District of Montana, former Attorney General of Montana Results Republican Primary results Tom J. Davis Republican Party (United States) 31,897 55.98% Wellington D. Rankin Republican Party (United States) 25,083 44.02% 56,980 100.00% General election Results United States Senate election in Montana, 1948http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1948election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives July 2, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) James E. Murray (incumbent) 125,193 56.65% +7.58% Republican Party (United States) Tom S. Davis 94,458 42.74% -5.62% Prohibition Party (United States) C. S. Hanna 1,352 0.61% 30,735 13.91% +13.20% 221,003 Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) See also United States Senate elections, 1948 and 1949 References Montana 1948 Category:1948 Montana elections