1940 United States Senate election in New York

none March 2026 September 2023 1940 United States Senate election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1938 United States Senate special election in New York 1938 (special) 1946 United States Senate election in New York 1946 November 5, 1940 150x150px James Mead.jpg James M. Mead Democratic Party (US) American Labor Party 3,274,766 53.26% Bruce Fairchild Barton (3x4 cropped).jpg Bruce Barton Republican Party (US) 2,868,852 46.66% U.S. Senator James M. Mead Democratic Party (US) James M. Mead Democratic Party (US) 1940 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg 300px County resultsMead: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Barton: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% The 1940 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator James M. Mead, first elected in 1938 to fill vacancy caused by the death of Royal S. Copeland,Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1961: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States, from the First to the Eighty-sixth Congress, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1961, Inclusive https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404158044 registration 1961 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 382 16 May 2020 was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican Bruce Barton. Republican nomination Candidates Bruce Barton, U.S. Representative from Manhattan Convention At the Republican convention in White Plains on September 27, Bruce Barton was nominated without opposition. His nomination came at the urging of presidential candidate Wendell Willkie. He focused his acceptance speech on the need to deny President Roosevelt an unprecedented third term in office, which he insinuated would lead to dictatorship through an end to free elections, end of labor unionism, the end of Congress and Congress's power to declare war, the end of protection for racial and religious minorities, and the establishment of a permanent conscripted peacetime army "á la Hitler and Mussolini."https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/09/28/94001926.html?pageNumber=8 28 Sep 1940 1, 8 REPUBLICANS MAKE 3D TERM THE ISSUE Democratic nomination Candidates James M. Mead, incumbent Senator since 1938 Convention Without a declared opponent, Senator Mead was assured re-nomination. At the state convention at the Manhattan Center on September 30, Mead gave a speech praising President Roosevelt, James A. Farley, Edward J. Flynn, Senator Robert F. Wagner, and Governor Herbert Lehman. He fully embraced Roosevelt's bid for a third term, arguing that the Founding Fathers had not intended any limit on the term of president, and argued for religious tolerance and national unity. His nomination was confirmed unanimously in a night session of the convention.GOV. LEHMAN ASKS 3D TERM AS BLOW TO THE DICTATORS New York Times 1 Oct 1940 19 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/10/01/94003098.html?pageNumber=19 General election Candidates Bruce Barton, U.S. Representative from Manhattan (Republican) James M. Mead, incumbent Senator since 1938 (Democratic) Stephen W. Paine (Prohibition) Results 1940 U.S. Senate election in New Yorkhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36423 NY US Senate Our Campaigns 12 March 2020http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1940election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1940 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives April 22, 2020 Democratic Party (US) James M. Mead 2,893,407 47.06% American Labor Party James M. Mead 381,359 6.20% Total James M. Mead (Incumbent) 3,274,766 53.26% Republican Party (US) Bruce Barton 2,842,942 46.66% Prohibition Party (US) Stephen W. Paine 4,944 0.08% 6,148,562 100.00% References Category:United States Senate elections in New York (state) New York (state) United States Senate