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1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi

Summary

The 1942 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wall Doxey, who had won a special election the year prior to complete the unexpired term of Pat Harrison, ran for a full term in office. He was defeated by James Eastland who was appointed to and held the seat prior to Doxey's wins.

1942 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi
← 1941 (special) September 15, 1942 1948 →
 
Nominee James Eastland Wall Doxey
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 74,747 56,748
Percentage 56.84% 43.16%
U.S. senator before election

Wall Doxey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

James Eastland
Democratic

Because Eastland faced no opposition in the general election, his victory in the September 15 primary was tantamount to election.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1942 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Eastland 50,118 37.55%
Democratic Wall Doxey (incumbent) 37,756 28.29%
Democratic Ross A. Collins 36,511 27.36%
Democratic Roland Wall 8,077 6.05%
Democratic Douglas R. Smith 993 0.74%
Total votes 133,455 100.00%

Runoff edit

1942 Democratic U.S. Senate runoff[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Eastland 74,747 56.84%
Democratic Wall Doxey (incumbent) 56,748 43.16%
Total votes 131,495 100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

1942 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James Eastland 51,355 100.00% N/A
Total votes 51,355 100.00%

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MS US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 25, 1942". Our Campaigns.
  2. ^ "MS US Senate - D Runoff Race - Sep 15, 1942". Our Campaigns.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1942" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "MS US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1954". Our Campaigns.