1940 Illinois elections
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Elections were held inIllinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1940.[ 1]
Primaries were held April 9, 1940.[ 1]
While theDemocratic ticket ofFranklin D. Roosevelt andHenry A. Wallace won the state's electors in the presidential election, the election overall saw significant victories for theRepublican Party . The Republican Party retained their control of theIllinois House , and flipped control of theIllinois Senate , as well as control of the executive offices ofgovernor ,lieutenant governor ,attorney general ,auditor of public accounts , andtreasurer , all of which had previously been under Democratic Party control. Democrats retained their hold on the executive office ofsecretary of state . Additionally, Republicans won all seats up for election on the board of trustees of theUniversity of Illinois . Republicans also won the state's specialUnited States Senate election and flipped six Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives .
Election information [ edit ] In the primaries, 2,647,467 ballots were cast (1,503,706Democratic and 1,143,761Republican ).[ 1]
In the general election, 4,262,196 ballots were cast.[ 1]
United States president [ edit ] Illinois voted for the Democraticticket ofFranklin D. Roosevelt andHenry A. Wallace .
United States Senate [ edit ] RepublicanCharles W. Brooks unseated DemocratJames M. Slattery , who had been appointed to the seat left vacant by the death in office of DemocratJ. Hamilton Lewis .
United States House [ edit ] All 27 Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 1940.
Republicans flipped six Democratic-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats.
1940 Illinois gubernatorial election County results
Green: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Hershey: 50–60% 60–70%
Before the primary, incumbentgovernor Henry Horner , a Democrat, opted not to seek a third term. In October, before the general election, his death in office madeJohn Henry Stelle assume the governorship. However, Stelle had previously failed to win the Democratic nomination in the primary.
RepublicanDwight H. Green won the election.
Lieutenant governor [ edit ] 1940 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election County resultsCross: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Lewis: 40–50% 50–60%
Incumbentlieutenant governor John Henry Stelle , a Democrat, did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to run for governor. RepublicanHugh W. Cross was elected to succeed him.
1940 Illinois Attorney General election County resultsBarrett: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Ward: 40–50% 50–60%
IncumbentAttorney General John Edward Cassidy , a Democrat appointed in 1938 after fellow DemocratOtto Kerner Sr. resigned to accept a federal judgeship, did not seek reelection to a full term. RepublicanGeorge F. Barrett was elected to succeed him.
Attorney General Democratic primary[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Harold G. Ward 821,247 73.10 Democratic Samuel H. Block 302,184 26.90 Total votes 1,123,431 100
1940 Illinois Secretary of State election County resultsHughes: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Johnson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Incumbent second-termSecretary of State Edward J. Hughes , a Democrat, was reelected.
Justus L. Johnson won the Republican primary, defeating businessmanRichard Yates Rowe andIllinois state senator Arthur J. Bidwill .
Auditor of Public Accounts [ edit ] 1940 Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts election County resultsLueder: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Martin: 40–50% 50–60%
Incumbent third-termAuditor of Public Accounts Edward J. Barrett , lost renomination in the Democratic primary. RepublicanArthur C. Lueder was elected to succeed him.
IncumbentEdward J. Barrett narrowly lost renomination to U.S. congressman and formerIllinois state treasurer John C. Martin .
Auditor of Public Accounts Republican primary[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Arthur C. Lueder 261,541 28.18 Republican William R. McCauley 147,274 15.87 Republican Oscar Nelson 141,750 15.27 Republican Edward T. O'Connor 101,983 10.99 Republican Charles W. Vail 70,852 7.63 Republican John William Chapman 64,717 6.97 Republican Harry W. Nelson 58,321 6.28 Republican Henry G. Hansen 40,044 4.31 Republican Joseph Edward Scanlon 22,103 2.38 Republican Edward A. O'Connor 19,608 2.11 Total votes 928,193 100
1940 Illinois State Treasurer election County resultsWright: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Adams: 40–50% 50–60%
Incumbent first-termTreasurer Louie E. Lewis , a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead running for lieutenant governor. RepublicanWarren Wright was elected to succeed him in office.
Treasurer Democratic primary[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Homer Mat Adams 805,964 70.90 Democratic Edwin C. Gordon 330,733 29.10 Total votes 1,136,697 100
Seats of theIllinois Senate were up for election in 1940. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.
State House of Representatives [ edit ] Seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1940. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
University of Illinois trustees [ edit ] 1940 University of Illinois trustees elections University of Illinois Board of Trustees
An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees ofUniversity of Illinois to six year terms, and a special election was held to fill the partial term of a seat that was vacated.[ 1] [ 1]
1940 University of Illinois trustees (regular election) University of Illinois Board of Trustees Majority party Minority party Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 5,957,269 5,806,332 Percentage 50.44% 49.16% Swing Seats up 0 3 Races won 3 0[ 1] [ 6]
An election was held for three six-year terms to the board.
Former two-term Republican member Helen M. H. Grigsby was returned to the board.[ 1] [ 7] [ 1] [ 7]
Incumbent first-term Democrat Marie Coyle Plumb lost reelection.[ 1] [ 7]
First-term DemocratsOscar G. Mayer Sr. andHarold Pogue did not seek reelection.[ 1] [ 7]
Marie Coyle Plumb was listed on the ballot as "Mrs. Glenn E. Plumb", and Beulah Campbell was listed as "Belulah (Mrs. Bruce A.) Campbell".[ 1] [ 7]
University of Illinois trustees election[ 1] [ 7] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Park Livingston 2,017,302½ 17.08 Republican Helen Mathews Grigsby 1,972,433 16.70 Republican John R. Fornof 1,967,534 16.66 Democratic W. E. C. Clifford 1,954,221½ 16.55 Democratic Beulah (Mrs. Bruce A.) Campbell 1,941,938½ 16.44 Democratic Mrs. Glenn E. Plumb 1,910,171½ 16.17 Socialist Kate M. Ward 8,286 0.07 Socialist Jack Sessions 8,001 0.07 Socialist Eva S. Cowan 7,927 0.07 Prohibition Mildred E. Young 7,631½ 0.07 Prohibition Maude Swits Stowell 7,420½ 0.06 Prohibition Lois Gilbert Krandell 7,270½ 0.06 Write-in Others 39 0.00 Total votes 11,810,176½ 100
1940 University of Illinois trustee special election
A special election was held to fill the term left vacant by the death in office of Democrat Louis Conrad Moschel in 1940.[ 1] [ 7] Chester R. Davis was elected, defeating incumbent Kenny E. Williamson (who had been appointed to hold the seat after the death of Moschel).[ 1] [ 7]
On June 3, 1940, an election was held for judges of theSuperior Court of Cook County .
On November 5, 1940, an election was held to fill a vacancy on the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Alegislatively referred state statute was brought before the voters.
Illinois Banking Law Amendment [ edit ] Voters approved the Illinois Banking Law Amendment, a legislatively referred state statute which made it easier to establish new banks in small municipalities that lack banks.[ 1] [ 8] [ 1]
Illinois Banking Law Amendment[ 1] Candidate Votes % Yes 775,170 68.10 No 363,136 31.90 Total votes 1,138,306 100
Amendment results by county 80–90%
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60–70%
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Local elections were held.
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