1944 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1944 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James J. Davis sought re-election, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Francis J. Myers.
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Ignoring Arlen Specter's brief tenure as a Democrat during the 111th United States Congress (the result of a party switch), this election marked the only time since 1856 that Pennsylvania has sent two members of the Democratic Party to the United States Senate: during the 79th United States Congress, Myers served alongside Democratic Senator Joseph F. Guffey, who would lose re-election in 1946.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Francis J. Myers | 1,864,622 | 49.99% |  5.58 | |
| Republican | James J. Davis (incumbent) | 1,840,938 | 49.35% |  5.35 | |
| Socialist | J. Henry Stump | 14,129 | 0.38% | 0.15 | |
| Prohibition | Charles Palmer | 8,599 | 0.23% | 0.01 | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank Knotek | 1,989 | 0.05% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 3,730,277 | 100.00% | |||
References
- "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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