U.S. Senate, 1942 Election

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Date: November 3, 1942
Cycle: 1942
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph H. Ball Incumbent Man Republican 356,297 46.98 +18.77
Elmer A. Benson Man Farmer-Labor 213,965 28.21
Martin A. Nelson Man Progressive 109,226 14.40
Edward Murphy Man Democrat 78,959 10.41

Senator Ball was a journalist from St. Paul. He did not run in the special election for the remaining two months of the unexpired term. Benson was a resident of Appleton, former state Commissioner of Securities (1933), Commissioner of Banks (1933-1935), appointed U.S. Senator (1935-1936), Governor (1937-1939), and U.S. Senate nominee in 1940.

Nelson was an attorney from Austin, GOP nominee for Governor in 1934 and 1936 and candidate in 1938 and 1942, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1940, and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice (1953-1972). Nelson was nominated by petition.

Murphy was a resident of St. Paul and was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1940.

Related Reports

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1943 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).