U.S. Senate, 1946 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1946
Cycle: 1946
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Edward J. Thye Man Republican 517,775 58.92 +19.15
Theodore Jorgenson Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 349,520 39.78
Grace Carlson Woman Revolutionary Workers 11,421 1.30
Henrik Shipstead Incumbent Man Write-In 15 0.00

Thye was a farmer from Northfield, former Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture (1939-1942), Lieutenant Governor (1943), and sitting Governor (1943-1947).

Jorgenson was a professor in the Norwegian Department at St. Olaf College.

Carlson was a psychologist from St. Paul, Trotskyist Anti-War nominee for U.S. Senate in 1940, Socialist Workers nominee for Vice-President in 1948, and Socialist Workers nominee for the 5th CD in 1950. Carlson was nominated by petition.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1947 (p. 359).