1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana

1940 United States Senate election in Indiana

1940 United States Senate election in Indiana

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The 1940 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherman Minton ran for re-election to a second term, but lost narrowly to Republican Raymond E. Willis.

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General election

Candidates

  • John H. Kingsbury (Socialist)
  • Sherman Minton, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
  • Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
  • Raymond E. Willis, former State Representative from Angola and nominee for Senate in 1938 (Republican)

Results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. [2]
    "Our Campaigns – IN US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com.


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