1941_Pennsylvania's_15th_congressional_district_special_election

1941 United States House of Representatives elections

Elections

There were elections in 1941 to the United States House of Representatives:

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District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Oklahoma 7	Sam C. Massingale	Democratic	1934	Incumbent died January 17, 1941. New member elected April 1, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Victor Wickersham (Democratic) 82.47% ▌George E. Davison (Republican) 16.61% ▌J. R. Cornelison (Independent) 0.92%
New York 17	Kenneth F. Simpson	Republican	1940	Incumbent died January 25, 1941. New member elected March 11, 1941. Republican hold.	▌Y Joseph C. Baldwin (Republican) 52.94% ▌Deal Alfange (Democratic) 37.99% ▌Eugene P. Connolly (American Labor) 9.07%
Alabama 7	Walter W. Bankhead	Democratic	1940	Incumbent resigned February 1, 1941. New member elected June 24, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Carter Manasco (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland 6	William D. Byron	Democratic	1938	Incumbent died February 27, 1941. New member elected May 27, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Katharine Byron (Democratic) 51.11% ▌A. Charles Stewart (Republican) 48.89%
Virginia 2	Colgate Darden	Democratic	1938	Incumbent resigned March 1, 1941, to run for Governor of Virginia. New member elected April 8, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Winder R. Harris (Democratic) 58.76% ▌Norman R. Hamilton (Ind. Democratic) 39.25% ▌Maurice S. McCarty (Independent) 1.59% ▌Andrew J. Dunning (Prohibition) 0.40%
New York 42	Pius Schwert	Democratic	1938	Incumbent died March 11, 1941. New member elected April 22, 1941. Republican gain.	▌Y John C. Butler (Republican) 40.57% ▌Hattie E. Schwert (Democratic) 36.51% ▌Edmund P. Radwan (New Deal) 20.97% ▌Loyd E. Kinsley (Progressive) 1.95%
North Carolina 5	Alonzo D. Folger	Democratic	1938	Incumbent died April 30, 1941. New member elected June 14, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y John H. Folger (Democratic) 96.46% ▌B. W. Walker (Ind. Republican) 1.97% (write-in) ▌Marshall C. Kurfees (Republican) 1.57% (withdrew)
New York 14	Morris M. Edelstein	Democratic	1940 (special)	Incumbent died June 4, 1941. New member elected July 29, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Arthur G. Klein (Democratic) 68.02% ▌George A. Hastings (Republican) 26.35% ▌Leonard H. Wacker (American Labor) 5.64%
Wisconsin 1	Stephen Bolles	Republican	1938	Incumbent died July 8, 1941. New member elected August 29, 1941. Republican hold.	▌Y Lawrence H. Smith (Republican) 63.62% ▌Thomas Ryum Amlie (Democratic) 36.38%
Pennsylvania 15	Albert G. Rutherford	Republican	1936	Incumbent died August 10, 1941. New member elected November 4, 1941. Republican hold.	▌Y Wilson D. Gillette (Republican) 65.68% ▌George O. Wagner (Democratic) 43.88%
Colorado 4	Edward T. Taylor	Democratic	1914	Incumbent died September 3, 1941. New member elected December 9, 1941. Republican gain.	▌Y Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) 54.04% ▌Frank Delaney (Democratic) 45.96%
Mississippi 2	Wall Doxey	Democratic	1928	Incumbent resigned September 28, 1941, after being elected to the United States Senate. New member elected November 4, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jamie Whitten (Democratic) 69.25% ▌Luther A. Pyle (Democratic) 30.75%
Massachusetts 7	Lawrence J. Connery	Democratic	1937	Incumbent died October 19, 1941. New member elected December 30, 1941. Democratic hold.	▌Y Thomas J. Lane (Democratic) 58.19% ▌C. F. Nelson Pratt (Republican) 41.20% ▌James Jack Green (Communist) 0.61%

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