1948_Illinois_Attorney_General_election

1948 Illinois gubernatorial election
	County Results ; Stevenson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Green: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
Governor before election; Dwight H. Green; Republican	Elected Governor ; Adlai Stevenson II; Democratic

1948 Illinois elections

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Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.^[1]

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Primaries were held April 13, 1948.^[1]^[2]

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"OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 747. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

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"Stevenson, Adlai E. II". mchistory.org. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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McKeever, Porter (1989). Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-688-06661-1.

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"Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adlai E. Stevenson	2,250,074	57.11
	Republican	Dwight H. Green (incumbent)	1,678,007	42.59
	Prohibition	Willis Ray Wilson	9,491	0.24
	Socialist Labor	Louis Fisher	2,673	0.07
	Write-in	Others	12	0.00
Total votes			3,940,257	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherwood Dixon	578,390	100
Total votes			578,390	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Yates Rowe	684,452	100
	Write-in	Others	4	0.00
Total votes			684,464	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherwood Dixon	1,998,555	52.22
	Republican	Richard Yates Rowe	1,815,907	47.45
	Prohibition	R. B. Campbell	9,949	0.26
	Socialist Labor	O. Alfred Olson	2,897	0.08
	Write-in	Others	3	0.00
Total votes			3,827,311	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ivan A. Elliott	283,831	51.85
	Democratic	Joseph P. Burke	263,586	48.15
Total votes			547,417	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George F. Barrett (incumbent)	694,186	100
	Write-in	Others	1	0.00
Total votes			694,187

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ivan A. Elliott	2,019,401	52.61
	Republican	George F. Barrett (incumbent)	1,806,137	47.06
	Prohibition	Frederick Juchhoff	9,613	0.25
	Socialist Labor	Edward C. Gross	3,118	0.08
	Write-in	Others	4	0.00
Total votes			3,838,273	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward J. Barrett (incumbent)	591,821	100
Total votes			591,821	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William G. Stratton	713,430	100
	Write-in	Others	2	0.00
Total votes			713,432

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward J. Barrett (incumbent)	2,120,832	54.49
	Republican	William G. Stratton	1,759,083	45.19
	Prohibition	Maude Swits Stowell	9,636	0.25
	Socialist Labor	Gregory P. Lyngas	2,896	0.07
	Write-in	Others	6	0.07
Total votes			3,892,453	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin O. Cooper	543,319	100
Total votes			543,319	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sinon A. Murray	648,460	100
	Write-in	Others	2	0.00
Total votes			648,462	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin O. Cooper	2,030,222	53.15
	Republican	Sinon A. Murray	1,776,396	46.51
	Prohibition	Irving B. Gilbert	10,156	0.27
	Socialist Labor	Nick Mays	2,960	0.08
	Write-in	Others	2	0.0
Total votes			3,819,736	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ora Smith	541,808	100
Total votes			541,808	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer H. Droste	644,417	100
Total votes			644,417

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ora Smith	2,026,268	53.20
	Republican	Elmer H. Droste	1,769,775	46.46
	Prohibition	Rupert J. Jordan	10,043	0.26
	Socialist Labor	Rudolph Kosie	3,024	0.08
	Write-in	Others	3	0.0
Total votes			3,809,113	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Z. Hickman	1,952,705½	17.25
	Democratic	Frances Best Watkins	1,933,764½	16.95
	Democratic	George Wirt Herrick	1,918,521	16.95
	Republican	Chester R. Davis (incumbent)	1,860,339	16.43
	Republican	Dr. W. L. Crawford	1,837,011	16.23
	Republican	Charles L. Engstrom	1,781,733½	15.74
	Prohibition	E.N. Himmel	11,417½	0.10
	Prohibition	Regina Ethel Ruyle	10,988	0.10
	Prohibition	Ross E. Price	10,890½	0.10
	Socialist Labor	Loren M. Johnson	3,332	0.03
	Socialist Labor	Bernard Campbell	3,222	0.03
	Socialist Labor	Henry Cortez	3,139	0.03
	Write-in	Others	2	0.00
Total votes			11,321,024½	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard White	52,182	52.06
	Democratic	Baird V. Helfrich	48,062	47.95
Total votes			100,244	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert E. Larkin	37,341	53.76
	Republican	S J Holderman	32,118	46.24
Total votes			69,459	100

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