1940 United States Senate election in Michigan

The 1940 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1940.

1940 United States Senate election in Michigan

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Nominee Arthur Vandenberg Frank FitzGerald Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,053,104 939,740 Percentage 52.65% 46.98%

County results Vandenberg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% FitzGerald:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Arthur Vandenberg Republican Elected U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg Republican

Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a third consecutive term over Democratic judge Frank FitzGerald.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Bowen R. Gover, perennial candidate
• Arthur Vandenberg, incumbent Senator since 1928

Results

1940 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent)	467,314	89.88%
	Republican	Bowen R. Gover	52,645	10.13%
Total votes			519,959	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Sid A. Erwin
• Frank FitzGerald, Wayne County Circuit Court Commissioner
• Michael J. Hart, U.S. Representative from Saginaw
• Ralph W. Liddy
• Louis B. Ward, editor of Social Justice and candidate for Senate in 1936

Results

1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank FitzGerald	209,809	63.22%
	Democratic	Michael J. Hart	38,658	11.65%
	Democratic	Louis B. Ward	37,258	11.23%
	Democratic	Ralph W. Liddy	27,498	8.29%
	Democratic	Sid A. Erwin	18,629	5.61%
Total votes			331,852	100.00%

General election

Results

1940 U.S. Senate election in Michigan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent)	1,053,104	52.65%	1.33
	Democratic	Frank FitzGerald	939,740	46.98%	0.05
	Socialist	Nahum Burnett	3,580	0.18%	0.69
	Prohibition	Carroll P. Pahman	937	0.05%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Theos A. Grove	691	0.04%	0.04
	Communist	Elmer G. Johnson	2,290	0.11%	0.35
Total votes			2,000,342	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

See also

• 1940 United States Senate elections