1942 United States Senate elections
Races leading to the 78th Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

1942 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Races leading to the 78th Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	John H. Bankhead II	Democratic	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John H. Bankhead II (Democratic) Unopposed

Arkansas	George L. Spencer	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ John L. McClellan (Democratic) Unopposed

Colorado	Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) 50.2% Ralph L. Carr (Republican) 49.2%

Delaware	James H. Hughes	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Clayton D. Buck (Republican) 54.2% E. Ennalls Berl (Democratic) 44.9%

Georgia	Richard Russell, Jr.	Democratic	1933 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Russell, Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed

Idaho	John Thomas	Republican	1939 (Appointed) 1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Thomas (Republican) 51.5% Glen H. Taylor (Democratic) 48.5%

Illinois	C. Wayland Brooks	Republican	1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ C. Wayland Brooks (Republican) 53.2% Raymond S. McKeough (Democratic) 46.4%

Iowa	Clyde L. Herring	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ George A. Wilson (Republican) 58.0% Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 41.7%

Kansas	Arthur Capper	Republican	1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arthur Capper (Republican) 57.1% George McGill (Democratic) 40.3%

Kentucky	Happy Chandler	Democratic	1939 (Appointed) 1940 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Happy Chandler (Democratic) 55.3% Richard J. Colbert (Republican) 44.7%

Louisiana	Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Allen J. Ellender (Democratic) Unopposed

Maine	Wallace White	Republican	1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Wallace White (Republican) 66.7% Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 33.3%

Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Republican) 52.4% Joseph E. Casey (Democratic) 46.6%

Michigan	Prentiss M. Brown	Democratic	1936 1936 (Appointed)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Homer Ferguson (Republican) 49.6% Prentiss M. Brown (Democratic) 47.2%

Minnesota	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	1940 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Joseph H. Ball (Republican) 47.0% Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer–Labor) 28.2% Martin A. Nelson (Independent) 14.4% Ed Murphy (Democratic) 10.4%

Mississippi	Wall Doxey	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ James O. Eastland (Democratic) Unopposed

Montana	James E. Murray	Democratic	1934 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James E. Murray (Democratic) 49.1% Wellington D. Rankin (Republican) 48.4%

Nebraska	George W. Norris	Independent	1913 1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Kenneth S. Wherry (Republican) 49.0% George W. Norris (Independent) 28.6% Foster May (Democratic) 22.0%

New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Styles Bridges (Republican) 54.6% Francis P. Murphy (Democratic) 45.4%

New Jersey	William H. Smathers	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Albert W. Hawkes (Republican) 53.1% William H. Smathers (Democratic) 45.8%

New Mexico	Carl A. Hatch	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special) 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl A. Hatch (Democratic) 59.2% J. Benson Newell (Republican) 40.8%

North Carolina	Josiah W. Bailey	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Josiah W. Bailey (Democratic) 65.9% Sam J. Morris (Republican) 34.1%

Oklahoma	Joshua B. Lee	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Edward H. Moore (Republican) 54.8% Josh Lee (Democratic) 44.8%

Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican	1917 (Appointed) 1918 (Not elected) 1918 (Appointed) 1918 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles L. McNary (Republican) 77.1% Walter W. Whitbeck (Democratic) 22.9%

Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 58.0% Ira Lloyd Letts (Republican) 42.0%

South Carolina	Burnet R. Maybank	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) Unopposed

South Dakota	William J. Bulow	Democratic	1930 1936	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Harlan J. Bushfield (Republican) Tom Berry (Democratic) 41.3%

Tennessee	Tom Stewart	Democratic	1938 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ A. Tom Stewart (Democratic) 70.5% F. Todd Meacham (Republican) 21.5%

Texas	W. Lee O'Daniel	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) 94.9%

Virginia	Carter Glass	Democratic	1920 (Appointed) 1920 (Special) 1924 1930 1936	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carter Glass (Democratic) 91.1% Lawrence S. Wilkes (Socialist) 6.5%

West Virginia	Joseph Rosier	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 55.4% Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 44.6%

Wyoming	Henry H. Schwartz	Democratic	1936	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Edward V. Robertson (Republican) 54.6% Henry H. Schwartz (Democratic) 45.4%

Sentence(s)

In Nebraska, George W. Norris an Independent, lost re-election to Republican Kenneth S. Wherry.

final_sentence: In Nebraska, George W. Norris an Independent, lost re-election to Republican Kenneth S. Wherry.