The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Bennett Champ Clark Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...

was defeated in the primary by

Roy McKittrick Roy McKittrick (August 24, 1888 – January 22, 1961) was an American politician from Salisbury, Missouri, who served as Missouri Attorney General around the time of the World War II from 1933 until 1945. In 1944, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but ...

, who went on to lose the general election to

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nominee

Forrest C. Donnell Forrest Carl Donnell (August 20, 1884March 3, 1980) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator and the List of governors of Missouri, 40th governor of Missouri. Early life Donnell was bor ...

. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate

Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...

, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the

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Democratic primary

Candidates

, incumbent Senator since 1933 *

Attorney General of Missouri The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed attorney general, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney Gen ...

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Governor of Missouri A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ...

* H. Grosby, physician * Charles P. Noell, lawyer * Charles E. Rendlen, lawyer * Charles Shaw, former Mayor of Clayton * Howard V. Stephens, president of Johnson-Stephen and Shinkle Shoe Company and former member of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners * William McKinley Thomas,

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employee

Results

General election

Candidates

William Wesley Cox William Wesley Cox (February 5, 1865 – October 29, 1948) was a presidential, vice presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP). Cox was born in Illinois, later moving to Missouri. He was the ...

, state chairman and nominee for President in 1920 (Socialist Labor) *

(Republican) *

(Democratic) * D. B. Preisler (Socialist)

Results

References

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United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...