1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Nominee Forrest C. Donnell Roy McKittrick Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 778,778 776,790 Percentage 49.95% 49.82%

County results Donnell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% McKittrick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Elected U.S. senator Forrest C. Donnell Republican

The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell, the Governor of Missouri. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election. The state's other senator Harry S. Truman was also running for Vice President with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the same ballot, and during the campaign, Donnell stated he would not appoint a successor for Truman regardless of the outcome of his own race as he prioritized fairness over political pressure from his own party, believing the state's next elected Governor should appoint Truman's successor. Donnell was also elected to the Senate seat once held by his former law partner Selden Spencer.