The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.

As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) 2,069,980 51.79% Increase 1.01
Republican Jay Cooke 1,893,104 47.36% Decrease 0.90
Socialist David H.H. Felix 15,449 0.39% Steady
Prohibition H. B. Mansell 11,113 0.28% Decrease 0.40
Communist Carl Reeve 4,761 0.12% Decrease 0.09
Socialist Labor Frank Knotek 2,503 0.06% Decrease 0.10
Write-in 110 0.00% Steady
Totals 3,997,020 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.