Kentucky: U.S. Senators, 1940s
U.S. Senators from Kentucky, 1940-49 (may be
incomplete!)
Alben
W. Barkley 1927-49
Albert
B. Chandler 1939-45
William
Abner Stanfill 1945-46
John
Sherman Cooper 1946-49
Virgil
Chapman 1949-51
Garrett
L. Withers 1949-50
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
U.S. Senators from Kentucky: Events and
Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)
- 1940:
Charles
P. Farnsley (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1940 Nov 5:
Albert
B. Chandler (Dem), elected;
Walter
B. Smith (Rep), defeated.
- 1942:
John
Y. Brown (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3:
Albert
B. Chandler (Dem), elected;
Richard
J. Colbert (Rep), defeated.
- 1944 Nov 7:
Alben
W. Barkley (Dem), elected;
James
Park (Rep), defeated;
Robert
H. Garrison (Prohibition), defeated;
Yona
M. Marret (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946:
Philip
Pendleton Ardery (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1946 Nov 5:
John
Sherman Cooper (Rep), elected;
John
Y. Brown (Dem), defeated;
W.
A. Sandefur (Socialist), defeated.
- 1948:
John
Y. Brown (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1948 Nov 2:
Virgil
Chapman (Dem), elected;
John
Sherman Cooper (Rep), defeated;
W.
A. Sandefur (Socialist), defeated;
H.
G. Stanfield (Progressive), defeated;
David
R. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
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