New Jersey: U.S. Senators, 1940s
U.S. Senators from New Jersey, 1940-49 (may be
incomplete!)
William
H. Smathers 1937-43
W.
Warren Barbour 1938-43
Albert
W. Hawkes 1943-49
Arthur
Walsh 1943-44
H.
Alexander Smith 1944-59
Robert
C. Hendrickson 1949-55
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
U.S. Senators from New Jersey: Events and
Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)
- 1940 Nov 5:
W.
Warren Barbour (Rep), elected;
James
H. R. Cromwell (Dem), defeated;
McAlister
Coleman (Socialist), defeated;
James
A. Tumulty, Jr. (Constitutional Independent), defeated;
Mary
Ellen Dooner (Communist), defeated;
Edson
R. Leach (Prohibition), defeated;
Harry
Santhouse (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
- 1942 Nov 3:
Albert
W. Hawkes (Rep), elected;
William
H. Smathers (Dem), defeated;
William
L. Becker (Socialist), defeated;
Lorenzo
Harris (Progressive Independent), defeated;
Elmo
L. Bateman (Prohibition), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
- 1943 Nov 22:
W.
Warren Barbour, died in office.
- 1943 Nov 26:
Arthur
Walsh, appointed.
- 1944 Nov 7:
H.
Alexander Smith (Rep), elected;
Elmer
H. Wene (Dem), defeated;
George
W. Ridout (Prohibition), defeated;
John
C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Morris
Riger (Socialist), defeated.
- 1946:
George
E. Brunner (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2:
Robert
C. Hendrickson (Rep), elected;
Archibald
S. Alexander (Dem), defeated;
James
Imbrie (Progressive), defeated;
Rubye
Smith (Socialist), defeated;
George
Breitman (Socialist Workers), defeated;
George
W. Ridout (Prohibition), defeated;
George
E. Bopp (Socialist Labor), defeated.
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