The Political Graveyard: Missouri: U.S. Representatives, 1940s

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Missouri: U.S. Representatives, 1940s

U.S. Representatives from Missouri, 1940-49 (may be incomplete!)

1st District: Milton A. Romjue 1935-43 Samuel W. Arnold 1943-49 Clare Magee 1949-53
2nd District: William L. Nelson 1935-43 Max Schwabe 1943-49 Morgan M. Moulder 1949-53
3rd District: Richard M. Duncan 1935-43 William C. Cole 1943-49 Phil J. Welch 1949-53
4th District: C. Jasper Bell 1935-49 Leonard Irving 1949-53
5th District: Joseph B. Shannon 1935-43 Roger C. Slaughter 1943-47 Albert L. Reeves, Jr. 1947-49 Richard Bolling 1949-83
6th District: Reuben T. Wood 1935-41 Philip A. Bennett 1941-42 Marion T. Bennett 1943-49 George H. Christopher 1949-51
7th District: Dewey Short 1935-57
8th District: Clyde Williams 1935-43 William P. Elmer 1943-45 A. S. J. Carnahan 1945-47 Parke M. Banta 1947-49 A. S. J. Carnahan 1949-61
9th District: Clarence Cannon 1935-64
10th District: Orville Zimmerman 1935-48 Paul C. Jones 1948-69
11th District: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. 1935-40 John B. Sullivan 1941-43 Louis E. Miller 1943-45 John B. Sullivan 1945-47 Claude I. Bakewell 1947-49 John B. Sullivan 1949-51
12th District: C. Arthur Anderson 1937-41 Walter C. Ploeser 1941-49 Raymond W. Karst 1949-51
13th District: John J. Cochran 1935-47 Frank M. Karsten 1947-53

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

U.S. Representatives from Missouri: Events and Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)

1st District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Milton A. Romjue (Dem), elected; Henry S. Beardsley (Rep), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Milton A. Romjue (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Aug 4: Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), nominated; Don C. McVay (Rep), defeated in primary; Virgil Weaver (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3: Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), elected; Milton A. Romjue (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Edward M. Jayne (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), elected; Edward M. Jayne (Dem), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), elected; Walter G. Stillwell (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Clare Magee (Dem), elected; Samuel W. Arnold (Rep), defeated.
2nd District:
- 1940 Nov 5: William L. Nelson (Dem), elected; Roy D. Miller (Rep), defeated; Fred Umstead (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: William L. Nelson (Dem), nominated; George Wright (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Max Schwabe (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Max Schwabe (Rep), elected; William L. Nelson (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Lue C. Lozier (Dem), nominated; George A. Ridgeway (Dem), defeated in primary; W. G. Stephenson (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: Max Schwabe (Rep), nominated; Amos Herold (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Nov 7: Max Schwabe (Rep), elected; Lue C. Lozier (Dem), defeated; Fred Umstead (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Max Schwabe (Rep), elected; William L. Nelson (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Morgan M. Moulder (Dem), elected; Max Schwabe (Rep), defeated; Bruce D. Watkins (Progressive), defeated.
3rd District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Richard M. Duncan (Dem), elected; Fred H. Maughmer (Rep), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Richard M. Duncan (Dem), nominated; Ferd J. Frankenhoff (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert I. Young (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: William C. Cole (Rep), nominated; Edward A. Michel (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3: William C. Cole (Rep), elected; Richard M. Duncan (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Maurice F. Hoffman (Dem), nominated; Harry M. Griffith (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: William C. Cole (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: William C. Cole (Rep), elected; Maurice F. Hoffman (Dem), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: William C. Cole (Rep), elected; William O. Sawyers (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Phil J. Welch (Dem), elected; William C. Cole (Rep), defeated.
4th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), elected; John W. Mitchell (Rep), defeated; William Henke (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), nominated; Alfred Phillips (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: John W. Mitchell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), elected; John W. Mitchell (Rep), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: John W. Mitchell (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), elected; John W. Mitchell (Rep), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: C. Jasper Bell (Dem), elected; Vernon D. Fulcrut (Rep), defeated; Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Leonard Irving (Dem), elected; Richard A. Erickson (Rep), defeated; R. D. Farnsworth (Progressive), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
5th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Joseph B. Shannon (Dem), elected; Forest W. Hanna (Rep), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Roger C. Slaughter (Dem), nominated; Russell F. Greiner (Dem), defeated in primary; Michael D. Konomos (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Ralph B. Innis (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Roger C. Slaughter (Dem), elected; Ralph B. Innis (Rep), defeated; William F. Rinck (Socialist), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Roger C. Slaughter (Dem), nominated; Jerome Walsh (Dem), defeated in primary; William A. Kitchen (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: Ralph B. Innis (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: Roger C. Slaughter (Dem), elected; Ralph B. Innis (Rep), defeated; Walter S. Engel (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Albert L. Reeves, Jr. (Rep), elected; Enos A. Axtell (Dem), defeated; Ada M. Demaree (Socialist), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Richard Bolling (Dem), elected; Albert L. Reeves, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
6th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Philip A. Bennett (Rep), elected; Reuben T. Wood (Dem), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Sam M. Wear (Dem), nominated; Temple Forrest (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Philip A. Bennett (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Philip A. Bennett (Rep), elected; Sam M. Wear (Dem), defeated.
- 1942 Dec 7: Philip A. Bennett, died in office.
- 1943 Jan 12: Marion T. Bennett (Rep), elected; Sam M. Wear (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: George A. Clason (Dem), nominated; Tom Hembree (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: Marion T. Bennett (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: Marion T. Bennett (Rep), elected; George A. Clason (Dem), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Marion T. Bennett (Rep), elected; Tom Hembree (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: George H. Christopher (Dem), elected; Marion T. Bennett (Rep), defeated.
7th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Dewey Short (Rep), elected; Vernon Sigars (Dem), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Ralph C. Max (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Aug 4: Dewey Short (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Dewey Short (Rep), elected; Ralph C. Max (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Alfred L. McCawley (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: Dewey Short (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: Dewey Short (Rep), elected; Alfred L. McCawley (Dem), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Dewey Short (Rep), elected; Don Ervin (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Aug 3: R. Quentin Haden (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1948 Nov 2: Dewey Short (Rep), elected; Thomas A. Johnson (Dem), defeated.
8th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Clyde Williams (Dem), elected; Parke M. Banta (Rep), defeated; William Doyen (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Clyde Williams (Dem), nominated; A. S. J. Carnahan (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: William P. Elmer (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: William P. Elmer (Rep), elected; Clyde Williams (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: A. S. J. Carnahan (Dem), nominated; Leo T. Daniels (Dem), defeated in primary; Samuel Richeson (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: William P. Elmer (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: A. S. J. Carnahan (Dem), elected; William P. Elmer (Rep), defeated; William Doyen (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Parke M. Banta (Rep), elected; A. S. J. Carnahan (Dem), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: A. S. J. Carnahan (Dem), elected; Parke M. Banta (Rep), defeated; Clara Hayes (Socialist Labor), defeated.
9th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Clarence Cannon (Dem), elected; Frank B. Meyer (Rep), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Clarence Cannon (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Aug 4: Carl E. Starkloff (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Clarence Cannon (Dem), elected; Carl E. Starkloff (Rep), defeated; Elmer E. Morrow (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Clarence Cannon (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: William Barton (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Nov 7: Clarence Cannon (Dem), elected; William Barton (Rep), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Clarence Cannon (Dem), elected; William Barton (Rep), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Clarence Cannon (Dem), elected; Robert V. Niedner (Rep), defeated.
10th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), elected; C. E. Davenport (Rep), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), nominated; A. Herbert Marshall (Dem), defeated in primary; Woodrow Faulkner (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Merrill Spitler (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Nov 3: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), elected; Merrill Spitler (Rep), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: Ralph Hutchison (Rep), nominated; David P. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary; George W. Kirk (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Nov 7: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), elected; Ralph Hutchison (Rep), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Orville Zimmerman (Dem), elected; Walter K. Dillon (Rep), defeated.
- 1948 Apr 7: Orville Zimmerman, died in office.
- 1948 Nov 2: Paul C. Jones (Dem), elected; Walter K. Dillon (Rep), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Paul C. Jones (Dem), elected; Walter K. Dillon (Rep), defeated.
11th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: John B. Sullivan (Dem), elected; Charles J. Riley (Rep), defeated; James Wagoner (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1940 Dec 31: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., resigned.
- 1942 Aug 4: John B. Sullivan (Dem), nominated; Reddick O'Bryan (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Louis E. Miller (Rep), nominated; Leonidas C. Dyer (Rep), defeated in primary; Mortimer A. Rosecan (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3: Louis E. Miller (Rep), elected; John B. Sullivan (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: John B. Sullivan (Dem), nominated; Marshall E. McTague (Dem), defeated in primary; Joseph L. McLemore (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: Louis E. Miller (Rep), nominated; Robert L. Witherspoon (Rep), defeated in primary; David McCloskey, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Nov 7: John B. Sullivan (Dem), elected; Louis E. Miller (Rep), defeated; Magalena Schmidt (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Claude I. Bakewell (Rep), elected; John B. Sullivan (Dem), defeated; Homer Foster (Prohibition), defeated; James Anastasoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: John B. Sullivan (Dem), elected; Claude I. Bakewell (Rep), defeated; Margaret B. Wilson (Progressive), defeated.
12th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), elected; C. Arthur Anderson (Dem), defeated; Peter Tendler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: Martin L. Neaf (Dem), nominated; John J. Houlihan (Dem), defeated in primary; William J. Becker (Dem), defeated in primary; Julian E. Sampson (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Aug 4: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), nominated; Daniel M. Kerckhoff (Rep), defeated in primary; James Horsefield (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward E. Butler (Rep), defeated in primary; Josephus M. Todd (Rep), defeated in primary; Anne M. Evans (Rep), defeated in primary; Orville Ellis (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), elected; Martin L. Neaf (Dem), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: Phelim O'Toole (Dem), nominated; William J. Becker (Dem), defeated in primary; Arthur G. McDowell (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Aug 1: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), nominated; Otis C. Provost (Rep), defeated in primary; Don Lohbeck (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1944 Nov 7: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), elected; Phelim O'Toole (Dem), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), elected; Henry W. Simpson (Dem), defeated; Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Raymond W. Karst (Dem), elected; Walter C. Ploeser (Rep), defeated; Clarence Bingaman (Progressive), defeated; Berta O'Meara (Socialist), defeated.
13th District:
- 1940 Nov 5: John J. Cochran (Dem), elected; W. S. Sanford (Rep), defeated; Norman Kochendorfer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1942 Aug 4: John J. Cochran (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1942 Aug 4: David E. Horn (Rep), nominated; George S. Zollmann (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1942 Nov 3: John J. Cochran (Dem), elected; David E. Horn (Rep), defeated.
- 1944 Aug 1: John J. Cochran (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1944 Aug 1: Charles Straub (Rep), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
- 1944 Nov 7: John J. Cochran (Dem), elected; William McNaught (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1946 Nov 5: Frank M. Karsten (Dem), elected; Alfred L. Grattendick (Rep), defeated; Norman Kochendorfer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
- 1948 Nov 2: Frank M. Karsten (Dem), elected; Charles P. McBride (Rep), defeated; William McNaught (Socialist Labor), defeated.

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