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Election 1940 Results

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1940 US Senate election in Mississippi

Theodore Bilbo (Democrat) won in Mississippi in 1940 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Theodore Bilbo also won.

Democrats led in 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hinds, cast 8,083 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 189 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Theodore Bilbo won Democratic 143,431 100.0%
Total143,431

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 8,083 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,083 D+100.0
Lauderdale 5,196 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,196 D+100.0
Harrison 4,430 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,430 D+100.0
Jones 3,894 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,894 D+100.0
Lee 3,135 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,135 D+100.0
Monroe 3,014 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,014 D+100.0
Forrest 2,808 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,808 D+100.0
Neshoba 2,749 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,749 D+100.0
Sunflower 2,635 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,635 D+100.0
Leake 2,625 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,625 D+100.0
Pike 2,487 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,487 D+100.0
Alcorn 2,406 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,406 D+100.0
Newton 2,347 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,347 D+100.0
Scott 2,188 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,188 D+100.0
Union 2,188 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,188 D+100.0
Simpson 2,178 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,178 D+100.0
Tallahatchie 2,178 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,178 D+100.0
Bolivar 2,133 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,133 D+100.0
Copiah 2,104 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,104 D+100.0
Pontotoc 2,037 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,037 D+100.0
Lincoln 2,030 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,030 D+100.0
Leflore 2,004 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,004 D+100.0
Lafayette 1,978 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,978 D+100.0
Tippah 1,953 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,953 D+100.0
Rankin 1,932 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,932 D+100.0
Coahoma 1,903 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,903 D+100.0
Warren 1,901 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,901 D+100.0
Attala 1,896 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,896 D+100.0
Holmes 1,879 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,879 D+100.0
Yazoo 1,842 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,842 D+100.0
Pearl River 1,839 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,839 D+100.0
Washington 1,824 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,824 D+100.0
Winston 1,820 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,820 D+100.0
Jackson 1,792 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,792 D+100.0
Marion 1,783 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,783 D+100.0
Panola 1,718 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,718 D+100.0
Oktibbeha 1,695 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,695 D+100.0
Prentiss 1,677 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,677 D+100.0
Lowndes 1,670 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,670 D+100.0
Itawamba 1,651 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,651 D+100.0
Smith 1,645 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,645 D+100.0
Calhoun 1,626 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,626 D+100.0
Jasper 1,625 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,625 D+100.0
Madison 1,596 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,596 D+100.0
Clarke 1,555 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,555 D+100.0
Chickasaw 1,495 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,495 D+100.0
De Soto 1,407 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,407 D+100.0
Carroll 1,338 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,338 D+100.0
Amite 1,336 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,336 D+100.0
Webster 1,304 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,304 D+100.0
Tate 1,301 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,301 D+100.0
Tishomingo 1,300 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,300 D+100.0
Yalobusha 1,289 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,289 D+100.0
Kemper 1,286 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,286 D+100.0
Marshall 1,280 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,280 D+100.0
Covington 1,260 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,260 D+100.0
Franklin 1,257 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,257 D+100.0
Montgomery 1,198 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,198 D+100.0
Hancock 1,195 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,195 D+100.0
Wayne 1,180 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,180 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 1,165 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,165 D+100.0
Walthall 1,156 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,156 D+100.0
Grenada 1,114 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,114 D+100.0
Choctaw 1,073 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,073 D+100.0
Quitman 1,055 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,055 D+100.0
Adams 980 100.0% 0 0.0% 980 D+100.0
Lawrence 979 100.0% 0 0.0% 979 D+100.0
Clay 937 100.0% 0 0.0% 937 D+100.0
Lamar 934 100.0% 0 0.0% 934 D+100.0
Noxubee 915 100.0% 0 0.0% 915 D+100.0
Humphreys 882 100.0% 0 0.0% 882 D+100.0
George 838 100.0% 0 0.0% 838 D+100.0
Benton 834 100.0% 0 0.0% 834 D+100.0
Wilkinson 833 100.0% 0 0.0% 833 D+100.0
Greene 746 100.0% 0 0.0% 746 D+100.0
Perry 730 100.0% 0 0.0% 730 D+100.0
Tunica 694 100.0% 0 0.0% 694 D+100.0
Jefferson 628 100.0% 0 0.0% 628 D+100.0
Stone 624 100.0% 0 0.0% 624 D+100.0
Claiborne 503 100.0% 0 0.0% 503 D+100.0
Sharkey 449 100.0% 0 0.0% 449 D+100.0
Issaquena 189 100.0% 0 0.0% 189 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Roger F. Wicker (R) R+25.6
2020 Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) R+10.0
2018 Roger F. Wicker (R) R+19.0
2014 Thad Cochran (R) R+22.0
2012 Roger F. Wicker (R) R+16.6
2008 Thad Cochran (R) R+22.9
2006 Trent Lott (R) R+28.7
2002 Thad Cochran (R) R+84.6
2000 Trent Lott (R) R+34.3
1996 Thad Cochran (R) R+43.6
1994 Trent Lott (R) R+37.6
1990 Thad Cochran (R) R+100.0
1988 Trent Lott (R) R+7.8
1984 Thad Cochran (R) R+21.9
1982 John C. Stennis (D) D+28.4
1978 Thad Cochran (R) R+13.5
1976 John C. Stennis (D) D+100.0
1972 James Eastland (D) D+19.4
1970 John C. Stennis (D) D+88.4
1966 James Eastland (D) D+38.9
1964 John C. Stennis (D) D+100.0
1960 James Eastland (D) D+83.6
1958 John C. Stennis (D) D+100.0
1954 James Eastland (D) D+91.1
1952 John C. Stennis (D) D+100.0
1948 James Eastland (D) D+100.0
1946 Theodore Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1942 James Eastland (D) D+100.0
1940 Theodore Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1936 Pat Harrison (D) D+100.0
1934 Theodore Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1930 Pat Harrison (D) D+100.0
1928 Hubert Stephens (D) D+100.0
1924 Pat Harrison (D) D+100.0
1922 Hubert Stephens (D) D+87.5
1918 Pat Harrison (D) D+95.0
1916 John S. Williams (D) D+100.0