1940 United States Senate election in Maryland
County resultsNice: 40–50% 50–60% Radcliffe: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.
Incumbent Democratic Senator George L. P. Radcliffe was re-elected to a second term in office, fending off an intra-party challenge from businessman Howard Bruce and easily winning the general election over Republican ex-Governor Harry Nice .
Democratic primary
Candidates
Howard Bruce, Baltimore County industrialist
Vincent L. Gierttoski
George L. P. Radcliffe , incumbent Senator since 1935
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Results
Results by county
County
George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic
Harry Nice
Republican
Edwin B. Abbott
Socialist
David L. Elliott
Independent
Others
Others
Margin
Total
votes
cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Allegany
17122
53.94%
14250
44.89%
99
0.31%
64
0.20%
208
0.66%
-2872
-9.05%
31743
Anne Arundel
14154
65.80%
7132
33.15%
40
0.19%
103
0.48%
83
0.39%
7022
32.64%
21512
Baltimore (City)
195025
69.03%
81165
28.73%
3158
1.12%
1699
0.60%
1495
0.53%
113860
40.30%
282542
Baltimore (County)
37787
68.63%
16247
29.51%
236
0.43%
595
0.43%
195
0.35%
21540
39.12%
55060
Calvert
2133
52.73%
1867
46.16%
8
0.20%
16
0.40%
21
0.52%
-266
-6.58%
4045
Caroline
3544
58.72%
2431
40.28%
12
0.20%
16
0.27%
32
0.53%
1113
18.44%
6035
Carroll
6835
50.83%
6471
48.12%
21
0.16%
76
0.57%
45
0.33%
364
2.71%
13448
Cecil
3170
35.80%
5553
62.71%
24
0.27%
56
0.63%
52
0.59%
-2383
-26.91%
8855
Charles
2472
49.08%
2482
49.28%
22
0.44%
19
0.38%
42
0.83%
-10
-0.20%
5037
Dorchester
5979
62.78%
3416
35.87%
21
0.22%
45
0.47%
62
0.65%
-2563
-26.91%
9523
Frederick
12451
59.50%
8190
39.14%
37
0.18%
117
0.56%
131
0.63%
4261
20.36%
20926
Garrett
2746
40.63%
3916
57.95%
31
0.46%
21
0.31%
44
0.65%
-1170
-17.31%
6758
Harford
6616
58.57%
4539
40.18%
26
0.23%
54
0.48%
61
0.54%
2077
18.39%
11296
Howard
4464
65.79%
2252
33.19%
9
0.13%
30
0.44%
30
0.44%
2212
32.60%
6785
Kent
3395
61.94%
2035
37.13%
2
0.04%
25
0.46%
24
0.44%
1360
24.81%
5481
Montgomery
17834
61.98%
10389
36.11%
292
1.01%
122
0.42%
135
0.47%
7445
25.88%
28772
Prince George's
16731
67.07%
7927
31.78%
52
0.21%
106
0.42%
130
0.52%
8804
35.29%
24946
Queen Anne's
3791
64.80%
1979
33.83%
11
0.19%
24
0.41%
45
0.77%
1812
30.97%
5850
St. Mary's
2620
58.30%
1806
40.19%
11
0.24%
20
0.45%
37
0.82%
-814
-18.11%
4494
Somerset
3756
49.14%
3768
49.29%
15
0.20%
28
0.37%
77
1.01%
12
0.16%
7644
Talbot
4225
54.45%
3451
44.48%
7
0.09%
22
0.28%
54
0.70%
774
9.98%
7759
Washington
14311
60.35%
9184
38.73%
38
0.16%
97
0.41%
85
0.36%
5127
21.62%
23715
Wicomico
7050
65.64%
3590
33.43%
14
0.13%
35
0.33%
51
0.47%
3460
32.22%
10740
Worcester
3635
60.77%
2238
37.41%
18
0.30%
33
0.55%
58
0.97%
1397
23.35%
5982
Total
385343
63.28%
212781
34.94%
4204
0.69%
3423
0.56%
3197
0.53%
172562
28.34%
608948
Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat
See also
References
^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0308 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41" . msa.maryland.gov . Maryland State Archives . n.d. p. 308. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 06, 1940" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023 .
^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0308 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41" . msa.maryland.gov . Maryland State Archives . n.d. p. 308. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 06, 1940" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023 .
^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0324 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41" . msa.maryland.gov . Maryland State Archives . n.d. p. 324. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1940" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
^ "1940 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland" . uselectionatlas.org . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .