1946 Illinois elections

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1946.[1]

1946 Illinois elections

November 5, 1946

Primaries were held April 9, 1946.[1]

Election information

1946 was a midterm election year in the United States.

Turnout

In the primary election 1,531,657 ballots were cast (741,821 Democratic and 789,836 Republican).[1]

In the general election 3,619,332 ballots were cast.[1]

Federal elections

United States House

All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1946.

Republicans flipped five Republican-held seats, leaving the Illinois House delegation to consist of 20 Republicans and 6 Democrats.

State elections

Treasurer

1946 Illinois State Treasurer election

November 5, 1946
 
Nominee Richard Yates Rowe Sam Keys
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,959,881 1,480,597
Percentage 56.73% 42.86%

Treasurer before election

Conrad F. Becker
Republican

Elected Treasurer

Richard Yates Rowe
Republican

Incumbent first-term Treasurer, Republican Conrad F. Becker, did not seek reelection. Republican Richard Yates Rowe was elected to succeed him.

Democratic primary

Treasurer Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sam Keys 385,419 100
Total votes 385,419 100

Republican primary

Treasurer Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Yates Rowe 411,070 61.22
Republican Stephen A. Day 202,594 30.17
Republican I. Jay Brown 57,838 8.61
Write-in Others 4 0.00
Total votes 671,506 100

General election

Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Yates Rowe 1,959,881 56.73
Democratic Sam Keys 1,480,597 42.86
Prohibition Robert W. Melven 14,144 0.41
Total votes 3,454,622 100

Superintendent of Public Instruction

1946 Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction election

November 5, 1946
 
Nominee Vernon L. Nickell C. H. Engle
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,959,738 1,439,645
Percentage 57.37% 42.14%

Superintendent before election

Vernon L. Nickell
Republican

Elected Superintendent

Vernon L. Nickell
Republican

Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Vernon L. Nickell, a Republican, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Superintendent of Public Instruction Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic C. H. Engle 567,801 100
Total votes 567,801 100

Republican primary

Superintendent of Public Instruction Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vernon L. Nickell (incumbent) 599,582 100
Write-in Others 5 0.00
Total votes 599,587 100

General election

Superintendent of Public Instruction election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vernon L. Nickell (incumbent) 1,959,738 57.37
Democratic C. Hobart Engle 1,439,645 42.14
Prohibition Henry L. Lundquist 16,813 0.49
Total votes 3,416,196 100

State Senate

Seats in the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1946. Republicans retained control of the chamber.

State House of Representatives

Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1946. Republicans retained control of the chamber.

Trustees of University of Illinois

1946 Trustees of University of Illinois election
November 5, 1946

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois.

First-term Republican incumbents Park Livingston and John R. Fornof were reelected.[1][2] New Republican member Doris Simpson Holt was elected.[1][2]

Incumbent Republican Helen M. L. Grigsby was not renominated.[2]

Trustees of the University of Illinois election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Park Livingston (incumbent) 1,961,346½ 19.44
Republican John R. Fornof (incumbent) 1,915,895 18.69
Republican Doris Simpson Holt 1,885,964½ 18.69
Democratic Don Forsyth 1,463,251½ 14.50
Democratic James Everett Etherton 1,420,780 14.08
Democratic Albert H. Wohlers 1,395,980½ 13.83
Prohibition Henry Jonhson Long 16,488½ 0.16
Prohibition Mildred E. Young 16,202 0.16
Prohibition Louis Gilbert Krandell 14,776 0.15
Total votes 10,090,684½ 100

Judicial elections

On June 3, 1946 elections were held to fill vacancies on the Superior Court of Cook County.[1] On November 5, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County.[1] On December 17, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Sixth Judicial Circuit.[1]

Ballot measures

Two measures was put before voters in 1946.

Illinois Gateway Amendment

The Illinois Gateway Amendment, a proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution, failed to meet the threshold for approval.[1][3]

If approved, this amendment would have enabled the legislature to submit legislatively referred amendments to up to three constitutional articles per session.[3]

In order to be approved, legislatively referred constitutional amendments required approval equal to a majority of voters voting in the entire general election.[3][4]

Illinois Gateway Amendment[1][3]
Option Votes % of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,273,653 35.19
No 368,108 10.17
Total votes 1,641,761 45.36

World War II Veterans' Compensation Act

The World War II Veterans' Compensation Act, a legislatively referred bond issue, was approved by voters.[5]

The bond issue would be used to compensate veterans of World War II.[5]

It was required to be approved by a vote equal to vote for whichever chamber of the state legislature received the greatest vote total. In this case, that meant it needed to receive 1,709,721 votes.

World War II Veterans' Compensation Act[1]
Candidate Votes %
Yes 2,173,425 68.92
No 980,345 31.09
Total votes 3,153,770 100

Local elections

Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.

References

  1. "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 5, 1946 Judicial Elections, 1945, 1946 • Primary Election General Primary, April 9, 1946" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "Illinois Gateway Amendment (1946)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Illinois Constitution of 1870 ARTICLE XIV Section 2
  5. "Illinois Veterans' Compensation Question (1946)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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