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1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
 
Nominee Robert La Follette Jr. Fred H. Clausen James E. Finnegan
Party Progressive Republican Democratic
Popular vote 605,609 553,692 176,688
Percentage 45.26% 41.38% 13.20%

County results
La Follete Jr.:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Clausen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Robert La Follette Jr.
Progressive

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert La Follette Jr.
Progressive

The 1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1940.

Incumbent Progressive U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. was elected to a third term in office over Republican Fred H. Clausen and Democrat James E. Finnegan.

Progressive primary

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Frank died two days before the primary, on September 15, but remained on the ballot.

  • William D. Carroll, former State Senator (1933–37)
  • John Cudahy, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Irish Free State (write-in)
  • James E. Finnegan, former Wisconsin Attorney General (1933–37)
  • James J. Kerwin
  • Fred H. Clausen, farming equipment manufacturer (Republican)
  • James E. Finnegan, former Wisconsin Attorney General (Democratic)
  • Ted Furman (Communist)
  • Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent Senator since 1925 (Progressive)
  • Adolf Wiggert (Socialist Labor)
  1. ^ a b c "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1954" (PDF). p. 517. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Clausen, Frederick Harold 1875 - 1944". Wisconsin Historical Society. August 8, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1954" (PDF). Our Campaigns. p. 599. Retrieved June 17, 2021.