November 5, 1940 (1940-11-05) 1946 → 66.4% 33.6% | 93,283 47,101 | |
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Winner Warren Austin | ||
The 1940 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Republican Warren Austin successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Ona S. Searles. Austin would resign in August 1946 to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Ralph Flanders was appointed to replace him and went on to win election to a full term in 1946.
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United States Senate election in Vermont, 1940 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA