1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
 
Nominee Francis T. Maloney Paul L. Cornell
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Union
Popular vote 416,740 358,313
Percentage 53.15% 45.70%

Maloney:      40–50%      50–60%      60-70%
Cornell:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. senator before election

Francis T. Maloney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Francis T. Maloney
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Connecticut was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Francis T. Maloney was re-elected to a second term in office. Maloney did not complete the term; he died in 1945. This was the first time that the Democrats were ever re-elected to the Senate from the state.