1940 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Missouri
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by rhenderson on 2007-05-05

  Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Forrest C. DonnellRepublican 911,530 50.05%
Lawrence McDanielDemocratic 907,917 49.85%
YOther (+) - 1,759 0.10%
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Demographic Data

1940 Population:3,784,664Enum.1940 Population Density:21.2persons/km2
1930 Population:3,629,367Enum.1930 Population Density:20.3persons/km2
Land Area (2000):178,414km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0.4%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Missouri Secretary of State, "General Election Returns," Missouri Blue Book, 1941-1942 (Jefferson City, 1941)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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