| Election Name: | 1942 Illinois elections |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 Illinois elections |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1944 Illinois elections |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1942 |
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 3, 1942.[1]
Primaries were held April 14, 1942.[1]
1942 was a midterm election year in the United States.
In the primary election 1,963,298 ballots were cast (1,026,644 Democratic and 936,654 Republican).[1]
In the general election 3,049,312 ballots were cast.[1]
See main article: 1942 United States Senate election in Illinois.
See also: 1942 United States Senate elections.
Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks was reelected.
See also: 1942 United States House of Representatives elections.
Illinois had redistricted before this election, and had lost one seat due to reapportionment following the 1950 United States Census. All of Illinois' remaining 26 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1942.
Before the election Republicans held 16 seats and Democrats held 11 seats from Illinois. In 1942, Republicans won 19 seats and Democrats won 7 seats.
| Election Name: | 1942 Illinois State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1944 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1942 |
| Image1: | William Stratton (1).jpg |
| Nominee1: | William G. Stratton |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,553,944 |
| Percentage1: | 54.25% |
| Nominee2: | W. D. Forsyth |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,300,091 |
| Percentage2: | 45.39% |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Warren Wright |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William G. Stratton |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent first-term Treasurer, Republican Warren Wright, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for United States Senate. Republican William G. Stratton was elected to succeed him.
W. D. Forsyth defeated former Illinois Treasurer and Auditor of Public Accounts Edward J. Barrett and two other candidates.
Incumbent congressman William G. Stratton won the Republican nomination.
| Election Name: | 1942 Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1938 Illinois elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| Previous Year: | 1938 |
| Next Election: | 1946 Illinois elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1942 |
| Nominee1: | Vernon L. Nickell |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,497,550 |
| Percentage1: | 52.71% |
| Nominee2: | John A. Wieland |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,333,679 |
| Percentage2: | 46.94% |
| Superintendent | |
| Before Election: | John A. Wieland |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Vernon L. Nickell |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent second-term Superintendent of Public Instruction John A. Wieland, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated by Republican Vernon L. Nickell was elected to succeed him in office.
Seats in the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1942. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1942. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
| Election Name: | 1942 Trustees of University of Illinois election |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1940 University of Illinois trustees election |
| Previous Year: | 1940 |
| Next Election: | 1944 University of Illinois trustees election |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1942 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Races won |
| Seats For Election: | 3 out of 9 seats on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 4 |
| Seats Needed1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 6 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,492,540 |
| Percentage1: | 53.57% |
| Swing1: | 3.13% |
| 1Data1: | 1 |
| 2Data1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats After2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,859,990 ½ |
| Percentage2: | 46.03% |
| Swing2: | 3.24% |
| 1Data2: | 2 |
| 2Data2: | 0[2] |
An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois. All three Republican nominees won. With their net increase of two seats in this election, Republicans captured a majority of seats on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
Incumbent Republican Chester R. Davis (elected in a special election two years prior) was reelected.[1] New Republican members Martin G. Luken and Frank H. McKelvey were also elected.[1]
Incumbent Democrats Homer M. Adams and James M. Cleary were not renominated.
Kenney E. Williamson, one of the Democratic Party nominees, had briefly served before, having been appointed in 1940.
On June 1, 1942, several districts of the Supreme Court of Illinois had elections.[1]
Republican Charles H. Thompson unseated Democratic incumbent Paul Farthing.
Republican incumbent June C. Smith with reelected.
Republican incumbent Walter T. Gunn was reelected, running unopposed.
Incumbent Democrat Elwyn Riley Shaw was unseated by Republican William J. Fulton.
Incumbent Democrat Francis S. Wilson was reelected, running unopposed.
Election were held on November 3, 1942 to fill two vacancies on the 16th Judicial Circuit and one vacancy on the 17th Judicial Circuit.
An election was held November 3, 1942 to fill two vacancies on the Superior Court of Cook County.[1]
One measure was put before voters in 1942.
The Illinois Revenue Amendment, a proposed amendment to Section 1 of Article IX of the Constitution, failed to meet the threshold for approval.[1] [3]
If approved, this amendment would have enabled the legislature to exempt from certain taxes businesses that sold food for human consumption, allowing the legislature to define the word "food".[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 Revenue Amendment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes | % of all ballots cast | ||||
| text align=center | Yes | text align=center | 979,892 | text align=center | 32.14 | |
| text align=center | No | text align=center | 346,232 | text align=center | 11.35 | |
| text align=center | Total votes | text align=center | 1,326,124 | text align=center | 43.49 |
Local elections were held.
This figure (3.13%) represents the increase from the share of both the result of the 1940 regular election and the combined vote of the 1940 regular and special elections (Republicans won 50.44% of both these election totals in 1940).
This figure (3.24) represents the decrease from the share of the combined vote of the 1940 regular and special elections. The change from the result of the 1940 regular election alone would be 3.13%.