| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois elections |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Illinois elections |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Illinois elections |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.[1]
Primaries were held April 13, 1948.[1]
In the primaries, 1,649,655 ballots were cast (745,645 Democratic and 904,010 Republican).[1]
In the general election, 4,075,090 ballots were cast.[1]
See main article: 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois.
See also: 1948 United States presidential election.
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley.
See main article: 1948 United States Senate election in Illinois.
See also: 1948 United States Senate elections.
Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks lost reelection to Democrat Paul Douglas.
See also: 1952 United States House of Representatives elections.
All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1948.
Illinois had redistricted before this election, eliminating its at-large district.
See main article: 1948 Illinois gubernatorial election.
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Nominee1: | Adlai Stevenson II |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,250,074 |
| Percentage1: | 57.11% |
| Nominee2: | Dwight H. Green |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,678,007 |
| Percentage2: | 42.59% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Dwight H. Green |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Adlai Stevenson II |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Governor Dwight H. Green, a Republican seeking a third term, lost reelection to Democrat Adlai Stevenson II.
Stevenson's victory was regarded as a surprise upset, and his margin of victory of 572,067 votes was, at the time, record breaking for an Illinois gubernatorial election.[2] [3] [4]
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Nominee1: | Sherwood Dixon |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,998,555 |
| Percentage1: | 52.22% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Yates Rowe |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,815,907 |
| Percentage2: | 47.45% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Before Election: | Hugh W. Cross |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Sherwood Dixon |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent lieutenant governor Hugh W. Cross, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Sherwood Dixon was elected to succeed him in office.
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Image1: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee1: | Ivan A. Elliott |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,019,401 |
| Percentage1: | 52.61% |
| Nominee2: | George F. Barrett |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,806,137 |
| Percentage2: | 47.06% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | George F. Barrett |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ivan A. Elliott |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent attorney general George F. Barrett, a Republican running for a third term, lost to Democrat Ivan A. Elliott
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Illinois Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Illinois Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Image1: | Edward J. Barrett 1949 (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Edward J. Barrett |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,120,832 |
| Percentage1: | 54.49% |
| Nominee2: | William Stratton |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,759,083 |
| Percentage2: | 45.19% |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Edward J. Barrett |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
Former Illinois Treasurer and incumbent congressman William Stratton won the Republican primary, running unopposed.
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 Illinois elections#Auditor of Public Accounts |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Illinois elections#Auditor of Public Accounts |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Image1: | Benjamin O. Cooper 1949 (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Benjamin O. Cooper |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,030,222 |
| Percentage1: | 53.15% |
| Nominee2: | Sinon A. Murray |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,776,396 |
| Percentage2: | 46.51% |
| Auditor of Public Accounts | |
| Before Election: | Arthur C. Lueder |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Benjamin O. Cooper |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Auditor of Public Accounts Arthur C. Lueder, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Benjamin O. Cooper was elected to succeed him in office.
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1915 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| Image1: | Ora Smith 1949 (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ora Smith |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,026,268 |
| Percentage1: | 53.20% |
| Nominee2: | Elmer Droste |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,769,775 |
| Percentage2: | 46.46% |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Richard Yates Rowe |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ora Smith |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent first-term Treasurer Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for lieutenant governor. Democrat Ora Smith was elected to succeed him in office.
Seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1948. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1948. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
| Election Name: | 1948 Trustees of University of Illinois election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Illinois elections#Trustees of University of Illinois |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Illinois elections#Trustees of University of Illinois |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois. All three Democratic nominees won. The election was for six-year terms.
4,078,146 ballots were cast in the election.
All three who were elected had never before held office as Trustees of the University of Illinois. Incumbent Republican Chester R. Davis lost reelection. Fellow Republican incumbents Martin Gerard Luken Sr. and Frank Hotchkiss McKelvey were not nominated for what would have been a second term.
| Election Name: | 1948 Illinois judicial elections |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1947 Illinois judicial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1947 |
| Next Election: | 1949 Illinois judicial elections |
| Next Year: | 1949 |
Special judicial elections were held to fill vacancies.
This election was held on November 2, 1948.
Local elections were held.