Election Name: | 1940 United States Senate election in Vermont |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1934 United States Senate election in Vermont |
Previous Year: | 1934 |
Next Election: | 1946 United States Senate election in Vermont |
Next Year: | 1946 |
Image1: | Austin Warren Robinson.jpg |
Nominee1: | Warren Austin |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 93,283 |
Percentage1: | 66.45% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Nominee2: | Ona Searles |
Popular Vote2: | 47,101 |
Percentage2: | 33.55% |
Map Size: | 219px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Warren Austin |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Warren Austin |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
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.