page_title: 1940 United States Senate elections
section_title: New Mexico
hierarchical_section_title: 1940 United States Senate elections / New Mexico
caption_attribution_description: English: Dennis Chavez, U.S. Senator from New Mexico
context_page_description: The United States Senate elections of 1940 coincided with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his third term as President.
  Although Roosevelt was re-elected, support for his administration had dropped somewhat after eight years, and the Republican opposition gained three seats from the Democrats. However, the New Deal Democrats regained firm control of both the House and Senate because Progressives dominated the election. The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party also disappeared from the Senate, as Henrik Shipstead joined the Republican party and Ernest Lundeen had died during the preceding term. Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri was elected to his final term in the Senate in 1940. Truman resigned in 1945 to serve as President Roosevelt's third Vice President.
caption: Senator Dennis Chávez
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