Donnell vs. McDaniel Scrapbook

Collection — Box: 2606, Scrapbook: 002

Identifier: 2007.186

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Articles covering the political battle for the position of Missouri Governor between Hon. Lawrence McDaniel and Gov. Forrest C. Donnell.

Dates

Creation: 1941

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

In the 1940 Missouri gubernatorial election, Forrest C. Donnell defeated St. Louis politician Lawrence “Larry” McDaniel by 3,613 votes. Donnell was the first Republican governor after the collapse of the Thomas Pendergast political machine and the only major Republican elected statewide in the 1940 election and Democrats were to delay seating him for six weeks until being forced to do so by the Missouri Supreme Court in what would be called the “Great Governorship Steal.” Donnell was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from 1945 to 1951.