1946 United States Senate election in Florida, General election, Campaign
On September 18, incumbent Senator Andrews died. Holland, as Governor, appointed himself as Andrews's replacement for the remainder of the term.


1946 United States Senate election in Indiana
The 1946 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Raymond E. Willis did not run for re-election. Former interim Senator William E. Jenner was elected over Governor of Indiana M. Clifford Townsend.


1946 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1946 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 9, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Maine
Incumbent Republican Senator Owen Brewster was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat Peter McDonald.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland
The 1946 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland
Incumbent Democratic Senator George L. P. Radcliffe ran for a third consecutive term in office, but lost the Democratic primary to Governor of Maryland Herbert O'Conor. O'Conor narrowly defeated Republican D. John Markey to win the open seat.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland
O'Conor's general election victory and the subsequent recount by a federal Senate Subcommittee were controversial, with each party claiming partisan manipulation by the other.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Results
After the vote, both candidates claimed victory, before the official count declared O'Conor the winner by a margin of 2,232 out of more than 470,000 votes cast. On December 10, 1946, Markey requested the U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (now controlled by Republicans after their landslide victories in the 1946 elections) conduct a recount in Baltimore City and Montgomery County, which had used electronic voting machines. He also alleged the O'Conor campaign had committed financing violations. The committee agreed because Maryland was unable to conduct its own official recount and found a variation of about 400 votes. The committee then sought to survey five additional counties that were likely to have irregularities. Markey requested a full recount of the entire state.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Results
In the meantime, O'Conor was sworn into the Senate seat on January 4, 1947, after a slight delay. Throughout the recounts, Markey implored the process be done quickly, and implied that the election evidence could go missing at any moment. In May 1947, upon completion of the recount of the five additional counties, O'Conor still maintained a margin of 1,465 votes.


1946 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Results
In the aftermath, Markey complained of the O'Conor administration's control of the state government, the Democratic Party's control of the state since 1864, and law enforcement's failure to prevent polling abuses. By contrast, Democratic Maryland senator Millard Tydings alleged partisan bias on the part of the Republican-led investigating subcommittee. The committee completed its full recount of the state in January 1948, and concluded that O'Conor had secured a 1,624-vote majority.


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic Senator David I. Walsh ran for re-election to a fifth term in office, but was defeated by Republican former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who returned from service in World War II.


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
It was the last time a Republican was elected to the Class 1 Senate seat in Massachusetts until 2010, and the last time as of 2021 that a Republican was elected to serve a full term in that seat.


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Background
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was elected to two terms in the U.S. Senate in 1936 and 1942, but resigned during his second term to serve in World War II. With the completion of the war in Europe, Lodge returned to Massachusetts and to politics.


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Background
David I. Walsh had served four terms in office since his election as an ally of Woodrow Wilson in 1916 but had alienated New Deal supporters by opposing the labor and social reform measures of the Second New Deal. He was also embroiled in a personal scandal after the owner of a Brooklyn homosexual brothel allegedly frequented by German spies had sworn under oath that Walsh was his client. Though J. Edgar Hoover cleared Walsh of any wrongdoing, the scandal hung over his head.


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign
Lodge, who considered Walsh a family friend, avoided mentioning his opponent's alleged homosexuality or impropriety. He centered his campaign on criticism of postwar economic conditions, arguing that inflation, labor strife, and consumer goods shortages were leading the country toward "another depression."


1946 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Results
Lodge carried carried every county and the city of Boston.


1946 United States Senate election in Michigan
The 1946 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Michigan
Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term in a landslide over Democrat James H. Lee.


1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota
The 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1946. It was the first election to either of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate held since the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota merged in 1944, to form the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Incumbent U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead was defeated in the Republican primary by Governor Edward John Thye, who went on to defeat DFL challenger Theodore Jorgenson in the general election.


1946 United States Senate election in Mississippi
The 1946 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo won re-election to his third term.


1946 United States Senate election in Mississippi
Because Bilbo was unopposed in the general election, his victory in the July 2 primary was tantamount to election. He defeated a field of candidates with 51% of the vote.


1946 United States Senate election in Mississippi
However, the United States Senate, with a Republican majority and at the request of liberal Democratic Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, refused to seat Bilbo based on his adamant opposition to voting rights for black Americans anywhere in the country, incitement of violence against those blacks who tried to vote, and history of accepting bribes. While his re-entry to the Senate was being contested in 1947, Bilbo died of oral cancer.


1946 United States Senate election in Missouri
The 1946 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Missouri
Incumbent Democratic Senator Frank P. Briggs, who was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Vice President Harry S. Truman, ran for re-election to a full term in office, but was defeated by Republican James Kem.


1946 United States Senate election in Montana
The 1946 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, who was first elected to the Senate in 1922, and was re-elected in 1928, 1934, and 1940, ran for re-election. He was challenged in the Democratic primary by Leif Erickson, the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, and, following a close election, was narrowly defeated by Erickson. In the general election, Erickson faced State Senator Zales Ecton, the Republican nominee. Ultimately, Ecton defeated Erickson by a fairly wide margin, and won his only term in the Senate. Another Republican would not be elected Senator from Montana for 42 years when Conrad Burns narrowly won the 1988 election.


1946 United States Senate election in Nebraska
The 1946 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1946. The incumbent Senator, Hugh A. Butler, was re-elected to a second term in a landslide, defeating John E. Mekota.


1946 United States Senate election in New Jersey
The United States Senate election of 1946 in New Jersey was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in New Jersey
Incumbent Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith, who had been elected in a 1944 special election following the death of William Warren Barbour, was re-elected over Democrat George Brunner, the Mayor of Camden.


1946 United States Senate election in New York
The 1946 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Convention
The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Albany. Former Governor Herbert H. Lehman was the only candidate nominated. His name was placed into nomination by Jeremiah T. Mahoney and seconded by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Convention
The Republican state convention met on September 4 at Saratoga Springs, New York. Assembly Majority Leader Irving M. Ives was nominated unanimously after General Donovan, facing overwhelming defeat, withdrew that morning and pledged his support to the Republican ticket.


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Other nominations, Socialist Labor
The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 7 and nominated Eric Hass for the U.S. Senate. The party filed a petition to nominate its candidates under the name "Industrial Government Party."


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Other nominations, Liberal
The Liberal Party of New York nominated Lehmann by gathering 51,015 signatures and filed a petition to nominate candidates with the Secretary of State on September 2.


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Other nominations, American Labor
The American Labor state convention met on September 3 and endorsed Lehman.


1946 United States Senate election in New York, Other nominations, Others
The Industrial Government, Socialist and Socialist Workers tickets were not allowed on the ballot because of "defective nominating petitions." The Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the lower courts.


1946 United States Senate election in Ohio
The 1946 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 5, 1946, alongside a concurrent special election to the same seat.


1946 United States Senate election in Ohio
Former Republican Governor of Ohio John W. Bricker defeated Democratic interim Senator James W. Huffman, who had been appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Supreme Court Justice Harold Hitz Burton. In a concurrent special election to finish Burton's unexpired term, Republican Kingsley Taft defeated Henry P. Webber.


1946 United States Senate election in Ohio, Background
Incumbent Senator Harold Hitz Burton resigned from office in October 1945 to accept a seat on the United States Supreme Court. Governor Frank Lausche appointed James W. Huffman to fill Burton's vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. The special election to fill the seat was scheduled for November 5, 1946, concurrent with the election to the next full term.


1946 United States Senate election in Ohio, Background
Huffman did not run in the special election, but ran in the election for the full term beginning in 1947.


1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey sought re-election to another term, but was defeated by Republican nominee Edward Martin.


1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee
The 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was re-elected to a sixth term in office. He defeated a primary challenge by Edward W. Carmack Jr. and easily won the general election against Republican William B. Ladd.


1946 United States Senate election in Texas
The 1946 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally was re-elected to his fourth term in office, with only minor opposition in the Democratic primary and general elections.


1946 United States Senate election in Vermont
The 1946 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican Ralph Flanders successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Charles P. Mcdevitt.


1946 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 1946 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. was re-elected to a third term after defeating Republican Lester S. Parsons.


1946 United States Senate election in Washington
The 1946 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democrat Hugh Mitchell, who had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Monrad Wallgren, ran for a full term in office, but was defeated by Republican Mayor of Tacoma Harry Cain.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. (who had until 1946 been a member of the Progressive Party) narrowly lost the primary election to Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy would go on to win the general election against Rep. Howard McMurray of Milwaukee in a landslide. McCarthy became the first person other than a La Follette to hold this seat since 1906.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Republican primary, Campaign
The Republican primary election was noted for its divisiveness and bitterness.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Republican primary, Campaign
The incumbent Senator La Follette, who had just re-joined the Republican Party after the collapse of the Wisconsin Progressive Party earlier that year, was challenged by Judge Joe McCarthy of Appleton. Disbanding the Progressive Party and seeking election on the Republican ticket that same year cost him the support of many progressive supporters that belonged to the former, while the more conservative Republicans were also suspicious of La Follette, as he had previously run against them.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Republican primary, Campaign
La Follette ran an isolationist campaign against the United Nations and was critical of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Confident of victory, he remained in Washington to draft and win passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 rather than returning to Wisconsin to campaign for re-election.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Republican primary, Campaign
McCarthy campaigned aggressively and attacked La Follette for not enlisting during World War II, although La Follette had been 46 when Pearl Harbor was bombed and would have been too old to be accepted. McCarthy played up his own wartime service, using his wartime nickname, "Tail-Gunner Joe," and the slogan "Congress needs a tail-gunner". McCarthy also claimed that while he had been away fighting for his country, La Follette had made huge profits from investments; the suggestion that La Follette had been guilty of war profiteering was deeply damaging.


1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Republican primary, Campaign
While La Follette initially started with a large lead in the polls, that lead gradually dwindled, and on the primary election day, the results of the final county to report polls tipped the scales in McCarthy's favor. La Follette sent a one-word telegram saying "Congratulations" to McCarthy.


1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming
The 1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1946. Democratic Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney ran for re-election to a third term. In the general election, he faced Republican Harry B. Henderson, the former Chairman of the Republican Party of Wyoming and a former State Senator. Despite the strong performance of the Republican Party nationally, O'Mahoney's popularity was strong enough for him to win re-election yet again by a wide margin, though slightly narrower than his 1940 re-election.


1946 United States Senate elections
The 1946 United States Senate elections were held November 5, 1946, in the middle of Democratic President Harry S. Truman's first term. The Republicans took control of the Senate by picking up twelve seats, mostly from the Democrats.


1946 United States Senate elections
The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Truman, whose approval rating had sunk to 32% over the president's controversial handling of a wave of post-war labor strikes, such as a nationwide railroad strike in May, at a time when Americans depended on train service for both commuter and long-distance travel. Just as damaging was Truman's back-and-forth over whether to end unpopular wartime price controls to handle shortages, particularly in foodstuffs. For example, price controls on beef had led to a "hamburger famine," but when Truman, in a surprise move, lifted the controls on October 14 — just weeks before the election — meat prices shot up to record levels.


1946 United States Senate elections
This is only one of two occasions in U.S. history that 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in a midterm election (the other being in 1958), and also one of five occasions where 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in an election, with the other occasions being in 1920, 1932, 1958, and 1980.


1946 United States Senate elections, Republican wave
The president's lack of popular support is widely seen as the reason for the Democrats' congressional defeat, the largest since they were trounced in the 1928 pro-Republican wave that brought Herbert Hoover to power. And for the first time since before the Great Depression, Republicans were seen as the party which could best handle the American economy.


1946 United States Senate elections, Republican wave
However, the Republicans also benefited from what today would be called "a good map," meaning that of the one-third of Senate seats up for election, the majority were held by Democrats.


1946 United States Senate elections, Republican wave
Besides the Republicans being able to hold onto all of their seats, this was the party's largest senate gain since 1920.


1946 United States Senate elections, Results summary
Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.


1946 United States Senate elections, Gains and losses
In addition to a net Republican gain by appointment before the election, the Republicans picked up twelve seats, eleven of them from Democrats, and one from Wisconsin Progressive Robert M. La Follette Jr.. This gave them a Senate majority for the first time since Hoover's administration.


1946 United States Senate elections, Gains and losses
In addition to capturing open seats in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and New York, the Republicans defeated seven Democratic incumbents:


1946 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Special elections during the 79th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1946, ordered by election date, then state.


1946 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Races leading to the 80th Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1947; ordered by state.


1946 United States Senate elections, Arizona
Incumbent Democrat Ernest McFarland ran for re-election to a second term, easily defeating Republican Ward S. Powers in the general election.


1946 United States Senate elections, Connecticut
There were 2 elections for the same seat due to the January 16, 1945 death of Democrat Francis T. Maloney. Republican Thomas C. Hart was appointed February 15, 1945 to continue the term, pending a special election. Republican Governor of Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin won both elections, but resigned only three years after the election to become a state judge.


1946 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts
Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. defeated incumbent David I. Walsh.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The New York state election was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 7 and nominated Eric Hass for the U.S.Senate. The party filed a petition to nominate candidates under the name "Industrial Government Party."


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Liberal Party gathered 51,015 signatures and filed a petition to nominate candidates with the Secretary of State on September 2.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Republican state convention met on September 4 at Saratoga Springs, New York. They nominated Assembly Majority Leader Irving M. Ives.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Albany, New York, and nominated Ex-Governor Herbert H. Lehman (in office 1933-1942) for the U.S. Senate.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The American Labor state convention met on September 3 and endorsed Lehman. Fielding, Chapman and Abt were withdrawn from the ticket on September 5, and Democrats Corning, Young and Epstein substituted on the ticket.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Socialist Workers Party filed a petition to nominate candidates headed by Farrell Dobbs for Governor.


1946 United States Senate elections, New York
The Industrial Government, Socialist and Socialist Workers tickets were not allowed on the ballot because of "defective nominating petitions." The Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the lower courts.


1946 United States Senate elections, North Dakota, North Dakota (Special)
Newly-elected Democrat John Moses had died March 3, 1945 and Republican state senator Milton Young was appointed March 12, 1945 to continue the term, pending a special election.


1946 United States Senate elections, North Dakota, North Dakota (Special)
Young was elected June 25, 1946 to finish the term that would end in 1951.


1946 United States Senate elections, North Dakota, North Dakota (Special)
Young would go on to be elected 5 more times, serving until his 1975 retirement.


1946 United States Senate elections, North Dakota, North Dakota (Regular)
First-term Republican William Langer was re-elected to a second term.


1946 United States Senate elections, North Dakota, North Dakota (Regular)
Langer would be re-elected twice more, serving until his 1959 death.


1946 United States Senate elections, Ohio
There were 2 elections to the same seat due to the September 30, 1945 resignation of Republican Harold H. Burton.


1946 United States Senate elections, Ohio
Democrat James W. Huffman was appointed to continue the term, pending a special election in which Huffman was not a candidate. Huffman was, however, nominated to the regular election, which he lost.


1946 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania
Incumbent Democrat Joseph F. Guffey lost re-election to Republican Edward Martin.


1946 United States Senate elections, Vermont
Incumbent Republican Ralph Flanders successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Charles P. McDevitt.


1946 United States Senate elections, Virginia, Virginia (Regular)
Incumbent Harry F. Byrd Sr. was re-elected to a third term after defeating Republican Lester S. Parsons.


1946 United States Senate elections, Virginia, Virginia (Special)
Appointed Democrat Thomas G. Burch retired after filling the vacancy caused by the May 28, 1946 death of Democrat Carter Glass. Democrat Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was elected to finish Glass's term.


1946 United States Senate elections, Wisconsin
Three-term Republican Robert La Follette Jr. lost renomination to Joseph McCarthy, who then won the general election.


1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota
The 1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota took place on June 25, 1946. Democratic Senator John Moses, first elected in 1944, died on March 3, 1945, just two months into his term. Republican Governor Fred G. Aandahl appointed State Senator Milton Young to fill the vacancy and a special election was scheduled.


1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota
Young ran for re-election and narrowly won the Republican nomination at a state party convention against two opponents, including former Senator Gerald Nye. In the general election, he faced Democratic nominee P. W. "Bill" Lanier, an attorney, and Nye, who was running as an independent following his 1944 loss to Moses and his defeat at the state convention. Young was able to take advantage of the split field to easily win re-election.


1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota, Republican convention
Republicans convened in Bismarck for their state convention, the agenda for which included nominating a candidate for the June special election. Young announced that he intended to run for re-election, and former Senator Gerald Nye also announced he would seek the party's nomination. Across the state, county parties elected delegates to the state conventions, which effectively became proxy wars between the state Republican committee, which favored Young, and the Nonpartisan League, which favored Nye, for control of the party apparatus. Ultimately, the Republican establishment won out. Of, the delegates given instructions by their county parties, all of them were directed to vote for Young. The uninstructed delegates were no more amenable to Nye; in Morton County, the convention passed a resolution expressing "unalterable opposition" to Nye's nomination.


1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota, Republican convention
Ultimately, Young narrowly won renomination, winning just a handful more delegates than he needed to receive a majority. The second-place finisher was not Nye-who placed a distant third-but instead political newcomer George Schatz. However, after Nye lost the nomination, he announced that he would continue his campaign to the general election as an independent.


1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota, Democratic convention
At the Democratic convention, attorney P. W. "Bill" Lanier, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran and the son of U.S. Attorney P. W. Lanier, won the party's nomination.


1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia
The 1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia was held on November 5, 1946. Appointed Democratic Senator Thomas G. Burch retired after filling the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Carter Glass. Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was elected to finish Glass's term in office.


1946 United States elections
The 1946 United States elections were held on November 5, 1946, and elected the members of the 80th United States Congress. In the first election after the end of World War II, incumbent President Harry S. Truman (who took office on April 12, 1945, upon the death of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt) and the Democratic Party suffered large losses. After having been in the minority of both chambers of Congress since 1932, Republicans took control of both the House and the Senate.


1946 United States elections, Results
Democrats lost fifty-four seats to the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and Democrats also lost eleven seats to the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, allowing Republicans to take control of both chambers. A Progressive also lost a seat to a Republican.


1946 United States elections, Results
In California, newcomer Richard Nixon defeated incumbent liberal Democrat  Jerry Voorhis. Nixon campaigned on such issues as price controls, housing, and labor-management relations, but gained his greatest publicity from attacks on Voorhis left-wing Associations and policies.


1946 United States elections, Results
In Georgia, white supremacy was the main theme as   Eugene Talmadge was elected  to a fourth term as governor. He had promoted purges of blacks from the voting lists in certain key Georgia counties.


1946 United States elections, Results
In Mississippi,  racist Senator Theodore G. Bilbo sought reelection to a third six-year term in the Democratic primary. He was under daily newspaper attack from Hodding Carter, one of the state's best-known political journalists and editors. Carter supported racial segregation but was a moderate on civil rights. His 1946 Pulitzer Prize for editorials on racial and religious tolerance as editor of the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times had won him a national reputation. Bilbo narrowly won reelection with only 51% of the vote, but he died within a year.


1946 United States elections, Long term
The election stymied Truman's efforts to enact his Fair Deal policies and helped ensure the passage of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. However, Truman was able to implement the Marshall Plan, the National Security Act of 1947, and other Cold War policies following the election. Future presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon first won election to Congress in this election, while Thomas Dewey's re-election as Governor of New York helped him earn the 1948 Republican nomination for president. Joseph McCarthy also won election as Senator from Wisconsin in 1946.


1946 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1946, in 34 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections, on November 5, 1946 (September 9 in Maine).


1946 United States gubernatorial elections
In Idaho, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. In New Jersey, this was the last election on a 3-year cycle, before switching to a 4-year term for governors from 1949.


1946 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Nacional won the championship.


1946 Uruguayan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Uruguay on 24 November 1946, alongside general elections. Two options for amending the constitution were put to voters, but both were rejected.


1946 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Proposals
Two proposals for amending the constitution were put to voters. Proposal 1 was put forward by the Battlismo faction of the Colorado Party and the Independent National Party, and would allow government initiatives to be approved by two-fifths of members of the Chamber of Deputies, would bring back the Colegiado system of government, and separate election dates. Proposal 2 was put forward by the Civic Union, and would allow referendums to be held on constitutional changes if 10% of registered voters signed a petition, would allow for the separate election of the President and Vice President, and also scrap the lema system.


1946 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 24 November 1946, alongside a constitutional referendum. The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the most seats in the Chamber of Deputies and received the most votes in the presidential election, in which the Tomás Berreta faction emerged as the largest. Berreta subsequently became President on 1 March 1947.


1946 Utah Redskins football team
The 1946 Utah Redskins football team represented the University of Utah during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Utah Redskins football team, After the season, NFL Draft
Utah had one player selected in the 1947 NFL Draft.


1946 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1946 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State Agricultural College in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 27th season under head coach Dick Romney, the Aggies compiled a 7–2–1 record (4–1–1 against MSC opponents), tied for the MSC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 220 to 75. The 1946 squad continues to hold the school records for: most rushing yards per attempt (5.9); lowest pass completion percentage allowed (.330); fewest touchdown passes allowed (zero); and fewest total offense attempts allowed per game (50.6).


1946 Utah State Aggies football team
After losing only one game during the regular season, the team played in the school's first bowl game – the 1947 Raisin Bowl on January 1, 1947, in Fresno, California. The Aggies were defeated by San Jose State, 20-0.


1946 Utah State Aggies football team
Four Utah State players were named to all-conference team selected by the Associated Press: center Ralph Maughan (first team), tackle George Nelson (first team), halfback Jay Van Noy (second team), and end Norvel Hansen (second team). Van Noy went on to play Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals.


1946 Utah State Aggies football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Aggie was selected.


1946 VFA season
The 1946 Victorian Football Association season was the 65th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October. It was the first premiership in the club's history.


1946 VFA season, Premiership
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.


1946 VFA season, Notable events, Disputed match between Northcote and Sandringham
On 25 May, Sandringham 15.13 (103) defeated Northcote 13.10 (88). Northcote protested the result, on the basis that the third quarter was played 10 minutes short of the full duration. The Association resolved that the game should be replayed, but only if it had any bearing on the final four.


1946 VFA season, Notable events, Disputed match between Northcote and Sandringham
After the home-and-home season, Sandringham finished third, four points ahead of fifth-placed Coburg but with a poorer percentage; this meant that the replay was required, and that Coburg would make the finals if it were lost by Sandringham. However, on the Monday after the home-and-home matches were complete, the Association Board of Management decided to rescind its previous decision and allow Sandringham's original win to stand.


1946 VFA season, Notable events, Disputed match between Northcote and Sandringham
Coburg was unhappy, and believed it was in a strong legal position to compel the Association to uphold its original decision to replay the match; but, it nevertheless decided not to proceed with any action and allowed the result to stand. As a result, Sandringham qualified for the finals for the first time, and went on to win the premiership.


1946 VFL Grand Final
The 1946 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 October 1946. It was the 48th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1946 VFL season. The match was attended by 73,743 spectators.


1946 VFL Grand Final
The game was won by Essendon by a margin of 63 points, marking that club's 8th VFL premiership. The match was marked by Essendon's dominant third quarter, in which it scored a grand final record of 11.8 (74) to turn a close half-time deficit into a match-winning lead.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Background
Essendon won the minor premiership in the 1946 season by an eight point margin, with a 15–4 win-loss record. Melbourne had finished fourth, as one of three clubs with a 13–6 win-loss record.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Background
In the finals, Essendon had drawn the second semi-final against Collingwood, then won the replay the following week by 19 points to qualify for the Grand Final after a week's break. Melbourne defeated Footscray in the first semi-final by 18 points, then defeated Collingwood in the preliminary by 13 points to qualify. Owing to the replayed semi-final, the grand final was staged on 5 October, one week later than originally scheduled.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Background
The clubs met twice during the home-and-away season, each winning its home game: Essendon by 56 points in Round 3 and Melbourne by five points in Round 14.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Background
The match was the first grand final played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground since 1941, it having been appropriated for military use during World War II. The ground had not been available for football until Round 17, and Melbourne (which usually played its home games at the ground) had been playing at the nearby Punt Road Oval for much of the season.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Background
This was the first of six successive Grand Final appearances by Essendon between 1946 and 1951, from which it won three premierships.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary
The match was played in fine weather. A breeze favoured the Richmond end of the ground, to which Essendon kicked in the first and third quarters.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Melbourne opened the game strongest, kicking the first four goals of the game: the first came inside the first six seconds of the game, with the ruck tap-out going to Len Dockett, who passed to Adrian Dullard, who goaled from a snap shot; the second from a mark and set shot by Fred Fanning; the third from a mark by Jack Mueller; and the fourth after Alby Rodda roved a hit-out. Fanning won several decisive ruck contests in setting up his team's early goals inside the first ten minutes.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Essendon fought back with the next two goals; Bill Brittingham kicked their first from a snap shot; and Gordon Lane taking a strong mark to kick his first goal from a set shot. Soon after, a fumble by the Essendon defenders allowed Ernie O'Rourke to kick Melbourne's fifth goal, pushing the advantage back to twenty points. Melbourne's sixth goal came from Mueller, after receiving a handpass from Norm Smith.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Essendon then fought back strongly, its followers involved in several passages of play. Dick Reynolds scored Essendon's third goal after receiving a handpass from Hutchison; and Hutchison kicked the fourth goal from a long set shot. Lane then kicked two goals to bring Essendon level: first from a snap near the boundary line, and then from a set shot. Melbourne re-took the lead after Mueller converted a set shot after a big pack mark, and Essendon equalised again with a roving effort from Reynolds. On the final bell, a free kick against Gordon Abbott saw Mueller kick Melbourne's eighth goal to pull ahead at quarter time.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
After a high scoring first quarter Melbourne 8.3 (51) led Essendon 7.2 (44) by seven points. Jack Mueller had already kicked four goals for Melbourne, and Gordon Lane three goals for Essendon. Melboure had slightly the better of the aerial battle, taking 18 marks to Essendon's 12, but the overall play was very even. Hutchison's roving work had been critical in bringing Essendon back into the game, after Fanning's early ruckwork had given Melbourne the lead.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
After the high scoring first quarter, the second was much more tensely fought. Essendon attacked first, and kicked the first goal to take the lead, when Bill Pearson was able to get the ball to Hutchison while being tackled, Hutchison then kicking a goal from a snap shot. A turnover in Melbourne's backline ended with a mark to Lane, who kicked his fourth goal to give Essendon its first lead of the game.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
A free kick to Mueller for an illegal bump drew boos from the crowd, but resulted in a behind; another free to Mueller shortly afterwards resulted in a goal and saw Melbourne re-take the lead. Essendon continued its attacking, missing several close chance, while Melbourne struggled to get shots on goal. Late in the quarter, Gordon Bowman gathered a broken contest in the Melbourne forward line and kicked Melbourne's tenth goal to regain the lead.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
At half time, Melbourne 10.4 (64) led Essendon 9.7 (61). Essendon had kicked 2.5 to Melbourne's 2.1 in the quarter, and had been overall the stronger team in all aspects – particularly speed, ruck work and co-operation – but had been unable to converting opportunities in front of goal. The game had developed into a tough and rugged contest, with lots of solid bumps and physical contests. Even at this stage, Melbourne players who had been brilliant in the team's strong opening were beginning to wane.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Essendon took complete control of the game in the third quarter. Their difficulties converting in front of goal persisted early in the quarter, with their first five scoring shots all registering behinds from a range of rushed shots at goal, but the Essendon half-forward line was able to prevent Melbourne from rebounding, providing sustained attack. Then came a quick flurry of goals to Essendon: first to Brittingham from a set shot; then Bob McClure from a mark near the goal post; then a goal to Harry Equid; and finally a goal from a running drop-kick by Hutchison to open a 26-point lead.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Melbourne put up a brief period of resistance, and at the 16 minute mark broke the run of Essendon goals when Dullard kicked his second goal from a free kick.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
But this was short-lived as Essendon kicked the next seven goals of the quarter: Lane kicked his fifth goal, after finding himself on the end of a rebound from the backline; Keith Rawle was on the end of a chain of attacking handpasses to kick his first goal; Reynolds roved his second goal from a broken marking contest; Jack Cassin converted a set shot for his first goal; Lane kicked his sixth from a snap shot; Brittingham kicked a goal from a brilliant wide-angle snap shot; and finally McClure kicked his second goal of the quarter from a snap shot.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
At three quarter time, Essendon 20.15 (135) led Melbourne 11.5 (71) by 64 points. Essendon completely dominated the quarter, kicked 11.8, which set and still holds the record for the highest team score in any quarter of a VFL/AFL grand final.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
With the result beyond doubt, and Melbourne losing two players – Len Dockett and captain Norm Smith – to injury at three quarter time, and the final quarter was played with little intent, but quite a lot of intensity with some rough play and two reports from the umpire. Brittingham kicked the first goal for Essendon early in the quarter. After 21 minutes had elapsed, Dullard scored a goal for Melbourne. The two spearheads Lane and Mueller each added one late goal – their seventh and sixth respectively – before the final siren. Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87) by 63 points.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Summary
Essendon's Gordon Lane was considered the best player on the ground his seven goal performance, with sportswriters in all four major newspapers naming him best. Essendon rovers Bill Hutchison and Dick Reynolds and full back Cec Ruddell were both also singled out for praise, alongside fellow defenders Herbie Tonkes and Wally Buttsworth. Despite the record score his backline had conceded, Melbourne full-back Shane McGrath was among Melbourne's best players; rover Alby Rodda and six-goal full forward Jack Mueller were also singled out by sportswriters.


1946 VFL Grand Final, Match summary, Summary
Essendon's final score of 22.18 (150) and winning margin of 63 points both set new VFL Grand Final records, which stood until 1972 and 1949 respectively. The loss was Melbourne's first ever in a grand final, having won its five previous appearances. With his second goal early in the second third quarter, Essendon forward Bill Brittingham overtook Collingwood's Des Fothergill to finish the complete season as the league's leading goalkicker. At the tribunal following the match, Frank Kennedy was suspended for four weeks for striking; the misconduct charge against Adrian Dullard was dismissed.


1946 VFL season
The 1946 Victorian Football League season was the 50th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1946 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1946, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.


1946 VFL season, Premiership season
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 8.


1946 VFL season, Premiership season
The determination of the 1946 season's fixtures were complicated by the fact that both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Lake Oval were still unavailable and, because of this, Melbourne shared the Punt Road Oval with Richmond as their home ground, and South Melbourne shared the Junction Oval with St Kilda as their home ground. Melbourne resumed using the Melbourne Cricket Ground as its home ground in round 17.


1946 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1946 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1946 VFL season, Grand final
Essendon defeated Melbourne 22.18 (150) to 13.9 (87), in front of a crowd of 72,743 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).


1946 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1946 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1946 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team finished with a record of 3–4–3.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team
During the 1946 season, VPI defeated the No. 12  NC State Wolfpack for the first win over an Associated Press Top 25 team in school history, the Washington and Lee Generals, and the Gobblers' traditional rivals, the VMI Keydets.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1946 season also included VPI's first post-season bowl appearance, in the 1947 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas against the Cincinnati Bearcats. VPI was the third choice after Border Conference champions, Hardin–Simmons, and runner-up, Texas Tech, both declined the bowl invitation. VPI lost the game, 18–6.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1946 football team according to the roster published in the 1947 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Season summary, 1947 Sun Bowl
During VPI's preparations before its departure for El Paso, heavy snow fell on Blacksburg, Virginia, forcing the team to use snowplows and construction equipment to clear a space for the team to practice. The Gobblers traveled to El Paso without star punter and rusher Bobby Smith, who had been injured in Virginia Tech's final regular-season game.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Season summary, 1947 Sun Bowl
The game was played in extremely cold and icy conditions, still the worst in Sun Bowl history. Three inches of snow fell on top of a layer of frozen rain the day before the game, and at kickoff the teams took the field under cloudy skies and in below-freezing temperatures. Despite the inclement weather, 15,000-seat Kidd Field was approximately half full, and bowl officials estimated the crowd at around 10,000 people.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Season summary, 1947 Sun Bowl
Weather conditions allowed both teams' defenses to dominate in the first half. VPI had the best chance to score of either team in the first half when it drove to a first down inside the Cincinnati two-yard line late in the first quarter. On four straight running plays, however, the Bearcats' defense held, and VPI was denied a scoring opportunity.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Season summary, 1947 Sun Bowl
In the second half, however, Cincinnati's offense managed to begin moving the ball effectively. On Cincinnati's first play of the second half, halfback Roger Stephens broke through the VPI defensive line for 26 yards, taking the ball inside VPI territory. Cincinnati's drive would overcome two 15-yard penalties and one five-yard penalty en route to a touchdown just a few plays later. On its next possession, Cincinnati's All-American Roger Stephens again broke off another long run, this time for 19 yards, setting up another Bearcats' touchdown.


1946 VPI Gobblers football team, Season summary, 1947 Sun Bowl
VPI countered with a long drive that reached the Cincinnati 23-yard line before an errant pass was intercepted by the Bearcats in the end zone. VPI managed a defensive stop, however, and marched down the field for a touchdown to climb within six points. Cincinnati sealed its victory, however, when Bearcats' halfback Harold Johnson intercepted a VPI pass late in the fourth quarter, returning it all the way to the VPI 25-yard line. That return set up a Cincinnati touchdown and put the Bearcats up by the game's final score, 18–6.


1946 Valais earthquake
The 1946 Valais earthquake struck on January 25 at 17:32 local time with an eicenter region in Sierre, the capital city of Valais, a canton in Switzerland. The earthquake had an estimated moment magnitude of 5.8 to 6.1 Mw  and a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).


1946 Valais earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake immediately disrupted the supply of power in Sierre, and other nearby populated centers in the Valais canton. The tremors caused panic and drove residents out of their homes. Many homes suffered damage to their structure, with chimneys destroyed, detached roof tiles, and broken facades. A newly-constructed church in Chippis partially collapsed and had some of the remaining structures severely damaged and unstable. Desite the severity of damage, with 3,500 buildings damaged, there were very few injuries or deaths reported; three persons suffered fatal shocks and another was crushed to death by a car in Aix-les-Bains, France.


1946 Valais earthquake, Earthquake
Twenty-one rockfalls, one major, occurred. The earthquake also triggered 11 landslides, four avalanches, and a number of ground effects along the Rhône river valley. The landslides and rockfalls reportedly destroyed huts and barns near the mountainside. Damage was also reported in the district of Vaud in Villeneuve. In Château-d'Œx, the quake knocked dispay items onto the ground at an art exhibition. The total damage is estimated at 5.265 million Swiss francs in 1946, or 25.7 million in 2021.


1946 Valais earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
Three large aftershocks were recorded up till May 1946. The first two measured 5.2 and 5.1 on January 26 and February 4 were assigned maximum intenities VI to V. The largest occurred on May 30 with a magnitude of Mw  5.5–6.0 and maximum intensity of VII. The aftershock on May 30 triggered 22 rockfalls and three landslides.


1946 Valais earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
Prior to the mainshock, two notable foreshocks occurred on November 10 and 13 with respective intensities V and IV on the Rossi-Forel scale.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake struck Vancouver Island on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on June 23 at 10:15 a.m. with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 Ms and 7.5 Mw. The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay. While most of the large earthquakes in the Vancouver area occur at tectonic plate boundaries, the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a crustal event. Shaking was felt from Portland, Oregon, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. This is one of the most damaging earthquakes in the history of British Columbia, but damage was restricted because there were no heavily populated areas near the epicentre, where severe shaking occurred.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake
This earthquake is Canada's largest historic onshore earthquake. However, the greatest earthquake in Canadian history recorded by seismometers was the 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake, an interplate earthquake that occurred on the ocean bottom just off the rugged coast of Graham Island, which reached magnitude 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Background and tectonics
The tectonics that caused the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake are poorly known. No surface expression of the offset was noticed, most likely because the epicenter area is very remote and densely forested. A comprehensive examination and computer interpretation of seismic data from over 50 stations have shown that a possible explanation of the earthquake includes a strike-slip fault corresponding to the lengthy axis of Vancouver Island, known as the Beaufort Range Fault.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Background and tectonics
A fault running across Vancouver Island, corresponding to the projection of the underwater Nootka Fault on the British Columbia Coast, is also a possibility but an unlikely one because the earthquake showed no evidence of offsets along with a series of highways that follows much of the eastern coastline of Vancouver Island, called Island Highway, and other roads between Courtenay and Campbell River. The estimated depth of the earthquake places it within the continental crust, not at the margin with the Cascadia subduction zone, and certainly not inside the subduction zone itself. Specifically, the earthquake's epicenter was positioned somewhere in the Forbidden Plateau region, in central Vancouver Island.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
Though very destructive, the earthquake caused only two deaths: Jacob L. Kingston, aged 69, and Daniel Fidler, who was 50. Kingston suffered a heart attack, while Fidler drowned when his dinghy was swamped by a wave.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
In Vancouver, damage consisted of lofty buildings oscillating violently, and a piece of masonry fell from the local railway station. In addition, within the city, at least one gas line cracked and several power outages occurred. Fires broke out in several chimneys, and at least one swing-span bridge was fractured by the shaking. In the Hotel Vancouver, which housed the elderly and caught on fire, more than 500 war veterans' families fled the flames. One writer, George Finley, stated that the Lions' Gate Bridge "swayed like a leaf", coinciding with a "low, rumbling sound, like a deep growl."


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake demolished 75% of the chimneys in the communities of Cumberland, Union Bay, and Courtenay and caused extensive damage in Comox, Port Alberni, and Powell River, on the eastern side of the Strait of Georgia. Some chimneys were fractured in Victoria, and people in Victoria and Vancouver experienced great fright, with some seen fleeing into the streets.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
Landslides created by the earthquake were common throughout Vancouver Island. Land subsidence resulted from the earthquake, most commonly around shorelines on the Strait of Georgia. This included the bottom of Deep Bay which sank between 2.7 m (9 ft) and 25.6 m (84 ft). These measurements were reported by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Also, a 3-metre (9.8 ft) ground shift occurred on Read Island. Ships throughout the region were affected, and those on board them during the earthquake described it as similar to having run over a sand bar or striking a rock.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
Undersea power lines were destroyed in the long narrow Alberni Inlet and near the city of Powell River. All lighthouse keepers in the surrounding area felt the earthquake, and experienced damage including shattered windows and smashed dishes. A tsunami struck the west coast of Texada Island with two waves, the first being 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high and the second 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high. The earthquake caused a landslide near Mount Colonel Foster. One fortunate occurrence allowed researchers afterward to review the effects of the earthquake: an aerial photographic survey of Vancouver Island had commenced in 1946, soon after the earthquake, and these photographs were eventually studied by a geoscientist in the late 1970s.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
South of the Canada–United States border in Washington State, some chimneys fell at Eastsound on Orcas Island and a concrete mill was damaged at Port Angeles. In Seattle, some damage occurred on upper floors of tall buildings, and one bridge was damaged. The shock was strongly felt at Bellingham, Olympia, Raymond, and Tacoma. The earthquake was powerful enough to knock the needle off a seismograph at the University of Washington, and was sustained for about a minute even in Seattle.


1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake caused significant movement among structures, moving one 300-foot (91 m) wall about 35 feet (11 m) and caused one home to shift for 5 feet (1.5 m) off its foundation. The total affected area in Canada and the United States was about 260,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi).


1946 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1946 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Commodores were selected.


1946 Varto–Hınıs earthquake
The 1946 Varto–Hınıs earthquake occurred at 05:12:46 local time on 31 May. The earthquake had an estimated moment magnitude of 5.9 and a maximum felt intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing between 800 and 1300 casualties.


1946 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Venezuela on 27 October 1946, following a coup the year before which launched El Trienio Adeco. The result was a victory for Democratic Action, which won 137 of the 160 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 86.6%.


1946 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1946 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 2–3–2 record.


1946 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1946 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican Mortimer R. Proctor ran unsuccessfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, losing to Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. in the Republican primary. Gibson defeated Democratic candidate Berthold C. Coburn in the general election.


1946 Victorian Legislative Council election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.


1946 Victorian Legislative Council election, Results, Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1946Legislative Council << 1943–1949 >>


1946 Victorian Legislative Council election, Candidates
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.


1946 Victory Cup
The Victory Cup was a one-off Scottish football competition held in 1946 to celebrate the end of World War II. It is an unofficial competition in statistical terms, taking place at the end of the 1945–46 season just before official competitions such as the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup resumed.


1946 Victory Cup
The winners of the Victory Cup were Rangers who defeated Hibernian 3–1 in the final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.


1946 Victory Cup, Summary
The format was a straight knockout tournament open to clubs from across Scotland, with the first round being played over two legs, subsequent rounds in a single match with replays as necessary and the semi-finals and final at neutral venues. A preliminary tournament took place between September 1945 and January 1946, with Clachnacuddin and East Stirlingshire (who won the final held between them in a second replay) qualifying to make up 32 participants for the final tournament which was held between April and June 1946.


1946 Victory Cup, Summary
The trophy itself had been used throughout the war for the Southern League Cup which was contested five times on a regional basis, four of these being won by Rangers. Its last edition was played on a nationwide basis (acting as a forerunner to the Scottish League Cup) and was won by Aberdeen. However, the Scottish Football Association asked for the trophy to be returned for use in the Victory Cup, and Rangers' win meant it stayed in their possession permanently.


1946 Victory Cup, Summary
A similar wartime competition was held at the end of World War I, won by St Mirren.


1946 Victory Cup, Summary
A separate Victory In Europe Cup had been held in May 1945, in the form of a single match at Hampden between Celtic and Queen's Park arranged by the organisers of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup; Celtic won that trophy by having won one more corner kick, following a 1–1 result.


1946 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1946 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1946 college football season. The head coach was Jordan Olivar, coaching his fourth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1946 Villanova Wildcats football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Wildcat was selected.


1946 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1946 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1946 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach Art Guepe and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents, finishing with a record of 4–4–1.


1946 Virginia Cavaliers football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Cavalier was selected.


1946 Volta a Catalunya
The 1946 Volta a Catalunya was the 26th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 8 September to 15 September 1946. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Julián Berrendero.


1946 Vuelta a España
The 6th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 7 to 30 May 1946. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,836 km (2,384 mi), and was won by Dalmacio Langarica. Emilio Rodríguez won the mountains classification.


1946 Vuelta a España
After the 22nd stage, Jan Lambrichs was in second place. The Dutch team then received a letter, saying that Lambrichs should give up his second place, otherwise he would reach the finish in Madrid in an ambulance. The team manager decided not to tell Lambrichs about this threat, but gave him extra security. In the final stage, Berrendero escaped and left everybody behind, including Lambrichs, and took over the second place. The next day, the Dutch team received a box of Cuban cigars from the unknown person who had sent the threat.


1946 WANFL season
The 1946 WANFL season was the 62nd season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.


1946 WANFL season
With the background of the Pacific War almost entirely removed, the WANFL entered a period of exceptional growth that was to last until the middle 1960s. Attendances reached levels never seen in the pre-war WANFL, highlighted by two record crowds between grand finalists East Fremantle and West Perth. The league also restored the seconds competition – disbanded in 1941 – as a “colts” competition for players under 25.


1946 WANFL season
1946 is most famous for Old Easts’ feat of a perfect season, winning all twenty-one of its matches to finish the season with a winning streak of thirty-one consecutive games, easily the longest in the history of the competition. There was a controversy in the third-last round when East Fremantle played Subiaco and, owing to injuries, played colts wingman H. Townsend in the league team, although regulations did not permit a colts player to start in the league team on the same day. but was dismissed on a technicality. Old Easts’ perfect season was only slightly marred by losing to third-placed VFL club Collingwood at Subiaco on October 15.


1946 WANFL season
1946 also saw Perth, in the doldrums since the end of World War I, begin its rise to power with the return of Merv McIntosh. The Redlegs stood third with two games remaining but lost a decisive match to Subiaco, who played open-age finals for the first time in a decade, in spite of being very weak in attack and the failure of their protest against Townsend.


1946 WANFL season
Swan Districts, a finalist in 1945, fell to second-last and began its bleakest period on record: until Haydn Bunton, Jr. joined the club in 1961 Swans were never to win more than seven games in a season and did not finish above any rival except Subiaco or Claremont. The Swans did, however, win their first title of any kind in the lower grade. Despite the return of Bernie Naylor, who went far beyond his 1941 promise with 131 goals, South Fremantle fell to fourth owing to injuries and business commitments – one of which caused their coach to resign while their form was at its best.


1946 WANFL season
Perth and West Perth toured Sydney and Melbourne respectively during the first three weeks of August, and played each other four times during the home-and-away season.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 1
Bernie Naylor, playing for the first time since 1941 after returning from Darwin, kicks nine goals as South Fremantle, after their phenomenal recovery in 1945, crush Claremont.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 3
Claremont, who had not won since Round 8 of 1945, surprised by leading an inaccurate East Fremantle for three quarters before the exhausted Tigers collapse.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 5
In front of the biggest recorded home-and-away attendance in WANFL history to that point – though soon to be broken – East Fremantle confirm that they will be even more potent than in 1945 with a superb display against their port rivals.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 7 (King’s Birthday)
The resignation of coach Neil Lewington for business reasons seems to disturb South Fremantle as Perth outscore them into the wind in the final quarter.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 8
A number of spectators hooted at field umpire Ryan after East Fremantle win its eighteenth consecutive WANFL victory, and in the crush a woman was knocked hard and collapsed, having to be driven by ambulance to Perth Hospital.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9
West Perth kick 8.5 (53) to one goal in the first quarter but stop to a walk afterwards and feel relieved as the siren sounds. South Fremantle’s score remains their most accurate in senior WA(N)FL football.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 10
Swans’ surprising tie with West Perth is the highest-scoring draw in WA(N)FL history and the last senior WANFL draw until the penultimate round of 1957.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 11
During one of Perth’s wettest months on record, East Fremantle show their usual brilliant teamwork on a waterlogged surface to push Perth to fifth.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 12
The rainiest spell in the recorded climatic history of Perth produces extremely heavy grounds which results in:


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 13
Despite the return of “Scranno” Jenkins after a serious knee injury, South Fremantle fall to sixth as Fred Williams seals a close match after a bad kick-in.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 15
In very wet and slippery conditions, Old Easts produce what was regarded as the best display of their twenty-five straight victories with brilliant handball and backing up, resulting in East Perth losing its place in the four to South Fremantle with a tough draw to come.


1946 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
Despite a protest against H. Townsend, who owing to Old Easts’ bad run with injuries started the league game after playing for the colts, East Fremantle – if below their best – kick 5.5 (35) to 1.2 (8) in the final quarter for their twenty-seventh straight victory, during which apart from the initial game no opponent had got closer than sixteen points.


1946 WANFL season, Finals, First semi-final
An unexpected move of skipper Fred Williams to full-forward results in an upset win for the Maroons, who kick a surprising 9.0 (54) with the wind in the first quarter and hold off the red and whites in the last.


1946 WANFL season, Finals, Second semi-final
East Fremantle maintain their perfect record with a goal soccered by Green with twenty seconds remaining after a hectic finish that had seen Old Easts kick 1.13 (19) since half-time.


1946 WANFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
In a disappointing spectacle after the thrilling semi-finals, Subiaco’s lack of teamwork means it never has a chance.


1946 WANFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In a brilliant match, East Fremantle’s steadiness in a crisis during the final quarter gives it a record undefeated season as West Perth fail to get the equalising goal at the finish.


1946 WANFL season, Collingwood Tour Match
Despite not being happy with the rule interpretations of local umpire Ryan, Collingwood manage to keep ahead of the unbeaten WANFL premiers all game – yet are still impressed by the quality of Old Easts’ play.


1946 WANFL season, Notes
A few significant players such as Ray Scott, Fred Buttsworth and Tim Barker remained in the forces until 1947, whilst some others such as Ray Schofield returned while the season was ongoing. No other senior WANFL team until 2018 when Subiaco did it had ever achieved even a perfect home-and-away season, though East Perth in the under-age competition of 1944 equalled the feat of East Fremantle in 1946. Since 1901, the only other clubs with one loss in a season have been Claremont in 1987 and Subiaco in 2008, 2017 and 2019. The intervening 948-game gap constitutes the longest non-occurrence of draws in any major Australian Rules competition.


1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1946 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–3 record and finished in a tie for tenth place in the Southern Conference.


1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Demon Deacons were selected.


1946 Walraven
1946 Walraven (prov. designation: 1931 PH) is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 August 1931, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa, and named after astronomer Theodore Walraven.


1946 Walraven, Classification and orbit
Walraven is a stony S-type asteroid that orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,270 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins one day prior to its official discovery observation.


1946 Walraven, Naming
This minor planet was named in honor of astronomer and pioneer in optical instrumentation and precision photometry, Theodore Fjeda Walraven (1916–2008), who was a professor at the Leiden University and for many years resident astronomer at the former Leiden Southern Station near Hartbeespoortdam, South Africa.


1946 Walraven, Naming
Walraven constructed special photometers for the telescopes at the station, including the 5-color photometer for which he developed the Walraven photometric system. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 April 1988 (M.P.C. 12968).


1946 Walraven, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
Four rotational lightcurves of Walraven were obtained from photometric observation, giving a rotation period between 10.210 and 10.223 hours with a brightness variation of 0.60 to 0.90 magnitude (U=2+/n.a./2/2).


1946 Walraven, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Walraven measures 9.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.362, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20, and calculates a diameter of 11.8 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.0.


1946 War Honours (New Zealand)
The 1946 War Honours in New Zealand were appointments and awards by King George VI to recognise service in operations against the Japanese or in the South West Pacific in connection with World War II. They were announced on 11 January 1946.


1946 War Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1946 Washington Huskies football team
The 1946 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1946 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents 144 to 140. John Zegar was the team captain.


1946 Washington Huskies football team, Professional football draft selections
Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections. One of those Huskies was also selected in the 1947 AAFC Draft, which lasted 25 rounds with 186 selections.


1946 Washington Redskins season
The 1946 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 15th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 9th in Washington, D.C.. The team failed to improve on their 8–2 record from 1945 and finished 5-5-1.


1946 Washington Redskins season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1946 Washington Redskins season, Standings
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1946 Washington Senators season
The 1946 Washington Senators of Major League Baseball won 76 games, lost 78, and finished in fourth place in the American League. The 46th edition of the franchise was managed by Ossie Bluege and played its home games at Griffith Stadium, where it drew 1,027,216 fans, fifth in the league and tenth-most among the 16 MLB clubs. It was the only time the franchise would exceed one million in home attendance in its 60 years in Washington. In addition, its fourth-place standing represented the highest, and last "first-division", finish for the team during its final 15 seasons in the U.S. capital.


1946 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1946 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1946 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1946 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. Second-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the Cougars to a 1–6–1 overall record (1–5–1 in PCC, eighth). Three home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.


1946 Washington State Cougars football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Cougars were selected.


1946 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1946 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1946 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Erin's Own won the championship after a 5-07 to 2-04 defeat of Brickey Rangers in the final. This was their 11th championship title overall and their first title since 1942.


1946 Wayne Tartars football team
The 1946 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. Under first-year head coach John P. Hackett, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record.


1946 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1946 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its fourth non-consecutive season under head coach Bill Kern, the team compiled a 5–5 record and was outscored by a total of 120 to 99. The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Victor Peelish was the team captain.


1946 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1946 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 158 to 100. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1946 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Tackle Clinton Brown was the team captain. Halfback Allen Bush received the team's most outstanding player award.


1946 Western Reserve Red Cats football team
The 1946 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Davies, assisted by Dick Luther. The featured star player, and future NFL Pro Bowler, was Warren Lahr. Two other notables players were George Roman and Stan Skoczen


1946 Wichita Shockers football team
The 1946 Wichita Shockers football team, sometimes known as the Wheatshockers, was an American football team that represented the Wichita  University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ralph Graham, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 119. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium. The 1946 season was the first for Wichita after being classified as a "major college" football program.


1946 Wightman Cup
The 1946 Wightman Cup was the 18th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom.


1946 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1946 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Wilmington Clippers season
The 1946 Wilmington Clippers season was their seventh season and their fourth season in the American Association. They had a 1-7-2 record which was their worst season.


1946 Wilmington Clippers season, Schedule
The table below was compiled using the information from The Pro Football Archives. The winning teams score is listed first. If a cell is greyed out and has "N/A", then that means there is an unknown figure for that game. Green-colored rows indicate a win; yellow-colored rows indicate a tie; and red-colored rows indicate a loss. Games in Italics are Exhibition and do not count towards their record.


1946 Wimbledon Championships
The 1946 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1946. It was the 60th staging of the Wimbledon Championships and the first one held after a six-year break due to World War II. In 1946 and 1947 Wimbledon was held before the French Championships and was thus the second Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


1946 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Men's Singles
Yvon Petra defeated  Geoff Brown, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4


1946 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Tom Brown /  Jack Kramer defeated  Geoff Brown /  Dinny Pails, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2


1946 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Louise Brough /  Margaret Osborne defeated  Pauline Betz /  Doris Hart, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3


1946 Wimbledon Championships, Finals, Mixed Doubles
Tom Brown /  Louise Brough defeated  Geoff Brown /  Dorothy Bundy, 6–4, 6–4


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Tom Brown and Jack Kramer defeated Geoff Brown and Dinny Pails in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championship.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships. Bobby Riggs was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Bobby Riggs and Alice Marble were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Tom Brown and Louise Brough defeated Geoff Brown and Dorothy Bundy in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble were the defending champion, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz and Doris Hart in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Draw, Top half, Section 4
The nationalities of Miss A Massie and Miss DL Mollison are unknown.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships. Alice Marble was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.


1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1946 Wimmera by-election
A by-election was held in the Wimmera electorate in regional Victoria on 9 February 1946, following the resignation of independent MP Alexander Wilson.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado
The Windsor–Tecumseh Tornado of 1946 was the most powerful tornado to hit Windsor, Ontario, being an F4 in strength, touching down on June 17 of that year. The tornado touched down near River Rouge, Michigan, then crossed the Detroit River and made landfall in the Brighton Beach neighbourhood of Windsor. It then cut across southern Windsor and northern Sandwich West Township, Ontario (now the Municipality of LaSalle, Ontario), along a path 60 kilometres (40 mi) in length. It also cut across Highway 3 before weakening somewhat. The storm then touched down as an F4 again at the modern-day intersection of Walker Road and Grand Marais Road, near the center of the city.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Path of destruction
The tornado took a northeastward path, cutting through farmland and forest, an area with few housing subdivisions (at the time, but still many homes), and narrowly missing Windsor Airport (which was located just south of the tornado), before tearing through the northwest part of the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario and dissipating over Lake St. Clair.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Path of destruction
The storm's path was roughly 30 metres (100 ft) wide, and followed Turkey Creek for much of its length after crossing the Detroit River, and travelled 60 km. The storm's damage ranged from F3–F4, to some speculated F5 damage from completely destroyed houses that were lifted off their foundations.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Path of destruction
Since the tornado had cut power to The Windsor Star's main printing offices downtown the Detroit News offered to help them print their newspapers at their printing facilities until the Star's were repaired, and even gave the Star priority so they could report the news of the tornado to the cities of Windsor, Detroit, and the rest of Ontario.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Path of destruction
The tornado knocked out power to most of the city for about a day, and damaged or destroyed roughly 400 homes in Windsor.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Radio reports
Although a Windsor-based radio station broadcast to the areas affected by the tornado, there are no recordings in the archives regarding this tornado. CBC Toronto is the only radio station that has kept their archives for the reports on this event. CBC Archives helps to explain what happened in Windsor on the day it was struck by the tornado as well as the day after. The report explains what happened, how many were killed, how citizens felt, and even what was stolen and who came out to help. Additionally, many reports were made to explain how the tornado was formed. The reports also contain interviews of people who viewed the tornado firsthand.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Aftermath
After the tornado, civility and order were quickly restored by the police. Many accounts of the tornado were told over the radio (notably, CKLW, which was Windsor's CBC radio affiliate at the time), and the Ontario Provincial Government even explained the conditions that are favourable for tornado development, to alleviate the public's fears of an "epidemic of tornadoes", especially since one week later, a tornado struck the towns of Fort Frances and International Falls.


1946 Windsor–Tecumseh tornado, Aftermath
It was also just half a mile from the same spot the Windsor Tornado of 1974 touched down.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1946 Big Nine Conference football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record (2–5 against conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Nine Conference. Harry Stuhldreher was in his 11th year as Wisconsin's head coach. The team averaged 253.1 yards per game of total offense, 179.8 by rushing, and 73.3 by passing.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Earl Maves with 538 rushing yards, Lisle Blackbourn, Jr., with 175 passing yards, Tom Bennett with 124 receiving yards, and Ben Bendrick with 30 points scored. Center Fred Negus received the team's most valuable player award. T. A. Cox led the Big Nine with an average of 43.0 yards per punt. Clarence Esser was the team captain.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Earl Maves rushed for 155 yards against Marquette on September 21, 1946. In the same game, he set a Wisconsin school record with an 86-yard touchdown run. That record stood until 1957. Also in the Marquette game, Gene Evans set a school record with three interceptions, a record that stood until 1954. The defense held Marquette to five rushing yards in the game.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team
On September 28, 1946, Wisconsin set a school record by holding California to 71 yards (24 rushing, 47 passing). That record stood until 2005.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. During the 1946 season, the average attendance at home games was 45,000.


1946 Wisconsin Badgers football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Badgers were selected.


1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.


1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Walter Samuel Goodland defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Hoan in a rematch of the 1944 election with 59.78% of the vote.


1946 Wisła Kraków season
The 1946 season was Wisła Kraków's 38th year as a club.


1946 Women's Western Open
The 1946 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Wakoda Club, which was the 17th edition of the event. Louise Suggs won the championship in match play competition by defeating Patty Berg in the final match, 2-up.


1946 World Archery Championships
The 1946 World Archery Championships was the 10th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1946 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). Due to the Second World War, this was the first edition of World Archery Championships since 1939.


1946 World Series
The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League). This was the Red Sox's first appearance in a World Series since their championship of 1918.


1946 World Series
In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the score 3–3, the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter opened the inning with a single but two batters failed to advance him. With two outs, Harry Walker walloped a hit over Johnny Pesky's head into left-center field. As Leon Culberson chased it down, Slaughter started his "mad dash". Pesky caught Culberson's throw, turned and—perhaps surprised to see Slaughter headed for the plate—supposedly hesitated just a split second before throwing home.


1946 World Series
Roy Partee had to take a few steps up the third base line to catch Pesky's toss, but Slaughter was safe without a play at the plate and Walker was credited with an RBI double. The Cardinals won the game and the Series in seven games, giving them their sixth championship.


1946 World Series
Boston superstar Ted Williams played in the Series injured and was largely ineffective but refused to use his injury as an excuse. He hit only .200 in 25 at-bats with just one RBI in his only World Series appearance in his career.


1946 World Series
As the first World Series to be played after wartime travel restrictions had been lifted, it returned from the 3-4 format to the 2–3–2 format for home teams, which has been used since. It also saw the return of many prominent players from military service.


1946 World Series, Summary
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Red Sox struck first in Game 1 when Pinky Higgins followed a hit-by-pitch and walk in the second with an RBI single off Howie Pollet. The Cardinals tied the game in the sixth when Red Schoendienst singled, moved to second on a ground out, and scored on Stan Musial's double off Tex Hughson. They took the lead in the eighth when Whitey Kurowski singled with two outs and scored on Joe Garagiola's double. Pollet was a strike away from closing the game when Tom McBride tied the game with an RBI single with two on. Rudy York hit a home run into the left field bleachers in the tenth to put the Red Sox up 3–2. Earl Johnson pitched two shutout innings to close to give Boston a 1–0 series lead.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Cardinals struck first in Game 2 when Del Rice hit a leadoff double in the third off Mickey Harris and scored on Harry Brecheen's single. They added to their lead in the fifth with two unearned runs on Terry Moore's RBI single with two on followed by Stan Musial's groundout. Brecheen pitched a complete game shutout as the Cardinals tied the series heading to Boston.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In Game 3, Rudy York's three-run home run in the first off Murry Dickson gave the Red Sox an early 3–0 lead. They added another run in the eighth off Ted Wilks when Red Schoendienst misplayed Hal Wagner's ground ball with two on. Dave Ferriss pitched a complete game shutout to give the Red Sox a 2–1 series lead.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
This is the only game in World Series history that three players on the same team (St. Louis) had four or more hits (Enos Slaughter, Whitey Kurowski and Joe Garagiola had four each). Red Sox outfielder Wally Moses got four hits as well and second baseman Bobby Doerr hit a two-run home run and would hit .409 in the Series.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Enos Slaughter's lead-off home run in the second off Tex Hughson put the Cardinals up 1–0. Whitey Kurowski doubled and scored on Harry Walker's single. Walker moved to third on an error before scoring on Marty Marion's groundout. Next inning, Stan Musial's two-run double extended the Cardinals' lead to 5–0. Jim Bagby relieved Hughson and allowed a two-out RBI single to Garagiola.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Red Sox got on the board in the fourth when Ted Williams singled off Red Munger and scored on Rudy York's double, but the Cardinals got that run back in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Enos Slaughter and Kurowski. Garagiolas's RBI double in the seventh off Bill Zuber made it 8–1 Cardinals. Bobby Doerr hit a two-run home run in the eighth, but the Cardinals put the game out of reach in the ninth. Three straight singles to lead off made it 9–3 Cardinals. Mike Ryba relieved Mace Brown and allowed a two-run double to Marty Marion, then an error on Red Schoendienst's ground ball scored the last run of the game. Munger pitched a complete game to tie the series for St. Louis.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Ted Williams hit a RBI single, his only RBI of the whole Series, in the first off Howie Pollet. After the Cardinals tied the game in the second on Harry Walker's RBI double after an error off Joe Dobson, Don Gutteridge's RBI single off Al Brazle in the bottom of the inning put the Red Sox back up 2–1. Leon Culberson's home run in the sixth made it 3–1 Red Sox. Next inning, after a double, strikeout and intentional walk, Pinky Higgins's RBI double made it 4–1 Red Sox.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
After another intentional walk loaded the bases, shortstop Marty Marion's errant throw to second on Roy Partee's ground ball allowed two more runs to score. Dobson allowed a two-run single in the ninth to Harry Walker before retiring Marion to end the game and put the Red Sox one win away from the championship.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
St. Louis staved off elimination at home, chasing Boston starter Mickey Harris with a three-run third. With two on and one out, Terry Moore's sacrifice fly scored the game's first run. After a single, back-to-back RBI singles by Whitey Kurowski and Enos Slaughter made it 3–0 Cardinals. The Red Sox scored their only run of the game in the seventh when Rudy York hit a leadoff triple and scored on Bobby Doerr's sacrifice fly. Marty Marion added an RBI double in the eighth off Earl Johnson to back Harry Brecheen's second win of the Series.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The Red Sox struck first in Game 7 on Dom DiMaggio's sacrifice fly after two leadoff singles off Murry Dickson. The Cardinals tied the game in the second when Whitey Kurowski hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Harry Walker's sacrifice fly off Dave Ferriss. In the fifth, Walker hit a leadoff single and scored on a double by Dickson, who scored on Red Schoendienst's single. The Cardinals led 3–1 in the eighth inning when Dom DiMaggio tied the game with a two-run double but had to be removed from the game after severely pulling a hamstring and Leon Culberson took his position in the center field.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the bottom of the frame, Enos Slaughter scored from first base on a play called the Mad Dash. From the dugout, Dom DiMaggio tried vainly to get the reserve Culberson to shade Walker properly. As the runner started, Walker lined the ball to left-center field. Culberson was out of position and slow to field the ball. As he threw a relay to shortstop Johnny Pesky, Slaughter rounded third base, ignored third base coach Mike González's stop sign, and continued for home plate.


1946 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
What exactly happened when Pesky turned around is still a matter of contention. Some claim that Pesky, assuming that Slaughter would not be running home, checked Walker at first base instead of immediately firing home. Some contend that Pesky was shocked to see Slaughter on his way to score and "held the ball," a mental lapse. But Pesky's reaction after taking the throw is immaterial.