The 1944 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on 7 November 1944 in order to elect the secretary of state of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent State Treasurer of Missouri Wilson Bell defeated Republican nominee Loyd Miller, Socialist nominee Alice B. Verburg, Prohibition nominee F. H. Jackson and Socialist Labor nominee Theodore Baeff.
General election.
On election day, 7 November 1944, Democratic nominee Wilson Bell won the election by a margin of 60,325 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Loyd Miller, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of secretary of state. Bell was sworn in as the 27th secretary of state of Missouri on 8 January 1945.
Results.
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