[1] Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1944.

Hughes then died before the general election, and in June 1944, Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, was appointed to fill the rest of his term.

Edward F. Cullinane Democratic Earle Benjamin Searcy Republican Incumbent Clerk of the Supreme Court Edward F. Cullinane, a Democrat appointed to the office in 1940 after the death in office of Adam F. Bloch, did not seek reelection.

[1][2] Republican Earle Benjamin Searcy was elected to succeed him in office.

[3] Democratic incumbent Kenny E. Williamson, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1940 was reelected to his first full term.

In order to be approved, legislatively referred state statues required the support of a majority of those voting on the statute.

[6] The Illinois General Banking Law Amendment, a legislatively referred state statute which amended section 10 of the Illinois General Banking Law, was approved by voters.