CREATE TABLE table_72397 ("District" CLOB, "Incumbent" CLOB, "Party" CLOB, "First elected" FLOAT, "Result" CLOB, "Candidates" CLOB)

Name the total number of incumbent for first elected of 1944
SELECT COUNT("Incumbent") FROM table_72397 WHERE "First elected" = '1944'
SELECT COUNT("Incumbent") FROM "table_72397" WHERE "First elected" = '1944'