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The U.S. Senate election, 1926 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge's second term. Although Coolidge remained popular, the Republican majority was reduced by six seats.
Gains and losses
Democrats defeated the following incumbents:
- Ralph H. Cameron (R-AZ)
- Richard P. Ernst (R-KY)
- Ovington E. Weller (R-MD)
- William M. Butler (R-MA)
- James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R-NY)
- John W. Harreld (R-OK)
Change in Senate composition
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Race summary
Bold state indicates link to individual state's election article. Bold candidate indicates winner.
State | Incumbent | Result | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | Oscar W. Underwood | Democratic | 1914 1920 |
Incumbent retired Democratic hold |
√ Hugo L. Black (Democratic) 80.9% E. H. Dryer (Republican) 19.1% |
Arizona | Ralph H. Cameron | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Carl Hayden (Democratic) 58.3% Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 41.7% |
Arkansas | Thaddeus H. Caraway | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected | √ R. A. Jones (Republican) 82.8% Thaddeus H. Caraway (Democratic) 17.2% |
California | Samuel M. Shortridge | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected | √ Samuel M. Shortridge (Republican) 63.1% John B. Elliott (Democratic) 36.9% |
Colorado | Rice W. Means | Republican | 1924 (Special) | Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold |
√ Charles W. Waterman (Republican) 50.3% William E. Sweet (Democratic) 46.4% |
Connecticut | Hiram Bingham III | Republican | 1924 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected | √ Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 63.3% Rollin U. Tyler (Democratic) 35.6% |
Florida | Duncan U. Fletcher | Democratic | 1908 1914 1920 |
Incumbent re-elected | √ Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 77.9% John M. Lindsay (Independent) 12.8% |
Georgia | Walter F. George | Democratic | 1922 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected | √ Walter F. George (Democratic) Unopposed |
Idaho | Frank R. Gooding | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected | √ Frank R. Gooding (Republican) 45.4% H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 29.6% John F. Nugent (Democratic) 25.0% |
Illinois | William B. McKinley | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent lost renomination, then died. Winner appointed to finish term, but was not seated.[1] Vacant gain |
√ Frank L. Smith (Republican) 46.9% George E. Brennan (Democratic) 43.1% Hugh S. Magill (Independent) 8.7% |
Indiana Special: Class 1 |
Arthur Raymond Robinson | Republican | 1925 (appointed) | Incumbent appointee elected to finish term ending March 4, 1929. | √ Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) 50.6% Evans Woollen (Democratic) 48.4% Albert Stanley (Prohibitionist) 0.5% William O. Fogleson (Socialist) 0.5% |
Indiana | James E. Watson | Republican | 1916 1920 |
Incumbent re-elected | √ James E. Watson (Republican) 50.0% Albert Stump (Democratic) 48.9% William H. Harris (Prohibitionist) 0.5% Forrest Wallace (Socialist) 0.5% |
Iowa (Class 3: Special) |
David W. Stewart | Republican | 1926 (appointed) | Incumbent appointee elected to finish term ending March 4, 1927, but did not seek election to the next term. Republican hold |
David W. Stewart Unopposed |
Iowa (Class 3: General) |
√ Smith W. Brookhart (Republican) 56.6% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 43.4% | ||||
Kansas | Charles Curtis | Republican | 1914 1920 |
Incumbent re-elected | √ Charles Curtis (Republican), 63.6% Charles Stephens (Democratic) 34.7% M.L. Phillips (Socialist) 1.7% |
Kentucky | Richard P. Ernst | Republican | 1920 | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 51.8% Richard P. Ernst (Republican) 48.2% |
Louisiana | Edwin S. Broussard | Democratic | 1920 | Incumbent re-elected | √ Edwin S. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed |
Maine Special: Class 2 |
Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Bert M. Fernald (R) died August 23, 1926. Winner elected to finish term ending March 4, 1931. Republican gain |
√ Arthur J. Gould (Republican), 71.8% Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 28.2% |
Maryland | Ovington E. Weller | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Millard E. Tydings (Democratic) 57.5% Ovington E. Weller (Republican) 41.4% William A. Toole (Socialist) 1.1% |
Massachusetts Special: Class 1 |
William M. Butler | Republican | 1924 (appointed) | Incumbent appointee lost election to finish term ending March 4, 1929. Democratic gain |
√ David I. Walsh (Democratic) 52.0% William M. Butler (Republican) 46.5% |
Missouri | George H. Williams | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 51.3% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.7% |
Nevada | Tasker L. Oddie | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Tasker L. Oddie (Republican), 55.8% Raymond T. Baker (Democratic) 42.5% |
New Hampshire | George H. Moses | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ George H. Moses (Republican), 62.3% Robert C. Murchie (Democratic) 37.7% |
New York | James W. Wadsworth, Jr. | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 46.5% James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Republican) 42.4% F. W. Cristman (Independent) 8.2% |
North Carolina | Lee S. Overman | Democratic | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Lee S. Overman (Democratic), 60.5% Johnson J. Hayes (Republican) 39.5% |
North Dakota | Gerald P. Nye | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Gerald P. Nye (Republican), 69.6% Norris H. Nelson (Independent) 12.2% F. F. Burchard (Democratic) 8.7% C. P. Stone (Independent) 6.3% |
Ohio | Frank B. Willis | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Frank B. Willis (Republican), 53.2% Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 46.6% |
Oklahoma | John W. Harreld | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost re-election Democratic gain |
√ Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 54.8% John W. Harreld (Republican) 44.7% |
Oregon | Robert N. Stanfield | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent Republican hold |
√ Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 39.8% Bert E. Haney (Democratic) 36.3% Robert N. Stanfield (Independent) 22.5% |
Pennsylvania | George W. Pepper | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost renomination Winner was not seated due to charges of campaign fraud and corruption. Vacant gain The seat remained vacant until 1929. |
√ William S. Vare (Republican) 54.6% William B. Wilson (Democratic) 43.1% |
South Carolina | Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed |
South Dakota | Peter Norbeck | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Peter Norbeck (Republican), 59.5% C. J. Gunderson (Democratic) 33.3% Howard Platt (Independent) 7.2% |
Utah | Reed Smoot | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Reed Smoot (Republican), 61.5% Ashby Snow (Democratic) 37.6% |
Vermont | Porter H. Dale | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Porter H. Dale (Republican), 73.4% James E. Kennedy (Democratic) 26.5% |
Washington | Wesley L. Jones | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent re-elected | √ Wesley L. Jones (Republican), 51.3% A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 46.5% |
Wisconsin | Irvine L. Lenroot | Republican | [data missing] | Incumbent lost renomination Republican hold |
√ John J. Blaine (Republican) 55.0% Charles D. Rosa (Independent) 20.3% Thomas M. Kearney (Democratic) 12.2% Leo Krzycki (Socialist) 5.7% |
State | Senator | Party | Electoral history |
Result | Candidates |
Incumbent |
See also
References
- ^ Frank L. Smith defeated William B. McKinley for the 1926 Republican nomination in Illinois and won the subsequent general election. McKinley died shortly before the end of his term, so Smith was appointed to replace him. When Smith presented his credentials to serve the remainder of McKinely's term, the Senate refused to seat him based on what it saw as an election rife with fraud and corruption. When Smith returned with his credentials for the term he was elected to, the Senate again refused to seat him for the same reasons. Smith and the Governor considered him to be the rightful senator, but he resigned in February 1928. The Senate does not consider him to have been a senator.