1926 United States Senate elections: Difference between revisions

United States Senate elections, 1926
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats were needed for a majority
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Majority Leader before election; Charles Curtis; Republican	Elected Majority Leader ; Charles Curtis; Republican

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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.

Democrats defeated the following incumbents:

A notable freshman was future Vice President Alben W. Barkley (D-KY).

Race summary

Bold state indicates link to individual state's election article. Bold candidate indicates winner.

State	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Result	Candidates
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 (special)	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)	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (special)		√ 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
State	Incumbent			Result	Candidates

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	F	D	D
R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

In the next Congress
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
V	F	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Key:

D	= Democratic
F	= Farmer-Labor
R	= Republican
V	= Vacant

Majority

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@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
 | [[Ralph H. Cameron]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Arizona, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost re-election<br/>'''Democratic gain'''
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Carl Hayden]]''' (Democratic) 58.3%<br/>[[Ralph H. Cameron]] (Republican) 41.7%
@@ Line 102: / Line 102: @@
 | [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]]
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[R. A. Jones]]''' (Republican) 82.8%<br/>[[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] (Democratic) 17.2%
@@ Line 110: / Line 110: @@
 | [[Samuel M. Shortridge]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in California, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Samuel M. Shortridge]]''' (Republican) 63.1%<br/>[[John B. Elliott]] (Democratic) 36.9%
@@ Line 118: / Line 118: @@
 | [[Rice W. Means]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate special election in Colorado, 1924|1924 (Special)]]
-| {{dm}}
 | {{party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination<br/>Republican hold
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Charles W. Waterman]]''' (Republican) 50.3%<br/>[[William E. Sweet]] (Democratic) 46.4%
@@ Line 126: / Line 126: @@
 | [[Hiram Bingham III]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate special election in Connecticut, 1924|1924 (Special)]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Hiram Bingham III]]''' (Republican) 63.3%<br/>[[Rollin U. Tyler]] (Democratic) 35.6%
@@ Line 134: / Line 134: @@
 | [[Duncan U. Fletcher]]
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Florida, 1908|1908]]<br/>[[United States Senate election in Florida, 1914|1914]]<br/>[[United States Senate election in Florida, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Duncan U. Fletcher]]''' (Democratic) 77.9%<br/>[[John M. Lindsay]] ([[Independent (politican)|Independent]]) 12.8%
@@ Line 142: / Line 142: @@
 | [[Walter F. George]]
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
+| [[United States Senate special election in Georgia, 1922|1922 (Special)]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
-| nowrap | '''√ [[Walter F. George]]''' (Democratic) unopposed
+| nowrap | '''√ [[Walter F. George]]''' (Democratic) Unopposed
 |-
@@ Line 150: / Line 150: @@
 | [[Frank R. Gooding]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Idaho, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Frank R. Gooding]]''' (Republican) 45.4%<br/>[[H. F. Samuels]] ([[Progressive Party (United States, 1924)|Progressive]]) 29.6%<br/>[[John F. Nugent]] (Democratic) 25.0%
@@ Line 158: / Line 158: @@
 | [[William B. McKinley]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Illinois, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
+| {{party shading/Vacant}} | Incumbent lost renomination, then died<br/>Winner appointed to finish term, but was not seated.<ref>[[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.</ref><br/>'''Vacant gain'''
-| {{party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost renomination<br/>Republican hold
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Frank L. Smith]]''' (Republican) 46.9%<br/>[[George E. Brennan]] (Democratic) 43.1%<br/>[[Hugh S. Magill]] ([[Independent (politican)|Independent]]) 8.7%
@@ Line 166: / Line 166: @@
 | [[Arthur Raymond Robinson]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| 1925 (appointed)
-| {{dm}}
-| Incumbent re-elected
+| Incumbent appointee elected to finish term ending March 4, 1929.
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Arthur Raymond Robinson]]''' (Republican) 50.6%<br/>[[Evans Woollen]] (Democratic) 48.4%<br/>[[Albert Stanley (Prohibitionist)|Albert Stanley]] (Prohibitionist) 0.5%<br/>[[William O. Fogleson]] (Socialist) 0.5%
@@ Line 174: / Line 174: @@
 | [[James E. Watson]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Indiana, 1916 (Special)|1916]]<br/>[[United States Senate election in Indiana, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[James E. Watson]]''' (Republican) 50.0%<br/>[[Albert Stump]] (Democratic) 48.9%<br/>William H. Harris (Prohibitionist) 0.5%<br/>[[Forrest Wallace]] (Socialist) 0.5%
 |-
-| [[List of United States Senators from Iowa|Iowa]]
+| [[List of United States Senators from Iowa|Iowa]]<br/>(Class 3: Special)
-| [[David W. Stewart]]
+| rowspan=2 | [[David W. Stewart]]
-| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| rowspan=2 | 1926 (special)
-| {{dm}}
-| {{party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired<br/>Republican hold
+| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Hold}} | Appointee elected to finish term ending March 4, 1927, but did not seek election to the next term.<br/>Republican hold
+| nowrap | [[David W. Stewart]] Unopposed
-| nowrap | '''√ [[Smith W. Brookhart]]''' (Republican) 56.5%<br/>[[Claude R. Porter]] (Democratic) 43.3%
+|-
+| [[List of United States Senators from Iowa|Iowa]]<br/>(Class 3: General)
+| nowrap | '''√ [[Smith W. Brookhart]]''' (Republican) 56.6%<br/>[[Claude R. Porter]] (Democratic) 43.4%
 |-
@@ Line 190: / Line 193: @@
 | [[Charles Curtis]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Kansas, 1914|1914]]<br/>[[United States Senate election in Kansas, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Charles Curtis]]''' (Republican), 63.6%<br/>[[Charles Stephens (politician)|Charles Stephens]] (Democratic) 34.7%<br/>[[M.L. Phillips]] (Socialist) 1.7%
@@ Line 198: / Line 201: @@
 | [[Richard P. Ernst]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost re-election<br/>'''Democratic gain'''
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Alben W. Barkley]]''' (Democratic) 51.8%<br/>[[Richard P. Ernst]] (Republican) 48.2%
@@ Line 206: / Line 209: @@
 | [[Edwin S. Broussard]]
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
+| [[United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1920|1920]]
-| {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
-| nowrap | '''√ [[Edwin S. Broussard]]''' (Democratic) unopposed
+| nowrap | '''√ [[Edwin S. Broussard]]''' (Democratic) Unopposed
 |-
 | [[List of United States Senators from Maine|Maine]]<br/>Special: Class 2
+| Vacant
-| [[Arthur J. Gould]]
-| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| {{party shading/Vacant}} | Vacant
-| {{dm}}
+| Vacant
+| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Bert M. Fernald]] (R) died August 23, 1926.<br/>Winner elected to finish term ending March 4, 1931.<br/>'''Republican gain'''
-| Incumbent re-elected
 | nowrap | '''√ [[Arthur J. Gould]]''' (Republican), 71.8%<br/>[[Fulton J. Redman]] (Democratic) 28.2%
@@ Line 227: / Line 230: @@
 |-
-| nowrap | '''√ [[United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1926|Massachusetts]]'''<br/>Special: Class 1
+| nowrap | '''[[United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1926|Massachusetts]]'''<br/>Special: Class 1
 | [[William M. Butler]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
+| 1924 (appointed)
-| {{dm}}
-| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent lost re-election<br/>'''Democratic gain'''
+| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent appointee lost election to finish term ending March 4, 1929.<br/>'''Democratic gain'''
 | nowrap | '''√ [[David I. Walsh]]''' (Democratic) 52.0%<br/>[[William M. Butler]] (Republican) 46.5%
@@ Line 259: / Line 262: @@
 |-
-| nowrap | '''√ [[New York state election, 1926|New York]]'''
+| nowrap | '''[[New York state election, 1926|New York]]'''
 | [[James W. Wadsworth, Jr.]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
@@ Line 307: / Line 310: @@
 |-
-| nowrap | '''√ [[United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1926|Pennsylvania]]'''
+| nowrap | '''[[United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1926|Pennsylvania]]'''
 | [[George W. Pepper]]
 | {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
@@ Line 315: / Line 318: @@
 |-
-| nowrap | '''√ [[United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1926|South Carolina]]'''
+| nowrap | '''[[United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1926|South Carolina]]'''
 | [[Ellison D. Smith]]
 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
 | {{dm}}
 | Incumbent re-elected
-| nowrap | '''√ [[Ellison D. Smith]]''' (Democratic) unopposed
+| nowrap | '''√ [[Ellison D. Smith]]''' (Democratic) Unopposed
 |-

Revision as of 16:16, 19 September 2014

Race summary

Change in Senate composition

See also