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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.

Gains and losses

Democrats defeated the following incumbents:

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	V	F	D	D
R
R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
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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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Race summary

All races are for the Class 3 term (1927 to 1933), unless otherwise indicated. 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 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 (Republican) Unopposed
Iowa Class 3: General	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (appointed)		nowrap \| √ 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	1920	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 Class 3: Special	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (appointed)	Incumbent appointee lost election to finish term ending March 4, 1927 and lost election to the next term. Democratic gain	√ Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 52.1% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.9%
Missouri Class 3: General	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (appointed)		nowrap \| √ Harry B. Hawes (Republican) 51.3% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.7%
Nevada	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected	√ Tasker L. Oddie (Republican), 55.8% Raymond T. Baker (Democratic) 42.5%
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special) 1920	Incumbent re-elected	√ George H. Moses (Republican), 62.3% Robert C. Murchie (Democratic) 37.7%
New York	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	Republican	1914 1920	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	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected	√ Lee S. Overman (Democratic), 60.5% Johnson J. Hayes (Republican) 39.5%
North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special)	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	1920	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	nowrap

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.

[1] 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.

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Gains and losses

Change in Senate composition

Race summary

See also

References