1926 United States Senate elections

United States Senate elections, 1926

November 2, 1926
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Charles Curtis Joseph Robinson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Kansas Arkansas Last election 54 seats 41 seats Seats before 55 40 Seats won 48 46 Seat change 7 6   Third party   Party Farmer–Labor Last election 1 seat Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seat change
Democratic gain   Democratic hold   Republican hold   Republican gain
Majority Leader before election Charles Curtis Republican Elected Majority Leader Charles Curtis Republican

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:

• 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)

Senate contests in 1926

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	Oscar W. Underwood	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 80.9 - 19.1	Hugo L. Black (Democrat) E. H. Dryer (Republican)
Arizona	Ralph H. Cameron	Republican	Defeated, 58.3 - 41.7	Carl Hayden (Democrat)
Arkansas	Thaddeus H. Caraway	Democrat	Re-elected, 82.8 - 17.2	R. A. Jones (Republican)
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	Re-elected, 63.1 - 36.9	John B. Elliott (Democrat)
Colorado	Rice W. Means	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 50.3 - 46.4	Charles W. Waterman (Republican) William E. Sweet (Democrat)
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	Re-elected, 63.3 - 35.6	Rollin U. Tyler (Democrat)
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democrat	Re-elected, 77.9 - 12.8	John M. Lindsay (Independent)
Georgia	Walter F. George	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Idaho	Frank R. Gooding	Republican	Re-elected, 45.4 - 29.6 - 25.0	H. F. Samuels (Progressive) John F. Nugent (Democrat)
Illinois	William B. McKinley	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 46.9 - 43.1 - 8.7	Frank L. Smith (Republican) George E. Brennan (Democrat) Hugh S. Magill (Independent)
Indiana1	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	Re-elected, 50.6 - 48.4 - 0.5 - 0.5	Evans Woollen (Democrat) Albert Stanley (Prohibitionist) William O. Fogleson (Socialist)
Indiana	James E. Watson	Republican	Re-elected, 50.0 - 48.9 - 0.5 - 0.5	Albert Stump (Democrat) William H. Harris (Prohibitionist) Forrest Wallace (Socialist)
Iowa	David W. Stewart	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 56.5 - 43.3	Smith W. Brookhart (Republican) Claude R. Porter (Democrat)
Kansas	Charles Curtis	Republican	Re-elected, 63.6 - 34.7 - 1.7	Charles Stephens (Democrat) M.L. Phillips (Socialist)
Kentucky	Richard P. Ernst	Republican	Defeated, 51.8 - 48.2	Alben W. Barkley (Democrat)
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Maine2	Arthur J. Gould	Republican	Re-elected, 71.8 - 28.2	Fulton J. Redman (Democrat)
Maryland	Ovington E. Weller	Republican	Defeated, 57.5 - 41.4 - 1.1	Millard E. Tydings (Democrat) William A. Toole (Socialist)
Massachusetts3	William M. Butler	Republican	Defeated, 52.0 - 46.5	David I. Walsh (Democrat)
Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Democrat	Re-elected, 51.3 - 47.7	George H. Williams (Republican)
Nevada	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	Re-elected, 55.8 - 42.5	Raymond T. Baker (Democrat)
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	Re-elected, 62.3 - 37.7	Robert C. Murchie (Democrat)
New York	James W. Wadsworth, Jr.	Republican	Defeated, 46.5 - 42.4 - 8.2	Robert F. Wagner (Democrat) F. W. Cristman (Independent)
North Carolina	Lee S. Overman	Democrat	Re-elected, 60.5 - 39.5	Johnson J. Hayes (Republican)
North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	Re-elected, 69.6 - 12.2 - 8.7 - 6.3	Norris H. Nelson (Independent) F. F. Burchard (Democrat) C. P. Stone (Independent)
Ohio	Frank B. Willis	Republican	Re-elected, 53.2 - 46.6	Atlee Pomerene (Democrat)
Oklahoma	John W. Harreld	Republican	Defeated, 54.8 - 44.7	Elmer Thomas (Democrat)
Oregon	Robert N. Stanfield	Republican	Defeated as Independent, 39.8 - 36.3 - 22.5	Frederick Steiwer (Republican) Bert E. Haney (Democrat)
Pennsylvania4	George W. Pepper	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 54.6 - 43.1	William S. Vare (Republican) William B. Wilson (Democrat)
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	Re-elected, 59.5 - 33.3 - 7.2	C. J. Gunderson (Democrat) Howard Platt (Independent)
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	Re-elected, 61.5 - 37.6	Ashby Snow (Democrat)
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	Re-elected, 73.4 - 26.5	James E. Kennedy (Democrat)
Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	Re-elected, 51.3 - 46.5	A. Scott Bullitt (Democrat)
Wisconsin	Irvine L. Lenroot	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 55.0 - 20.3 - 12.2 - 5.7	John J. Blaine (Republican) Charles D. Rosa (Independent) Thomas M. Kearney (Democrat) Leo Krzycki (Socialist)

¹ special election held due to death of Samuel M. Ralston (D-IN)

² special election held due to death of Bert M. Fernald (R-ME)

³ special election held due to death of Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)

⁴ Vare was never seated, due to charges of fraud and corruption in his campaign. His seat remained vacant until 1929.

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

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

Key:	D = Democratic F = Farmer-Labor R = Republican V = Vacant	Majority divider

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1926