United_States_Senate_elections,_1926

1926 United States Senate election in Arizona
	County results; Hayden: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Cameron: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Ralph H. Cameron; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Carl Hayden; Democratic

Alabama election
← 1920 1932 →
U.S. senator before election; Oscar Underwood; Democratic	Elected U.S. senator ; Hugo Black; Democratic

1926 United States Senate elections
← 1925 (WI)
32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican hold; No election
Majority Leader before election; Charles Curtis; Republican	Elected Majority Leader ; Charles Curtis; Republican

1926 United States Senate elections

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The 1926 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge's second term. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Republican majority was reduced by seven seats.

Quick Facts 32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

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[1] There were also special elections in June, September, and November 1926.

[Appointee_defeated-2] Appointee defeated

[Appointee_elected-3] Appointee elected

[Disqualified-4] Senate refused to qualify

[5] Democrat Daniel F. Steck successfully challenged the 1924 election of Republican Smith W. Brookhart and the Senate awarded Steck the seat on April 12, 1926.

[franklsmith-6] 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 February 9, 1928.

[7] Oregon was the "tipping point" state.

[11] Not seated

[Clerk-8] [1]
"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

[9] [2]
"Primary Election 06-30-1926" (PDF). North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved 2022-06-19.

[10] [3]
"General Election 11-02-1926" (PDF). North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved 2022-06-19.

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State	Senator	Replaced by
Arizona	Ralph H. Cameron	Carl Hayden
Colorado	Rice W. Means	Charles W. Waterman
Illinois	William B. McKinley	Frank L. Smith
Kentucky	Richard P. Ernst	Alben W. Barkley
Maryland	Ovington Weller	Millard Tydings
Massachusetts	William M. Butler	David I. Walsh
Missouri	George H. Williams	Harry B. Hawes
New York	James Wadsworth	Robert F. Wagner
Oklahoma	John W. Harreld	Elmer Thomas
Oregon	Robert N. Stanfield	Frederick Steiwer
Pennsylvania	George W. Pepper	William S. Vare
Wisconsin	Irvine Lenroot	John J. Blaine

State	Senator	Replaced by
New Mexico	Andrieus A. Jones	Bronson M. Cutting
Idaho	Frank R. Gooding	John Thomas
Ohio	Frank B. Willis	Cyrus Locher
Michigan	Woodbridge N. Ferris	Arthur H. Vandenberg

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State	Senator	Replaced by
Alabama	Oscar Underwood	Hugo Black
Iowa	David W. Stewart	Smith W. Brookhart

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
North Dakota (Class 3)	Gerald Nye	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected June 30, 1926. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below.	▌Y Gerald Nye (Republican-NPL) 50.2% ▌ L. B. Hanna (Republican) 37.5% ▌ C. P. Stone (Independent Republican) 12.3%
Maine (Class 2)	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	1916 (special) 1918 1924	Incumbent died August 23, 1926. New senator elected September 13, 1926. Republican hold.	▌Y Arthur R. Gould (Republican) 71.8% ▌Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 28.2%
Iowa (Class 3)	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926. Winner did not seek election to the next term, see below.	▌Y David W. Stewart (Republican) Unopposed
Indiana (Class 1)	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926.	▌Y Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) 50.6% ▌Evans Woollen (Democratic) 48.4% ▌Albert Stanley (Prohibition) 0.5% ▌William O. Fogleson (Socialist) 0.5%
Massachusetts (Class 1)	William M. Butler	Republican	1924 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain.	▌Y David I. Walsh (Democratic) 52.0% ▌William M. Butler (Republican) 46.5%
Missouri (Class 3)	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to the next term, see below.	▌Y Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 52.1% ▌George H. Williams (Republican) 47.9%

State	Party of winner	Margin
Indiana (regular)	Republican	1.1%
Indiana (special)	Republican	2.2%
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Missouri	Democratic (flip)	3.6%
Kentucky	Democratic (flip)	3.6%
Illinois	Republican	3.8%
Colorado	Republican	3.9%
New York	Democratic (flip)	4.1%
Missouri	Democratic (flip)	4.2%
Washington	Republican	4.8%
Massachusetts	Democratic (flip)	5.5%
Ohio	Republican	6.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugo Black (Incumbent)	91,801	80.87%
	Republican	Edmund H. Dryer	21,712	19.13%
Majority			70,089	61.74%
Turnout			113,513
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hayden	44,951	58.53%
	Republican	Ralph H. Cameron (Incumbent)	31,845	41.47%
Majority			13,106	17.06%
Turnout			76,796
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thaddeus H. Caraway (Incumbent)	28,166	84.80%
	Republican	Robert A. Jones	5,048	15.20%
Majority			23,118	69.60%
Turnout			33,214
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel M. Shortridge (Incumbent)	670,128	63.11%
	Democratic	John B. Elliott	391,599	36.88%
	None	Scattering	127	0.01%
Majority			278,529	26.23%
Turnout			1,061,854
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles W. Waterman	149,585	50.25%
	Democratic	William E. Sweet	138,113	46.39%
	Farmer–Labor	Morton Alexander	5,829	1.96%
	Socialist	Frank H. Rice	2,218	0.75%
	Peoples Constitutional Rights	James A. Ownbey	1,091	0.37%
	Workers (Communist)	James A. Ayres	859	0.29%
Majority			11,472	3.86%
Turnout			297,695
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hiram Bingham III (Incumbent)	191,401	63.31%
	Democratic	Rollin U. Tyler	107,753	35.64%
	Independent	Rice	3,173	1.05%
Majority			83,648	27.67%
Turnout			302,327
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher (Incumbent)	51,054	77.86%
	Republican	John M. Lindsay (delegate convention)	8,381	12.78%
	Republican	W. R. O’Neal	6,133	9.35%
Majority			42,673	65.08%
Turnout			65,568
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter F. George (Incumbent)	47,366	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank R. Gooding (Incumbent)	56,847	45.41%
	Progressive	H. F. Samuels	37,047	29.60%
	Democratic	John F. Nugent	31,285	24.99%
Majority			19,800	15.81%
Turnout			125,179
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank L. Smith	842,273	46.86%
	Democratic	George E. Brennan	774,943	43.12%
	Independent	Hugh S. Magill	156,245	8.69%
	Progressive	Parley P. Christensen	6,526	0.36%
	Light Wines and Beer	Raymond T. O’Keefe	4,596	0.26%
	Independent Democratic	James H. Kirby	4,203	0.23%
	Socialist	John T. Whitlock	2,998	0.17%
	Socialist Labor	G. A. Jenning	1,977	0.11%
	Workers (Communist)	J. Louis Engdahl	1,309	0.07%
	High Life	James A. Logan	1,161	0.06%
	Independent	Samuel C. Irving	701	0.04%
	Commonwealth Land	Morris Lynchenheim	427	0.02%
Majority			67,330	3.74%
Turnout			1,797,359
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Raymond Robinson (Incumbent)	519,401	50.62%
	Democratic	Evans Woollen	496,540	48.40%
	Prohibition	Albert Stanley	5,205	0.51%
	Socialist	William O. Fogleson	4,864	0.47%
Majority			22,861	2.22%
Turnout			1,026,010
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James E. Watson (Incumbent)	522,837	50.04%
	Democratic	Albert Stump	511,454	48.95%
	Prohibition	William H. Harris	5,420	0.52%
	Socialist	Forrest Wallace	5,106	0.49%
Majority			11,383	1.09%
Turnout			1,044,817
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David W. Stewart (Incumbent)	336,410	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Smith W. Brookhart	323,409	56.61%
	Democratic	Claude R. Porter	247,869	43.39%
Majority			75,540	13.22%
Turnout			571,278
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Curtis (Incumbent)	308,222	63.57%
	Democratic	Charles Stephens	168,446	34.74%
	Socialist	M. L. Phillips	8,208	1.69%
Majority			139,776	28.83%
Turnout			484,876
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley	286,997	51.84%
	Republican	Richard P. Ernst (Incumbent)	266,657	48.16%
Majority			20,340	3.68%
Turnout			553,654
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (Incumbent)	54,180	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Defeats

Death

Post-election changes

Change in composition

Before the elections

Elections results

At the beginning of the next Congress

Race summaries

Special elections during the 69th Congress

Elections leading to the 70th Congress

Closest races

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Indiana (special)

Indiana (regular)

Iowa

Iowa (special)

Iowa (regular)

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine (special)

Maryland

Massachusetts (special)

Missouri

Missouri (special)

Missouri (regular)

Nevada

New Hampshire

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

North Dakota (special)

North Dakota (regular)

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Utah

Vermont

Washington

Wisconsin

See also

Notes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur R. Gould	79,498	71.80%
	Democratic	Fulton J. Redman	31,225	28.20%
Majority				43.60%
Turnout			110,723
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings	195,410	57.51%
	Republican	Ovington Weller (Incumbent)	140,695	41.41%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	3,659	1.08%
Majority			54,715	16.10%
Turnout			339,764
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	525,303	52.01%
	Republican	William M. Butler (Incumbent)	469,989	46.54%
	Workers	John J. Ballam	5,167	0.51%
	Modification Volstead Act	Washington Cook	4,766	0.47%
	Socialist	Alfred Baker Lewis	4,730	0.47%
	None	Scattering	11	0.00%
Majority			55,314	5.47%
Turnout			1,009,966
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry B. Hawes	514,389	52.09%
	Republican	George H. Williams (Incumbent)	473,068	47.91%
Majority			41,321	4.18%
Turnout			987,457
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry B. Hawes	506,015	51.30%
	Republican	George H. Williams (Incumbent)	470,654	47.71%
	Prohibition	Herman P. Faris	7,540	0.76%
	Socialist	Robert D. Morrison	1,807	0.18%
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	464	0.05%
Majority			35,361	3.29%
Turnout			986,480
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tasker Oddie (Incumbent)	17,430	55.78%
	Democratic	Raymond T. Baker	13,273	42.48%
	Independent	George A. Bice	543	1.74%
Majority			4157	13.30%
Turnout			31,246
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George H. Moses (Incumbent)	79,279	62.32%
	Democratic	Robert C. Murchie	47,935	37.68%
Majority				24.64%
Turnout			127,214
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner	1,321,463	46.48%
	Republican	James W. Wadsworth Jr. (Incumbent)	1,205,246	42.40%
	Independent Republican	Franklin W. Cristman	231,906	8.16%
	Socialist	Jessie W. Hughan	73,412	2.58%
	Workers	William F. Dunne	6,444	0.23%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph Brandon	4,342	0.15%
Majority			116,217	4.08%
Turnout			2,842,813
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Slater Overman (Incumbent)	218,934	60.51%
	Republican	Johnson J. Hayes	142,891	39.49%
Majority			76,043	21.02%
Turnout			361,825
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan League	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	79,709	50.20%
	Republican	Louis B. Hanna	59,499	37.47%
	Independent Republican	C. P. Stone	19,586	12.33%
Majority			88,970	57.36%
Turnout				24.55%
	Non-Partisan League hold