1914 United States Senate election in Illinois
Nominee
Lawrence Yates Sherman
Roger Charles Sullivan
Raymond Robins
Party
Republican
Democratic
Progressive
Popular vote
390,661
373,403
203,027
Percentage
38.46%
36.76%
19.99%
U.S. senator before election
Lawrence Yates Sherman
Republican
Elected U.S. senator
Lawrence Yates Sherman
Republican
The 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1914.[1]
Incumbent Republican senator Lawrence Yates Sherman , first elected to a partial termby the Illinois General Assembly in a special election the previous year, was reelected to a full term as U.S. senator by a popular vote.
Election information [ ]
The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.[2] Primaries were held September 9, 1914.[2]
The 1914 United States Senate elections were the first to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect, and this was therefore the first Illinois U.S. Senate election to be held by a popular vote.
Democratic primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Barratt O'Hara , lieutenant governor of Illinois
Lawrence B. Stringer , U.S. congressman
Roger Charles Sullivan , Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
James Traynor
Harry Woods , Illinois secretary of state
Results [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Frank Hall Childs
William E. Mason , former U.S. senator
Lawrence Yates Sherman , incumbent U.S. senator
Myer J. Stein
Results [ ]
Progressive primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Raymond Robins , economist , writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee
Results [ ]
Socialist primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Adolph Germer , trade union organizer
Results [ ]
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
John M. Frances (Socialist Labor )
Adolph Germer (Socialist), trade union organizer
Raymond Robins (Progressive), economist, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee
Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican), incumbent U.S. senator
Roger Charles Sullivan (Democratic), Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
George W. Woolsey (Prohibition Party )
Results [ ]
See also [ ]
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