1918 United States Senate election in Illinois
Nominee
Medill McCormick
J. Hamilton Lewis
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
479,967
426,943
Percentage
50.50%
44.92%
U.S. senator before election
J. Hamilton Lewis
Democratic
Elected U.S. senator
Medill McCormick
Republican
The 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1918.[1]
Incumbent Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis lost reelection to Republican Medill McCormick .
Election information [ ]
The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.[1] The primaries were held September 11, 1918.[1]
This was the first election for this U.S. Senate seat to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect, and was therefore the first time that this seat faced a popular election.
Democratic primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
James Hamilton Lewis , incumbent U.S. senator
James O. Monroe, attorney and perennial candidate [2]
James Traynor
Results [ ]
Republican primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Alfred E. Case
George Edmund Foss , U.S. congresman
Medill McCormick , U.S. congressman
Patrick H. O'Donnell
William Hale Thompson , mayor of Chicago
Results [ ]
Socialist primary [ ]
Candidates [ ]
William Bross Lloyd , attorney and activist
Results [ ]
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
John M. Francis (Socialist Labor )
J. Hamilton Lewis (Democrat), incumbent U.S. senator
William Bross Lloyd (Socialist), attorney and activist
Medill McCormick (Republican), U.S. congressman
Frank B. Vennum (Prohibition Party ), activist, capitalist, philanthropist, and 1912 candidate for Illinois treasurer [3]
Results [ ]
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