1926 United States Senate election in New York

The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.

Republican convention[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., incumbent Senator

Campaign[]

Incumbent Senator Wadsworth was opposed by hard-line prohibitionists, who instead supported Franklin W. Cristman at the Republican Convention.^[1]

Results[]

1926 Republican Convention^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (incumbent)	1,235	93.77%
	Republican	Franklin W. Cristman	58	4.40%
	None	Abstaining	23	1.75%
	Republican	Charles Evans Hughes	1	0.08%
Total votes			1,317	100.00%

Democratic nomination[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

Robert F. Wagner, New York Supreme Court Justice and former State Senator

Independents and third parties[]

Independent Republican[]

Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator

After failing to qualify for a primary election against Senator Wadsworth, Cristman announced his campaign as an independent Republican. He supported Prohibition and was opposed to Wadsworth's position as a "wet" (or anti-Prohibition) Republican.

Socialist[]

Jessie Wallace Hughan, radical pacifist and activist

Socialist Labor[]

Joseph Brandon

Workers[]

William F. Dunne, editor of the Butte Bulletin

General election[]

Results[]

1920 United States Senate election in New York^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner	1,321,463	46.48%
	Republican	James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (incumbent)	1,205,246	42.40%
	Independent Republican	Franklin W. Cristman	231,906	8.16%
	Socialist	Jessie Wallace Hughan	73,412	2.58%
	Communist	William F. Dunne	6,444	0.23%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph Brandon	3,064	0.15%
Total votes			2,842,813	100.00%

References[]

^ "58 Drys Balk at Senator; ...13 Votes Also Fail Mills". The New York Times. September 29, 1926. (subscription required)
^ "NY US Senate - R Convention". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "58 Drys Balk at Senator; ...13 Votes Also Fail Mills". The New York Times. September 29, 1926. (subscription required)

[2] "NY US Senate - R Convention". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[3] "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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