1932 United States Senate elections

1932 United States Senate elections

← 1930 November 8, 1932 1934 →
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Joseph Robinson James Watson (Lost re-election) Party Democratic Republican Leader since December 3, 1923 March 4, 1929 Leader's seat Arkansas Indiana Seats before 47 48 Seats after 58[a][1] 37[a] Seat change 11 11 Seats up 17 17 Races won 28 6   Third party   Party Farmer–Labor Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0 Races won 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
Majority Leader before election James Watson Republican Elected Majority Leader Joseph Robinson Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election.

With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republicans lost twelve seats and control of the chamber to the Democrats, who won 28 of the 34 contested races (two Democratic incumbents, Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida and John H. Overton of Louisiana, were re-elected unopposed).

Among the defeated Republican incumbents in 1932 were Majority Leader James Watson (R-IN) and five-term Senator Reed Smoot (R-UT); in Smoot's regard, the consensus view among economists and economic historians is that the passage of his Smoot-Hawley tariff exacerbated the Great Depression, although by how much is debated by economists.^[2]

This is also one of only five occasions where 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in an election, with the other occasions being in 1920, 1946, 1958, and 1980.

As of 2021, this is the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Kansas.

Gains and losses[]

Incumbents who lost renomination[]

Democrats took three seats from Republican incumbents:

1. California: Two-term Republican Samuel M. Shortridge lost renomination to Tallant Tubbs, who in turn, lost the general election to Democrat William G. McAdoo.
2. Iowa: One-term Republican Smith W. Brookhart lost renomination to , who in turn, lost the general election to Democrat Richard L. Murphy.
3. Wisconsin: One-term Republican John J. Blaine lost renomination to John B. Chapple, who in turn, lost the general election to Democrat F. Ryan Duffy.

Incumbents who lost re-election[]

Democrats defeated eight Republican incumbents:

1. Connecticut: Two-term Republican Hiram Bingham lost to Democratic challenger, Augustine Lonergan.
2. Idaho: One-term Republican John Thomas lost to Democratic challenger, James Pope.
3. Illinois: One-term Republican Otis F. Glenn lost to Democratic challenger, William H. Dieterich.
4. Indiana: Three-term Republican and Majority Leader James E. Watson lost to Democratic challenger, Frederick Van Nuys.
5. Nevada: Two-term Republican Tasker L. Oddie lost to Democratic challenger, Patrick A. McCarran.
6. New Hampshire: Three-term Republican George H. Moses lost to Democratic challenger Fred H. Brown.
7. Utah: Five-term Republican Reed Smoot lost to Democratic challenger Elbert D. Thomas.
8. Washington: Four-term Republican Wesley L. Jones lost to Democratic challenger Homer T. Bone.

Milestones[]

• First election in which a Senate leader lost re-election: Majority Leader James E. Watson (R-IN)
• First woman to be elected to a full term in the Senate: Hattie Caraway (D-AR)
• Last Democrat (as of 2021) to be elected from Kansas: George McGill (D-KS)

Change in composition[]

After the January special election[]

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39	D40	D41	D42	D43	D44	D45	D46	D47 Ark. (sp) Elected[b]	FL1
Plurality →									R48
R39	R40	R41	R42	R43	R44	R45	R46	R47
R38	R37	R36	R35	R34	R33	R32	R31	R30	R29
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Before the November elections[]

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Kan. Ran	D37 Ga. (sp) Retired	D36 Ga. (reg) Ran	D35 Fla. Ran	D34 Colo. (reg) Retired Colo. (sp) Ran	D33 Ark. (reg) Ran	D32 Ariz. Ran	D31 Ala. Ran	D30	D29
D39 Ky. Ran	D40 La. Ran	D41 Md. Ran	D42 Mo. Retired	D43 N.Y. Ran	D44 N.C. (reg) N.C. (sp) Ran	D45 Ohio Ran	D46 Okla. Ran	D47 S.C. Ran	FL1
Plurality →									R48 Wisc. Ran
R39 N.H. Ran	R40 N.J. (sp) Ran	R41 N.D. Ran	R42 Ore. Ran	R43 Pa. Ran	R44 S.D. Ran	R45 Utah Ran	R46 Vt. Ran	R47 Wash. Ran
R38 Nev. Ran	R37 Iowa Ran	R36 Ind. Ran	R35 Ill. Ran	R34 Idaho Ran	R33 Conn. Ran	R32 Calif. Ran	R31	R30	R29
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Result of the November elections[]

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Kan. Re-elected	D37 Ga. (sp) Hold	D36 Ga. (reg) Re-elected	D35 Fla. Re-elected	D34 Colo. (reg) Hold[c] Colo. (sp) Gain[c]	D33 Ark. (reg) Re-elected	D32 Ariz. Re-elected	D31 Ala. Re-elected	D30	D29
D39 Ky. Re-elected	D40 La. Hold	D41 Md. Re-elected	D42 Mo. Hold	D43 N.Y. Re-elected	D44 N.C. (reg) N.C. (sp) Hold	D45 Ohio Re-elected	D46 Okla. Re-elected	D47 S.C. Re-elected	D48 Calif. Gain
Majority →									D49 Conn. Gain
D58 Wisc. Gain	D57 Wash. Gain	D56 Utah Gain	D55 N.H. Gain	D54 Nev. Gain	D53 Iowa Gain	D52 Ind. Gain	D51 Ill. Gain	D50 Idaho Gain
FL1	R37 Vt. Re-elected	R36 S.D. Re-elected	R35 Pa. Re-elected	R34 Ore. Re-elected	R33 N.D. Re-elected	R32 N.J. (sp) Elected[b]	R31	R30	R29
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Key:	D# Democratic FL# Farmer–Labor R# Republican

Race summary[]

All races are general elections for class 3 seats, unless noted.

Elections during the 72nd Congress[]

In these elections, the winners were elected and seated during 1932; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arkansas (Class 3)	Hattie Wyatt Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected January 12, 1932. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.	▌Y Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Democratic) 91.6% ▌ (Independent) 5.2% ▌ (Independent) 3.2%[3]
Colorado (Class 3)	Walter Walker	Democratic	1929 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Republican gain. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below.	▌Y Karl C. Schuyler (Republican) 48.76% ▌Walter Walker (Democratic) 48.51% ▌ (Socialist) 2.73%[4]
Georgia (Class 2)	John S. Cohen	Democratic	1932 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Democratic hold.	▌Y Richard Russell Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed[5]
New Jersey (Class 2)	William Warren Barbour	Republican	1931 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 8, 1932.	▌Y William Warren Barbour (Republican) 49.6% ▌Percy Hamilton Stewart (Democratic) 48.5%
North Carolina (Class 3)	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	1930 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to next term, see below.	▌Y Robert R. Reynolds (Democratic) 68.7% ▌ (Republican) 31.3%[6]

Elections leading to the 73rd Congress[]

All elections are for Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Hugo Black	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hugo Black (Democratic) 86.3% ▌J. Theodore Johnson (Republican) 13.8%
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carl Hayden (Democratic) 66.7% ▌Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 32.1%
Arkansas	Hattie Wyatt Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed) 1932 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Democratic) 89.5% ▌John W. White (Republican) 10.5%
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y William Gibbs McAdoo (Democratic) 43.4% ▌Tallant Tubbs (Republican) 30.8% ▌Robert P. Shuler (Prohibition) 25.8%
Colorado	Walter Walker	Democratic	1932 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the term, see above.	▌Y Alva B. Adams (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Karl C. Schuyler (Republican) 45.8% ▌ (Socialist) 2.0%[4]
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	1924 (Special) 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Augustine Lonergan (Democratic) 48.5% ▌Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 47.7%
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1909 (Appointed) 1909 (Special) 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 99.8%
Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (Special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Walter F. George (Democratic) 92.8% ▌ (Republican) 7.2%
Idaho	John W. Thomas	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y James P. Pope (Democratic) 55.7% ▌John W. Thomas (Republican) 42.3%
Illinois	Otis F. Glenn	Republican	1928 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y William H. Dieterich (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Otis F. Glenn (Republican) 46.0%
Indiana	James Eli Watson	Republican	1916 (Special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Frederick Van Nuys (Democratic) 55.6% ▌James Eli Watson (Republican) 42.3%
Iowa	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican	1926	Incumbent lost renomination. Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Richard L. Murphy (Democratic) 54.9% ▌ (Republican) 40.8%
Kansas	George McGill	Democratic	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George McGill (Democratic) 45.7% ▌Benjamin S. Paulen (Republican) 42.0%
Kentucky	Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 59.2% ▌Maurice Thatcher (Republican) 40.5%
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democratic	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y John H. Overton (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland	Millard Tydings	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Millard Tydings (Democratic) 66.2% ▌Wallace Williams (Republican) 31.2%
Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Democratic	1926 (Special) 1926	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent then resigned and winner was appointed to finish the current term.	▌Y Bennett Champ Clark (Democratic) 63.2% ▌Henry Kiel (Republican) 35.9%
Nevada	Tasker Oddie	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Pat McCarran (Democratic) 52.1% ▌Tasker Oddie (Republican) 47.9%
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 50.4% ▌George H. Moses (Republican) 49.3%
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 55.8% ▌George Z. Medalie (Republican) 38.6%
North Carolina	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	1930 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above.	▌Y Robert R. Reynolds (Democratic) 68.6% ▌ (Republican) 31.4%[7]
North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gerald P. Nye (Republican) 72.3% ▌ (Democratic) 27.5%
Ohio	Robert J. Bulkley	Democratic	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert J. Bulkley (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Gilbert Bettman (Republican) 45.8%
Oklahoma	Elmer Thomas	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 65.6% ▌ (Republican) 33.7%
Oregon	Frederick Steiwer	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 52.7% ▌ (Democratic) 38.9%
Pennsylvania	James J. Davis	Republican	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James J. Davis (Republican) 49.3% ▌ (Democratic) 43.2%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter Norbeck (Republican) 53.8% ▌ (Democratic) 44.6%
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y Elbert D. Thomas (Democratic) 56.7% ▌Reed Smoot (Republican) 41.7%
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1909 (Appointed) 1923 (Special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Porter H. Dale (Republican) 55.1% ▌ (Democratic) 44.9%
Washington	Wesley Livsey Jones	Republican	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Incumbent then died November 19, 1932, and Elijah S. Grammer (R) was appointed to finish the current term.	▌Y Homer Bone (Democratic) 60.6% ▌Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) 32.7%
Wisconsin	John J. Blaine	Republican	1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌Y F. Ryan Duffy (Democratic) 57.0% ▌John B. Chapple (Republican) 36.2% ▌Emil Seidel (Socialist) 6.1%

Alabama[]

Alabama election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugo Black (Incumbent)	209,614	86.25%
	Republican	J. Theodore Johnson	33,425	13.75%
Majority			176,189	72.50%
Turnout			243,039
	Democratic hold

Arizona[]

1932 United States Senate election in Arizona^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carl T. Hayden (incumbent)	74,310	66.67%
	Republican	Ralph H. Cameron	35,737	32.06%
	Socialist	Lester B. Woolever	1,110	1.00%
	Communist	Edward Haustgen	306	0.28%
Majority			38,573	34.61%
Turnout			111,463
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Arkansas[]

There were two elections for the same seat, due to the November 6, 1931 death of two-term Democrat Thaddeus H. Caraway.

Caraway's widow, Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway, was appointed November 13, 1931 to continue his term.

Arkansas (Special)[]

Arkansas special election (January 12, 1932)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Incumbent)	31,133	91.62%
	Independent	Rex Floyd	1,752	5.16%
	Independent	Sam D. Carson	1,095	3.22%
Majority
Turnout				1.83%
	Democratic hold

Arkansas (Regular)[]

In May 1932, Caraway surprised Arkansas politicians by announcing that she would run for a full term in the upcoming election, joining a field already crowded with prominent candidates who had assumed she would step aside. She told reporters, "The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job."^[10] When she was invited by Vice President Charles Curtis to preside over the Senate she took advantage of the situation to announce that she would run for reelection. Populist former Governor and Senator Huey Long of neighboring Louisiana traveled to Arkansas on a seven-day campaign swing on her behalf. She was the first female senator to preside over the body as well as the first to chair a committee (Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills).^[11] Lacking any significant political backing, Caraway accepted the offer of help from Long, whose efforts to limit incomes of the wealthy and increase aid to the poor she had supported. Long was also motivated by sympathy for the widow and his ambition to extend his influence into the home state of his party rival, Senator Joseph Robinson, who had been Al Smith's vice-presidential candidate in 1928. Bringing his colorful and flamboyant campaign style to Arkansas, Long stumped the state with Caraway for a week just before the Democratic primary. He helped her to amass nearly twice as many votes as her closest opponent.^{[12][page needed]}

Long effectively used a method to quiet crying babies at campaign stops in Arkansas to encourage voter interest:

Mrs. Caraway would never forget nor cease to laugh over the plans we made for caring for obstreperous infants in the audience so that their mothers might listen to the speeches without the crowds being disturbed. I remember when I saw her notice one of our campaigners take charge of the first baby. The child began fretting and then began to cry. One of the young men accompanying us immediately gave it a drink of water. The child quieted for a bit and resumed a whimper, whereupon the same campaign worker handed the baby an all-day sucker, which it immediately grasped and soon fell asleep. Mrs. Caraway did not understand that it was a matter of design until it had been repeated several times.^[13]

Caraway went on to win the general election in November, with the accompanying victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President.^{[12][page needed]}

Arkansas general election (November 8, 1932)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Incumbent)	187,994	89.71%
	Republican	John W. White	21,558	10.29%
Majority			166,436	79.42%
Turnout			209,552
	Democratic hold

California[]

California election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Gibbs McAdoo	943,164	43.39%
	Republican	Tallant Tubbs	669,676	30.81%
	Prohibition	Robert P. Shuler	560,088	25.76%
	Write-In	George Ross Kirkpatrick	466	0.02%
	None	Scattering	440	0.02%
Majority			273,488	12.58%
Turnout			2,173,834
	Democratic gain from Republican

Colorado[]

There were 2 elections November 8, 1932 for the same seat, due to the death of one-term Republican Charles W. Waterman. The primaries were held September 13, 1932.^[14][15]

Colorado (Special)[]

Democrat Walter Walker was appointed to continue the term, pending the special election, which he then lost.

Republican attorney Karl C. Schuyler was elected finish the term, but he lost the contemporaneous election to the next term. He died in 1933.^[16]

Colorado special election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl C. Schuyler	207,540	48.76%
	Democratic	Walter Walker (Incumbent)	206,475	48.51%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	11,619	2.73%
Majority			1,065	0.25%
Turnout				41.09%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Colorado (Regular)[]

Democratic former senator Alva B. Adams was elected to start the new term that would begin in March 1933.

Colorado regular election^[8][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alva B. Adams	226,516	52.23%
	Republican	Karl C. Schuyler	198,519	45.78%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	8,636	1.99%
	Farmer–Labor	Huston Hugh Marrs	1,814	0.42%
	Communist	Raymond D. D. Richardson	858	0.20%
Majority			27,997	6.42%
Turnout			433,671	42.13%
	Democratic hold

Adams would be re-elected once and serve until his December 1, 1941 death.

Connecticut[]

Connecticut election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustine Lonergan	282,327	47.50%
	Republican	Hiram Bingham III (Incumbent)	278,061	46.78%
	Socialist	Devere Allen	19,774	3.33%
	Independent Republican	Milton Conover	10,621	1.79%
	Socialist Labor	John L. Grennan	2,243	0.38%
	Communist	William Secker	1,376	0.23%
Majority			4,266	0.72%
Turnout			594,402
	Democratic gain from Republican

Florida[]

Florida election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher (Incumbent)
Turnout			204,651
	Democratic hold

Georgia[]

There were two elections due to the death of William J. Harris. It was only the second time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914.

Georgia (Regular)[]

Georgia regular election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter F. George (Incumbent)	234,490	92.82%
	Republican	James W. Arnold	18,151	7.18%
Majority			216,339	85.64%
Turnout			252,641
	Democratic hold

Georgia (Special)[]

Democratic incumbent William J. Harris died April 18, 1932. Richard Russell Jr., the Democratic Governor of Georgia, appointed fellow-Democrat John S. Cohen April 25, 1932 to continue the term but Cohen was not a candidate for election.

Russell then won the September 14, 1932 Democratic primary over Charles R. Crisp, 57.72% to 42.28%.^[19] Russell was then unopposed in the November 8, 1932 special election.^[5]

Idaho[]

Idaho election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James P. Pope	103,020	55.64%
	Republican	John W. Thomas (Incumbent)	78,325	42.30%
	Liberty	Earl A. Oliason	3,801	2.05%
Majority			24,695	13.34%
Turnout			185,146
	Democratic gain from Republican

Illinois[]

Illinois election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Dieterich	1,670,466	52.23%
	Republican	Otis F. Glenn (Incumbent)	1,471,841	46.02%
	Socialist	Charles Pogorelec	37,922	1.19%
	Communist	William E. Browder	13,318	0.42%
	Socialist Labor	G. A. Jenning	3,379	0.11%
	Independent	William. J. Baker	1,209	0.04%
	None	Scattering	16	0.00%
Majority			198,625	6.21%
Turnout			3,198,151
	Democratic gain from Republican

Indiana[]

Indiana election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick Van Nuys	870,053	56.80%
	Republican	James Eli Watson (Incumbent)	661,750	43.20%
Majority			208,303	13.60%
Turnout			1,531,803
	Democratic gain from Republican

Iowa[]

Primaries were held June 6, 1932.^[20][21]

Iowa election^[8][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard L. Murphy	538,422	54.15%
	Republican	Henry Field	399,929	40.22%
	Progressive	Smith W. Brookhart (Incumbent)	43,174	4.34%
	Socialist	T. S. McCrill	11,076	1.11%
	Farmer–Labor	Roy M. Harrop	1,228	0.12%
	Communist	Peter Hunter	467	0.05%
Majority			138,493	13.93%
Turnout			994,296	40.24%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Murphy served only 3 years until his July 16, 1936 death.

Kansas[]

Kansas election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George McGill (incumbent)	328,992	45.67%
	Republican	Ben S. Paulsen	302,809	42.03%
	Independent	George A. Brown	65,583	9.10%
	Independent	J. F. W. Renker	14,550	2.02%
	Socialist	E. Haldeman-Julius	8,474	1.18%
Majority			26,183	3.64%
Turnout			720,408
	Democratic gain from Republican

Kentucky[]

Kentucky election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley (Incumbent)	575,077	59.15%
	Republican	Maurice H. Thatcher	393,865	40.51%
	Socialist	W. E. Sandefur	3,291	0.34%
Majority			181,212	18.64%
Turnout			972,233
	Democratic hold

Louisiana[]

Louisiana election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Overton (Incumbent)	249,189	100.00%
	None	Scattering	3	100.00%
Majority			249,186	100.00%
Turnout			249,192
	Democratic hold

Maryland[]

Maryland election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (Incumbent)	293,389	66.18%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	138,536	31.25%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	8,105	1.83%
	Socialist Labor	Noah S. Twigg	1,859	0.42%
	Communist	Carl Bradley	1,449	0.33%
Majority			154,843	34.93%
Turnout			443,338
	Democratic hold

Missouri[]

Missouri election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennett Champ Clark	1,017,046	63.26%
	Republican	Henry Kiel	575,174	35.77%
	Socialist	J. G. Hodges	11,441	0.71%
	Prohibition	Herman P. Faris	3,147	0.20%
	Communist	Pollack	533	0.03%
	Socialist Labor	Karl L. Oberhue	417	0.03%
Majority			441,872	27.49%
Turnout			1,607,758
	Democratic hold

Nevada[]

Nevada election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat McCarran	21,398	52.06%
	Republican	Tasker Oddie (Incumbent)	19,706	47.94%
Majority			1,692	4.12%
Turnout			41,104
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Hampshire[]

New Hampshire election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Brown	98,766	50.35%
	Republican	George H. Moses (Incumbent)	96,649	49.27%
	Independent	Charles W. Greene	533	0.27%
	Independent	Fred B. Chase	228	0.12%
Majority			2,117	1.08%
Turnout			196,176
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Jersey (Special)[]

New Jersey special election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Warren Barbour (incumbent)	741,734	49.61%
	Democratic	Percy Hamilton Stewart	725,511	48.52%
	Socialist	Herman F. Niessner	19,060	1.27%
	Prohibition	Esther Hill Elfeth	2,966	0.20%
	Communist	James L. Creekmur	2,256	0.15%
	Personal Choice	Russell Y. Page	2,110	0.14%
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,601	0.11%
Majority			16,223	1.09%
Turnout			1,495,238
	Republican hold

New York[]

1932 United States Senate election in New York^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner (incumbent)	2,532,905	55.77%
	Republican	George Z. Medalie	1,751,186	38.56%
	Socialist	Charles Solomon	143,282	3.16%
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	74,611	1.64%
	Communist	William Weinstone	29,052	0.64%
	Socialist Labor	Jeremiah D. Crowley	10,328	0.23%
Total votes			4,541,364	100.00%

North Carolina[]

North Carolina had 2 elections for the same seat, due to the December 12, 1930 death of five-term Democrat Lee S. Overman.

North Carolina (Special)[]

Democratic former-Governor of North Carolina Cameron A. Morrison was appointed December 13, 1930 to continue Overman's term, pending a special election. Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932^[24][25][26] Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

North Carolina special election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rice Reynolds	485,048	68.66%
	Republican	Jake F. Newell	221,392	31.34%
Majority			263,656	37.32%
Turnout				22.28%
	Democratic hold

Reynolds was seated December 5, 1932.

North Carolina (Regular)[]

Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932^[27][28] and a Democratic run-off primary was held July 2, 1932.^[29] Interim appointee Cameron A. Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

North Carolina election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rice Reynolds	482,133	68.62%
	Republican	Jake F. Newell	220,524	31.38%
Majority			261,609	37.24%
Turnout			702,657
	Democratic hold

Reynolds would be re-elected once and serve until his 1945 retirement.

North Dakota[]

North Dakota election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	172,796	72.30%
	Democratic	P. W. Lanier	65,612	27.45%
	Independent	Frank Witty	589	0.25%
Majority				107184%
Turnout			238,997
	Republican hold

Ohio[]

Ohio election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert J. Bulkley (Incumbent)	1,293,175	52.53%
	Republican	Gilbert Bettman	1,126,832	45.77%
	Prohibition	Frank M. Mecartney	34,760	1.41%
	Communist	I. O. Ford	7,227	0.29%
Majority			166,343	6.76%
Turnout			2,461,994
	Democratic hold

Oklahoma[]

Oklahoma election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer Thomas (Incumbent)	426,130	65.61%
	Republican	Wirt Franklin	218,854	33.70%
	Independent	James I. Whidden	1,395	0.21%
	Independent	J. W. Houchin	1,245	0.19%
	Independent	John Franing	1,061	0.16%
	Independent	Thomas P. Hopley	819	0.13%
Majority			207,276	31.91%
Turnout			649,504
	Democratic hold

Oregon[]

Oregon election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Steiwer (Incumbent)	186,210	52.72%
	Democratic	Walter B. Gleason	137,237	38.86%
	Socialist	Joe A. Thomas	12,266	3.47%
	Independent	F. E. Coulter	11,859	3.36%
	Socialist Labor	Sverre Jacobson	3,067	0.87%
	Communist	A. G. Krueger	2,555	0.72%
Majority			48,973	13.86%
Turnout			353,194
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania[]

General election results^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James J. Davis (Incumbent)	1,375,489	49.46%
	Democratic	Lawrence H. Rupp	1,200,760	43.18%
	Prohibition	Edwin J. Fithian	106,602	3.83%
	Socialist	William J. Van Essen	91,456	3.29%
	Communist	Harry M. Wicks	6,426	0.23%
	N/A	Others	145	0.01%
Majority			174,729	6.28%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,780,878		{{{change}}}
	Republican hold		Swing

South Carolina[]

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1932

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ellison D. Smith (Incumbent)	104,472	98.1%	-1.9%
	Republican	Clara Harrigal	1,976	1.9%	+1.9%
Majority			102,496	96.2%	-3.8%
Turnout			106,448
	Democratic hold

South Dakota[]

South Dakota election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Norbeck (Incumbent)	151,845	53.83%
	Democratic	U. S. G. Cherry	125,731	44.57%
	Liberty	Howard Platt	3,873	1.37%
	Independent	Oscar Luttio	405	0.14%
	Independent	L. J. Manbeck	238	0.08%
Majority			26,114	9.26%
Turnout			282,092
	Republican hold

Utah[]

Utah election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elbert D. Thomas	116,889	56.66%
	Republican	Reed Smoot (Incumbent)	86,046	41.71%
	Socialist	John O. Watters	2,464	1.19%
	Communist	Joseph E. Watts	883	0.43%
Majority			30,843	14.94%
Turnout			206,282
	Democratic gain from Republican

Vermont[]

1932 United States Senate election in Vermont^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter H. Dale (Incumbent)	74,319	55.1%
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	60,455	44.9%
Total votes			134,774	100.0%
Majority			13,864	10.2%
	Republican hold

Washington[]

Washington election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Homer Bone	365,939	60.61%
	Republican	Wesley Livsey Jones (Incumbent)	197,450	32.70%
	Liberty	Frederick R. Burch	28,859	4.78%
	Socialist	Andrew T. Hunter	9,364	1.55%
	Communist	Alex Noral	2,183	0.36%
Majority			168,489	27.91%
Turnout			603,795
	Democratic gain from Republican

Wisconsin[]

Wisconsin election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	F. Ryan Duffy	610,236	56.97%
	Republican	John B. Chapple	387,668	36.19%
	Socialist	Emil Seidel	65,807	6.14%
	Prohibition	Harvey A. Knapp	4,364	0.41%
	Independent Communist	Ray Hansborough	2,921	0.27%
	None	Scattering	69	0.00%
Majority			222,568	20.78%
Turnout			1,071,065
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also[]

• 1932 United States elections
  • 1932 United States presidential election
  • 1932 United States House of Representatives elections
• 72nd United States Congress
• 73rd United States Congress

Notes[]

References[]