1934 United States Senate election in Vermont

1934 United States Senate election in Vermont

← 1931 (special) November 6, 1934 (1934-11-06) 1940 →

Nominee Warren Austin Fred C. Martin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 67,146 63,632 Percentage 51.0% 48.4%

U.S. senator before election Warren Austin Republican Elected U.S. Senator Warren Austin Republican

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The 1934 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican Warren Austin successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Fred C. Martin. Austin was elected in a 1931 special election to replace Frank C. Partridge, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Frank L. Greene.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

• Harry B. Amey, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and State Senator from Island Pond
• Warren Austin, incumbent Senator since 1931

Campaign[]

Senator Austin undertook an extensive advertising and letter-writing campaign but did not directly address his opponent, who was not considered a strong threat.^[1]

Results[]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

• Fred C. Martin, Collector of Internal Revenue for Vermont^[1]

Results[]

General election[]

Results[]

1934 U.S. Senate election in Vermont^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren Austin (incumbent)	67,146	51.04%	12.98
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	63,632	48.37%	12.82
	Write-in		3	0.00%	0.42
Total votes			131,552	100.00%

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Mazuzan, George T. (Spring 1971). "Vermont's Traditional Republicanism vs. the New Deal: Warren R. Austin and the Election of 1934" (PDF). The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society. XXXIX (2).

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