1936 United States Senate elections
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The 1936 United States Senate elections coincided with the reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Great Depression continued and voters backed progressive candidates favoring Roosevelt's New Deal in races across the country. The Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction.
Gains and Losses[]
The Republicans took one open seat in Massachusetts, while the Democrats took open seats in Michigan and New Hampshire and defeated incumbents Daniel O. Hastings (R-DE), Lester J. Dickinson (R-IA), W. Warren Barbour (R-NJ), Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI), and Robert D. Carey (R-WY).
- Republicans gained one Democratic open seat:
- Democrats gained one Republican open seat:
- Michigan (incumbent died, leaving seat vacant)
- Democrats held an open seat:
- Farmer–Laborers held an open seat:
- Republicans held an open seat:
- Republican incumbents lost five elections
- One Republican was re-elected, but changed party to become an Independent:
Milestones[]
This was the last of four consecutive elections where Republicans suffered losses due to the ongoing effects of the Great Depression. This was also the last Senate election in the 20th century in which a Democratic candidate who won two terms also made net gains in the Senate on both occasions (although Franklin Roosevelt won a third and fourth term, he lost Senate seats on both occasions).
Change in composition[]
Before the elections[]
After the April 1936 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 | D48 Ala. Ran |
Majority → | D49 Ark. Ran | ||||||||
D58 Miss. Ran |
D57 Mass. Retired |
D56 La. (sp) Elected[a] La. (reg) Retired |
D55 Ky. Ran |
D54 Ill. Ran |
D53 Ga. Ran |
D52 Fla. (sp3) Retired |
D51 Fla. (sp1) Retired |
D50 Colo. Retired | |
D59 Mont. Ran |
D60 N.M. (reg) Ran |
D61 N.M. (sp) Ran |
D62 N.C. Ran |
D63 Okla. Ran |
D64 S.C. Ran |
D65 S.D. Ran |
D66 Tenn. Ran |
D67 Texas Ran |
D68 Va. Ran |
R19 N.H. Retired |
R20 N.J. Ran |
R21 Ore. Ran |
R22 R.I. Ran |
R23 Wyo. Ran |
FL1 | FL2 Minn. (sp) Minn. (reg) Retired |
P1 | V1 Iowa (sp) |
D69 W.Va. Ran |
R18 Neb. Ran |
R17 Mich. Ran |
R16 Maine Ran |
R15 Kan. Ran |
R14 Iowa Ran |
R13 Idaho Ran |
R12 Del. Ran |
R11 | R10 | R9 |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
Result of the 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 | D37 | D36 | D35 | D34 | D33 | D32 | D31 | D30 | D29 | |
D39 | D40 | D41 | D42 | D43 | D44 | D45 | D46 | D47 | D48 Ala. Re-elected | |
Majority → | D49 Ark. Re-elected | |||||||||
D58 Mont. Re-elected |
D57 Miss. Re-elected |
D56 La. (reg) Hold |
D55 Ky. Re-elected |
D54 Ill. Re-elected |
D53 Ga. Re-elected |
D52 Fla. (sp3) Hold |
D51 Fla. (sp1) Hold |
D50 Colo. Hold | ||
D59 N.M. (reg) Re-elected |
D60 N.M. (sp) Elected[a] |
D61 N.C. Re-elected |
D62 Okla. Hold |
D63 S.C. Re-elected |
D64 S.D. Re-elected |
D65 Tenn. Re-elected |
D66 Texas Re-elected |
D67 Va. Re-elected |
D68 W.Va. Re-elected | |
FL1 | FL2
Hold[b] |
P1 | D75 Wyo. Gain |
D74 R.I. Gain |
D73 N.J. Gain |
D72 Mich. Gain |
D71 Iowa (sp) Gain |
D70 Iowa (reg) Gain |
D69 Del. Gain | |
I1 Neb. Re-elected new party |
R17 Mass. Gain |
R16 Ore. Re-elected |
R15 N.H. Hold |
R14 Maine Re-elected |
R13 Kan. Re-elected |
R12 Idaho Re-elected |
R11 | R10 | R9 | |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
Beginning of the next Congress[]
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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 | D48 |
Majority → | D49 | ||||||||
D58 | D57 | D56 | D55 | D54 | D53 | D52 | D51 | D50 | |
D59 | D60 | D61 | D62 | D63 | D64 | D65 | D66 | D67 | D68 |
FL2 | P1 | D76 S.D. Appointed[c] |
D75 | D74 | D73 | D72 | D71 | D70 | D69 |
FL1 | I1 | R16 | R15 | R14 | R13 | R12 | R11 | R10 | R9 |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
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Race summaries[]
Elections during the 74th Congress[]
In these special elections the winners were seated once they qualified; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Louisiana (Class 2) |
Rose McConnell Long | Democratic | 1936 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected April 21, 1936. Winner was later not elected to the next term; see below. |
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Florida (Class 1) |
Scott Loftin | Democratic | 1936 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold. |
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Florida (Class 3) |
William Luther Hill | Democratic | 1936 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold. |
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Iowa (Class 3) |
Vacant | Richard L. Murphy (D) had died July 16, 1936. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic gain. |
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Minnesota (Class 2) |
Elmer Austin Benson | Farmer–Labor | 1935 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Republican gain. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. |
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New Mexico (Class 1) |
Dennis Chávez | Democratic | 1935 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected November 3, 1936. |
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Elections leading to the 75th Congress[]
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1937; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | John H. Bankhead II | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas | Joseph Taylor Robinson | Democratic | 1913 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Colorado | Edward P. Costigan | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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Delaware | Daniel O. Hastings | Republican | 1928 (Appointed) 1930 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Georgia | Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic | 1932 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Idaho | William Borah | Republican | 1907 1913 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Illinois | J. Hamilton Lewis | Democratic | 1913 (Late) 1918 (Lost) 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Iowa | Lester J. Dickinson | Republican | 1930 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Kansas | Arthur Capper | Republican | 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kentucky | M. M. Logan | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana | Rose McConnell Long | Democratic | 1936 (Appointed) 1936 (Special) |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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Maine | Wallace H. White Jr. | Republican | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts | Marcus A. Coolidge | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. |
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Michigan | James J. Couzens | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) 1924 (Special) 1924 1930 |
Incumbent lost renomination[2] then died October 22, 1936. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner was later appointed to finish term. |
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Minnesota | Elmer Austin Benson | Farmer–Labor | 1935 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired to run for Governor of Minnesota. New senator elected. Farmer–Labor hold. Winner was not a candidate to finish the current term. |
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Mississippi | Pat Harrison | Democratic | 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Montana | James E. Murray | Democratic | 1934 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska | George W. Norris | Republican | 1913 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected as an Independent. Independent gain. |
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New Hampshire | Henry W. Keyes | Republican | 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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New Jersey | William Warren Barbour | Republican | 1931 (Appointed) 1932 (Special) |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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New Mexico | Carl Hatch | Democratic | 1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina | Josiah Bailey | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oklahoma | Thomas Gore | Democratic | 1907 (New state) 1909 1914 1920 (Lost) 1930 |
Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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Oregon | Charles L. McNary | Republican | 1917 (Appointed) 1918 (Not elected 1918 (Appointed) 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Rhode Island | Jesse H. Metcalf | Republican | 1924 (Special) 1924 1930 |
Incumbent lost re-election.[3] New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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South Carolina | James F. Byrnes | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Dakota | William J. Bulow | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee | Nathan L. Bachman | Democratic | 1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Texas | Morris Sheppard | Democratic | 1913 (Special) 1913 1918 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia | Carter Glass | Democratic | 1920 (Appointed) 1920 (Special) 1924 1930 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia | Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | 1930 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wyoming | Robert D. Carey | Republican | 1930 (Special) 1930 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Alabama[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Bankhead II (Incumbent) | 239,532 | 87.02% | |
Republican | H. E. Berkstresser | 33,697 | 12.24% | |
Independent | William C. Irby | 2,022 | 0.73% | |
Independent | Sam Powe | 1 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 105,835 | 74.78% | ||
Turnout | 275,252 | |||
Democratic hold |
Arkansas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph Taylor Robinson | 154,866 | 84.08% | |
Republican | G. C. Ledbetter | 27,746 | 15.06% | |
Independent | Claude C. Williams | 1,587 | 0.86% | |
Majority | 127,120 | 69.02% | ||
Turnout | 184,199 | |||
Democratic hold |
Colorado[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edwin C. Johnson | 299,376 | 63.45% | |
Republican | Raymond L. Sauter | 166,308 | 35.25% | |
Socialist | Carle Whithead | 4,438 | 0.94% | |
National Union | George W. Carleton | 1,705 | 0.36% | |
Majority | 133,068 | 28.20% | ||
Turnout | 471,827 | |||
Democratic hold |
Delaware[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James H. Hughes | 67,136 | 52.97% | |
Republican | Daniel O. Hastings (Incumbent) | 52,469 | 41.40% | |
Independent | Robert G. Houston | 6,897 | 5.44% | |
Socialist | Charles W. Perry | 183 | 0.14% | |
Communist | William V. P. Daviatis | 53 | 0.04% | |
Majority | 14,667 | 11.57% | ||
Turnout | 126,738 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Florida (Special)[]
There were two special elections in Florida, due to the May 8, 1936 death of four-term Democrat Park Trammell and the June 17, 1936 death of five-term Democrat Duncan U. Fletcher.
Florida (Special, Class 1)[]
Democrat Scott M. Loftin was appointed May 26, 1936 to continue the term, pending a special election. Primaries were held August 11, 1936.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Charles O. Andrews | 241,528 | 81.90% | ||
Republican | Howard C. Babcock | 57,016 | 19.10% | ||
Majority | 184,512 | 62.80% | |||
Turnout | 298,544 | 20.33% | |||
Democratic hold |
Andrews would be re-elected once and serve until his death September 18, 1946.
Florida (Special, Class 3)[]
Democrat William Luther Hill was appointed July 1, 1936 to continue the term, pending a special election. Democrat Claude Pepper, who had lost to Trammell in 1934 won this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Claude Pepper | 246,050 | 100% | ||
Turnout | 16.76% | ||||
Democratic hold |
Pepper would be re-elected twice and serve until he lost renomination in 1950. He would later be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and serve there for 26 years.
Georgia[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard Russell Jr. (Incumbent) | 285,468 | 100.00% | |
Democratic hold |
Idaho[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Borah (Incumbent) | 128,723 | 63.36% | |
Democratic | C. Ben Ross | 74,444 | 36.64% | |
Majority | 54,279 | 26.72% | ||
Turnout | 203,167 | |||
Republican hold |
Illinois[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. Hamilton Lewis (Incumbent) | 2,142,887 | 56.47% | |
Republican | Otis F. Glenn | 1,545,170 | 40.72% | |
Union | Newton Jenkins | 93,696 | 2.47% | |
Socialist | Arthur McDowell | 7,405 | 0.20% | |
Prohibition | Adah M. Hagler | 3,298 | 0.09% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Schnur | 2,208 | 0.06% | |
Majority | 597,717 | 15.75% | ||
Turnout | 3,794,664 | |||
Democratic hold |
Iowa[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clyde L. Herring | 539,555 | 50.34% | |
Republican | Lester J. Dickinson (Incumbent) | 503,635 | 46.99% | |
Farmer–Labor | George F. Buresch | 25,567 | 2.39% | |
Prohibition | John B. Hammond | 1,726 | 0.16% | |
Socialist | Laetitia M. Conrad | 1,233 | 0.12% | |
Majority | 35,920 | 3.35% | ||
Turnout | 1,071,716 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Kansas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Arthur Capper (Incumbent) | 417,873 | 51.63% | |
Democratic | Omar B. Ketchum | 386,685 | 47.78% | |
Socialist | T. C. Hager | 4,775 | 0.59% | |
Majority | 31,188 | 3.85% | ||
Turnout | 809,333 | |||
Republican hold |
Kentucky[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | M. M. Logan (Incumbent) | 539,968 | 58.80% | |
Republican | Robert H. Lucas | 365,850 | 39.84% | |
Union | William M. Likins | 11,709 | 1.28% | |
Socialist | W. E. Sandefer | 541 | 0.06% | |
Socialist Labor | Ferdinand Zimmerer | 271 | 0.03% | |
Majority | 174,118 | 18.96% | ||
Turnout | 918,339 | |||
Democratic hold |
Louisiana[]
Louisiana (Regular)[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allen J. Ellender | 293,256 | 100.00% | |
None | Scattering | 7 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 293,249 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 293,263 | |||
Democratic hold |
Louisiana (Special)[]
Democrat Rose McConnell Long was elected April 21, 1936 to finish the term to which she was appointed on January 31, 1936. She was not a candidate, however, to the next term on November 3, 1936, see above.
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Maine[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wallace H. White Jr. (Incumbent) | 158,068 | 50.75% | |
Democratic | Louis J. Brann | 153,420 | 49.25% | |
Majority | 4,648 | 1.50% | ||
Turnout | 311,488 | |||
Republican hold |
Massachusetts[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 875,160 | 48.53 | +3.86 | |
Democratic | James Michael Curley | 739,751 | 41.02 | -12.99 | |
Union | Thomas C. O'Brien | 134,245 | 7.44 | +7.44 | |
Economy | Alonzo B. Cook | 11,519 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
Social Justice | 9,906 | 0.55 | +0.55 | ||
Socialist | 9,763 | 0.54 | -0.06 | ||
Townsend | 7,408 | 0.41 | +0.41 | ||
Socialist Labor | 7,408 | 0.39 | +0.01 | ||
Communist | 4,821 | 0.27 | -0.06 | ||
Prohibition | 3,677 | 0.20 | +0.20 | ||
Write-in | 16 | 0.00 | |||
total | 1,803,674 | 100.00 |
Michigan[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Prentiss M. Brown | 910,937 | 53.29% | |
Republican | Wilber M. Brucker | 714,602 | 41.80% | |
The Third Party | Louis B. Ward | 75,680 | 4.43% | |
Democratic | Roy E. Mathews | 4,994 | 0.29% | |
Communist | Lawrence Emery | 2,145 | 0.13% | |
Socialist Labor | Ralph Naylor | 510 | 0.03% | |
Commonwealth Land | Albert B. Sheldon | 429 | 0.03% | |
American | Edward N. Lee | 147 | 0.01% | |
Majority | 196,335 | 11.49% | ||
Turnout | 1,709,444 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Minnesota[]
There were 2 elections to the same seat on the same day due to the December 22, 1935 death of two-term Republican Thomas D. Schall.
Minnesota (Special)[]
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The election was held to fill the vacancy in the seat formerly held by Thomas D. Schall for the final two months of Schall's unexpired term. Governor Floyd B. Olson had appointed Elmer Benson to fill the seat in 1935, but this appointment was temporary and subject to a special election held in the next general election year thereafter—1936. Benson opted to run for governor instead of running for election to continue for the remainder of the term. No special primaries were held for the special election, and, among Minnesota's three major parties, only the Republican Party of Minnesota officially fielded a candidate—Guy V. Howard. Regardless of the absence of Farmer-Labor and Democratic nominees, Howard nevertheless faced a great degree of competition from independent candidates Nathaniel J. Holmberg, Andrew Olaf Devold, and John G. Alexander.
The candidates were:
- John G. Alexander (I), Attorney and real estate manager
- Andrew Olaf Devold (I), Attorney, State Senator since 1919, former State Representative (1915-1919); a member of the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota and formerly a member of the Socialist Party of Minnesota
- N. J. Holmberg (I), Former State Senator (1915-1919) and State Representative (1907-1915); a member of the Republican Party of Minnesota
- Guy V. Howard (R), Businessman and Republican elector in the 1916 presidential election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Guy V. Howard | 317,457 | 42.89% | |
Independent | N. J. Holmberg | 210,364 | 28.42% | |
Independent | Andrew Olaf Devold | 147,858 | 19.98% | |
Independent | John G. Alexander | 64,493 | 8.71% | |
Total votes | 740,172 | 100.00% | ||
Majority | 107,093 | 14.47% | ||
Republican gain from Farmer–Labor |
Howard was not a candidate for the next term, and served only until January 1937.
Minnesota (Regular)[]
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The election to the next term was won by Farmer–Labor congressman Ernest Lundeen.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Farmer–Labor | Ernest Lundeen | 663,363 | 62.24% | |
Republican | Theodore Christianson | 402,404 | 37.76% | |
Majority | 260,959 | 24.48% | ||
Turnout | 1,065,767 | |||
Farmer–Labor hold |
Mississippi[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pat Harrison (Incumbent) | 140,570 | 100.00% | |
Democratic | Mike Conner | 1 | 0.00% | |
Democratic | Frank Harper | 1 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 140,569 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 140,572 | |||
Democratic hold |
Montana[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | James E. Murray (Incumbent) | 121,769 | 54.98% | -4.68% | |
Republican | Thomas O. Larson | 60,038 | 27.11% | -12.32% | |
Independent | Joseph P. Monaghan | 39,655 | 17.91% | ||
Majority | 61,731 | 27.87% | +7.65% | ||
Turnout | 221,462 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Nebraska[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | George W. Norris (Incumbent) | 258,700 | 43.82% | |
Republican | Robert G. Simmons | 223,276 | 37.82% | |
Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 108,391 | 18.36% | |
Majority | 35,424 | 6.00% | ||
Turnout | 590,367 | |||
Independent gain from Republican |
New Hampshire[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Styles Bridges | 107,923 | 51.86% | |
Democratic | William Nathaniel Rogers | 99,195 | 47.67% | |
Farmer–Labor | Stearns Morse | 989 | 0.48% | |
Majority | 8,728 | 4.19% | ||
Turnout | 208,107 | |||
Republican hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William H. Smathers | 916,414 | 54.90% | |
Republican | William Warren Barbour (Incumbent) | 740,088 | 44.34% | |
Townsend | Fred Turner | 6,651 | 0.40% | |
Socialist | Herman F. Niessner | 3,309 | 0.20% | |
Communist | Herbert Coley | 1,414 | 0.08% | |
Prohibition | Malcolm G. Thomas | 967 | 0.06% | |
Socialist Labor | George E. Bopp | 448 | 0.03% | |
Majority | 176,326 | 10.56% | ||
Turnout | 1,669,291 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
New Mexico[]
There were 2 elections, due to the May 6, 1935 death of two-term Republican Bronson M. Cutting.
New Mexico (Special)[]
Democratic former-Congressman Dennis Chavez had been Cutting's opponent in 1934. On May 11, 1935, after Cutting's death, Chavez was then appointed to continue Cutting's term, pending a special election which he then won.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dennis Chávez (Incumbent) | 94,585 | 55.74% | |
Republican | M. A. Otero, Jr. | 75,029 | 44.22% | |
Farmer–Labor | Santiago El Mayor Matta | 68 | 0.04% | |
Majority | 19,556 | 11.52% | ||
Turnout | 169,438 | |||
Democratic hold |
Chavez would be re-elected four more times and serve until his death in 1962.
New Mexico (Regular)[]
One-term Democrat Carl Hatch was easily re-elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carl Hatch (Incumbent) | 104,550 | 61.70% | |
Republican | Ernest W. Everly | 64,817 | 38.25% | |
Farmer–Labor | W. C. Throp | 71 | 0.04% | |
Majority | 39,733 | 23.45% | ||
Turnout | 169,682 | |||
Democratic hold |
Hatch would be re-elected once and serve until his 1948 retirement.
North Carolina[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Josiah Bailey (Incumbent) | 563,968 | 70.76% | |
Republican | Frank C. Patton | 233,009 | 29.24% | |
Majority | 330,959 | 41.52% | ||
Turnout | 796,977 | |||
Democratic hold |
Oklahoma[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joshua B. Lee (Incumbent) | 493,407 | 67.97% | |
Republican | Herbert K. Hyde | 229,004 | 31.55% | |
Socialist | Edgar Clemons | 1,895 | 0.26% | |
Prohibition | P. C. Nelson | 973 | 0.13% | |
Independent | Frank M. Kimes | 344 | 0.05% | |
Independent | R. M. Funk | 298 | 0.04% | |
Majority | 264,403 | 36.42% | ||
Turnout | 725,921 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Oregon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles L. McNary (Incumbent) | 199,332 | 49.69% | |
Democratic | Willis Mahoney | 193,822 | 48.32% | |
Independent | Albert Streiff | 3,134 | 0.78% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 2,886 | 0.72% | |
Independent | Clarence Rudder | 1,956 | 0.49% | |
None | Scattering | 1 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 5,510 | 1.37% | ||
Turnout | 401,131 | |||
Republican hold |
Rhode Island[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Theodore F. Green | 149,141 | 48.62% | |
Republican | Jesse H. Metcalf (Incumbent) | 136,125 | 44.37% | |
Independent | Ludger LaPointe | 21,495 | 7.01% | |
Majority | 13,016 | 4.35% | ||
Turnout | 306,761 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
South Carolina[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James F. Byrnes (Incumbent) | 113,696 | 98.6 | -1.4 | |
Republican | Joseph Augustis Tolbert | 961 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Republican | Marion W. Seabrook | 702 | 0.6 | N/A | |
No party | Write-Ins | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 112,735 | 97.8 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 115,360 | ||||
Democratic hold |
South Dakota[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William J. Bulow (Incumbent) | 141,509 | 48.83% | |
Republican | John Chandler Gurney | 135,461 | 46.75% | |
Independent | Arthur Bennett | 12,816 | 4.42% | |
Majority | 6,048 | 2.08% | ||
Turnout | 289,786 | |||
Democratic hold |
Tennessee[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nathan L. Bachman (Incumbent) | 273,298 | 75.88% | |
Republican | Dwayne D. Maddox | 69,753 | 19.37% | |
Independent | John Randolph Neal, Jr. | 14,617 | 4.06% | |
Independent | Howard Kester | 2,516 | 0.70% | |
Majority | 203,545 | 56.51% | ||
Turnout | 360,184 | |||
Democratic hold |
Texas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Morris Sheppard (Incumbent) | 774,975 | 92.56% | |
Republican | Carlos G. Watson | 59,491 | 7.11% | |
Independent | Gertrude Wilson | 1,836 | 0.22% | |
Independent | W. B. Starr | 958 | 0.11% | |
Majority | 715,484 | 85.45% | ||
Turnout | 837,260 | |||
Democratic hold |
Virginia[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carter Glass (inc.) | 244,518 | 91.66% | +14.99% | |
Republican | George Rohken | 12,573 | 4.71% | +4.71% | |
Communist | Donald Burke | 8,907 | 3.34% | +3.34% | |
Independent Democratic | Elbert Lee Trinkle | 469 | 0.18% | -17.68% | |
Independent | A. J. Dunning | 125 | 0.05% | ||
Write-ins | 174 | 0.07% | +0.04% | ||
Majority | 231,945 | 86.95% | +28.14% | ||
Turnout | 266,766 | ||||
Democratic hold |
West Virginia[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Matthew M. Neely (Incumbent) | 488,720 | 58.95% | |
Republican | Hugh Ike Shott | 338,363 | 40.81% | |
Prohibition | John Wesley MacDonald | 1,005 | 0.12% | |
Socialist | J. H. Snider | 935 | 0.11% | |
Majority | 150,357 | 18.14% | ||
Turnout | 829,023 | |||
Democratic hold |
Wyoming[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Henry H. Schwartz | 53,919 | 53.83% | |
Republican | Robert D. Carey (Incumbent) | 45,483 | 45.40% | |
Union | George E. Geier | 682 | 0.68% | |
Communist | Merton Willer | 88 | 0.09% | |
Majority | 8,436 | 8.43% | ||
Turnout | 100,172 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
See also[]
- 1936 United States elections
- 1936 United States presidential election
- 1936 United States House of Representatives elections
- 74th United States Congress
- 75th United States Congress
Notes[]
- ^ a b Appointee elected
- ^ a b The Republican candidate was elected to finish the term, but the Farmer-Labor candidate was elected to the next term.
- ^ A South Dakota Republican, who was not up for election, died December 20, 1936 and a Democrat was appointed December 29, 1936 to continue the term pending a 1938 special election.
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- 1936 United States Senate elections