United States Senate elections, 1922
United States Senate elections, 1922
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The United States Senate elections of 1922 were elections that occurred in the middle of Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. With the Republicans divided between conservative and progressive factions, the Democrats gained six net seats from the Republicans while the Farmer-Labor party gained one. The Republicans retained their Senate majority.
Contents
1 Gains and losses
2 Change in Senate composition
2.1 Before the elections
2.2 After the general elections
2.3 After the special elections
3 Race summaries
3.1 Special elections during the 67th Congress
3.2 Elections leading to the 68th Congress
3.3 Elections during the 68th Congress
4 See also
5 References
Gains and losses[edit]
Republicans gained two seats, defeating defeated incumbent Democrats Gilbert M. Hitchcock (Nebraska) and Atlee Pomerene (Ohio).
Democrats took one open seat in Indiana and defeated seven Republican incumbents:
T. Coleman du Pont (Delaware
Joseph I. France (Maryland)
Charles E. Townsend (Michigan)
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (New Jersey)
William M. Calder (New York)
Miles Poindexter (Washington)
Howard Sutherland (West Virginia)
In Minnesota, the Farmer-Labor Party gained its first U.S. Senator, when Henrik Shipstead defeated incumbent Republican Frank B. Kellogg.
Change in Senate composition[edit]
Before the elections[edit]
At the beginning of 1922.
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After the general elections[edit]
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D18 | D17 | D16 | D15 | D14 | D13 | D12 | D11 | D10 | D9 |
D19 | D20 | D21 | D22 Re-elected | D23 Re-elected | D24 Re-elected | D25 Re-elected | D26 Re-elected | D27 Re-elected | D28 Re-elected |
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D38 Gain | D37 Gain | D36 Gain | D35 Gain | D34 Hold | D33 Hold | D32 Hold | D31 Re-elected | D30 Re-elected | D29 Re-elected |
D39 Gain | D40 Gain | D41 Gain | D42 Gain, same as special | FL1 Gain | R53 Gain | R52 Gain | R51 Hold | R50 Hold | R49 Appointee elected, same as Special |
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R39 | R40 | R41 | R42 | R43 | R44 Re-elected | R45 Re-elected | R46 Re-elected | R47 Re-elected | R48 Re-elected |
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
After the special elections[edit]
| D1 Hold | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | |
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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 Gain, same as General | FL1 | R53 | R52 | R51 | R50 | R49 Appointee elected, same as General |
Majority → | |||||||||
R39 | R40 | R41 | R42 | R43 | R44 | R45 | R46 | R47 | R48 |
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 Hold | R2 Appointee elected | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
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Race summaries[edit]
Special elections during the 67th Congress[edit]
In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1922 or before March 4, 1923; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Delaware (Class 1) | T. Coleman du Pont | Republican | 1921 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 7, 1922. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. | √ Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (Democratic) 49.7% T. Coleman du Pont (Republican) 49.6% |
Georgia (Class 3) | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | 1922 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1922. Democratic hold. | √ Walter F. George (Democratic) unopposed |
Iowa (Class 2) | Charles A. Rawson | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 7, 1922. Republican hold. | √ Smith W. Brookhart (Republican) 63.1% Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 36.9% |
Pennsylvania (Class 1) | David A. Reed | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected November 7, 1922. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. | √ David A. Reed (Republican) 86.1% Rachel C. Robinson (Prohibitionist) 6.0% William J. VanEssen (Socialist) 5.6% |
Pennsylvania (Class 3) | George W. Pepper | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected November 7, 1922. | √ George W. Pepper (Republican) 57.6% Fred B. Kerr (Democratic) 32.9% |
Elections leading to the 68th Congress[edit]
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1923; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Arizona | Henry F. Ashurst | Democratic | 1912 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry F. Ashurst (Democratic) 65.0% James H. McClintock (Republican) 35.0% |
California | Hiram W. Johnson | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) 62.2% William J. Pearson (Democratic) 23.8% H. Clay Needham (Independent) 7.8% Upton Sinclair (Socialist) 6.3% |
Connecticut | George P. McLean | Republican | 1911 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ George P. McLean (Republican) 52.3% Thomas J. Spellacy (Democratic) 45.5% |
Delaware | T. Coleman du Pont | Republican | 1921 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (Democratic) 49.8% T. Coleman du Pont (Republican) 49.4% |
Florida | Park Trammell | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Park Trammell (Democratic) 88.0% W. C. Lawson (Independent) 11.7% |
Indiana | Harry S. New | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Samuel M. Ralston (Democratic) 50.9% Albert J. Beveridge (Republican) 47.8% |
Maine | Frederick Hale | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected September 11, 1922. | √ Frederick Hale (Republican) 57.5% Oakley C. Curtis (Democratic) 42.5% |
Maryland | Joseph I. France | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ William Cabell Bruce (Democratic) 52.6% Joseph I. France (Republican) 45.6% |
Massachusetts | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | 1893 1899 1905 1911 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) 47.6% William A. Gaston (Democratic) 46.8% |
Michigan | Charles E. Townsend | Republican | 1911 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 50.6% Charles E. Townsend (Republican) 48.4% |
Minnesota | Frank B. Kellogg | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Farmer-Labor gain. | √ Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) 47.1% Frank B. Kellogg (Republican) 35.0% Anna D. Olesen (Democratic) 17.9% |
Mississippi | John S. Williams | Democratic | 1908 (Early) 1916 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Hubert D. Stephens (Democratic) 92.8% John C. Cook (Republican) 5.3% |
Missouri | James A. Reed | Democratic | 1910 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ James A. Reed (Democratic) 51.9% R. R. Brewster (Republican) 47.3% |
Montana | Henry L. Myers | Democratic | 1911 1916 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 55.4% Carl W. Riddick (Republican) 43.6% |
Nebraska | Gilbert M. Hitchcock | Democratic | 1911 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. | √ Robert B. Howell (Republican) 56.8% Gilbert M. Hitchcock (Democratic) 38.2% |
Nevada | Key Pittman | Democratic | 1913 (Special) 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Key Pittman (Democratic) 62.8% Charles S. Chandler (Republican) 37.2% |
New Jersey | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Edward I. Edwards (Democratic) 54.9% Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (Republican) 44.1% |
New Mexico | Andrieus A. Jones | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Andrieus A. Jones (Democratic) 55.2% S. B. Davis, Jr. (Republican) 44.1% |
New York | William M. Calder | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Royal S. Copeland (Democratic) 52.6% William M. Calder (Republican) 41.0% |
North Dakota | Porter J. McCumber | Republican | 1899 1905 1911 1916 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold. | √ Lynn J. Frazier (Republican) 52.28% J. F. T. O'Connor (Democratic) 47.72%[1] |
Ohio | Atlee Pomerene | Democratic | 1911 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. | √ Simeon D. Fess (Republican) 50.9% Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 47.7% |
Pennsylvania | David A. Reed | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) 1922 (Special) | Interim appointee elected. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above. | √ David A. Reed (Republican) 55.6% Samuel L. Schull (Democratic) 30.1% William J. Burke (Progressive) 8.8% |
Rhode Island | Peter G. Gerry | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Peter G. Gerry (Democratic) 52.2% R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) 43.4% |
Tennessee | Kenneth D. McKellar | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Kenneth D. McKellar (Democratic) 68.0% Newell Sanders (Republican) 32.0% |
Texas | Charles A. Culberson | Democratic | 1899 1905 1911 1916 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Earle B. Mayfield (Democratic) 66.6% George E. B. Peddy (Republican) 33.4% |
Utah | William H. King | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William H. King (Democratic) 48.6% Ernest Bamberger (Republican) 48.2% |
Vermont | Caroll S. Page | Republican | 1908 (Special) 1910 1916 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. | √ Frank L. Greene (Republican) 67.9% William B. Mayo (Democratic) 32.1% |
Virginia | Claude A. Swanson | Democratic | 1910 (Appointed) 1911 (Appointed) 1912 (Special) 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Claude A. Swanson (Democratic) 71.9% J. W. McGavock (Republican) 26.5% Matt N. Lewis (Independent) 1.62% |
Washington | Miles Poindexter | Republican | 1910 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Clarence C. Dill (Democratic) 44.2% Miles Poindexter (Republican) 43.0% James A. Duncan (Farmer-Labor) 12.0% |
West Virginia | Howard Sutherland | Republican | 1916 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 51.2% Howard Sutherland (Republican) 47.6% |
Wisconsin | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Republican | 1905 1911 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Robert M. La Follette Sr. (Republican) 80.6% Jesse J. Hooper (Independent) 16.6% Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibitionist) 2.3% |
Wyoming | John B. Kendrick | Democratic | 1916 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John B. Kendrick (Democratic) 57.3% F. W. Mondell (Republican) 42.7% |
Elections during the 68th Congress[edit]
In these special elections, the winners were seated after March 4, 1923.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Minnesota (Class 2) | Knute Nelson | Republican | 1895 1901 1907 1913 1918 | Incumbent died April 28, 1923. New senator elected July 16, 1923. Farmer–Labor gain. | √ Magnus Johnson (Farmer–Labor) [Data unknown/missing.] |
Vermont (Class 3) | William P. Dillingham | Republican | 1900 (Special) 1902 1908 1914 1920 | Incumbent died July 23, 1923. New senator elected November 7, 1923. Republican hold. | √ Porter H. Dale (Republican) 65.7% Park H. Pollard (Democratic) 33.7%[2] |
See also[edit]
United States elections, 1922- United States House of Representatives elections, 1922
- 67th United States Congress
- 68th United States Congress
References[edit]
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