1926 United States Senate elections

Template:Infobox election The 1926 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge's second term. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Republican majority was reduced by seven seats.

Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

One Republican and one Democrat retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Alabama	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Iowa	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Ten Republicans sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election. One Republican sought election to finish the unexpired term but lost in the general election and one Republican sought election to finish the unexpired term and election to a full term but lost in both the special election and the regular election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Arizona	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Colorado	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Illinois	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Kentucky	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Maryland	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Massachusetts	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New York	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Oklahoma	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Oregon	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Pennsylvania	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Wisconsin	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Death

One Republican died on August 23, 1926, and his seat remained vacant until the election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Maine	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Post-election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
New Mexico	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Idaho	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Ohio	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Michigan	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1926.

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Elections results

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At the beginning of the next Congress

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Race summaries

Special elections during the 69th Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1926 or before March 4, 1927; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
North Dakota (Class 3)	Gerald Nye	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1926 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected June 30, 1926. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below.	Template:Plainlist
Maine (Class 2)	Bert M. Fernald	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1916 United States Senate special election in Maine|1916 Template:Small]] 1918 1924	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent died August 23, 1926. New senator elected September 13, 1926. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa (Class 3)	David W. Stewart	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1926 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926. Winner did not seek election to the next term, see below.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana (Class 1)	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1925 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts (Class 1)	William M. Butler	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1924 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri (Class 3)	George H. Williams	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1925 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to the next term, see below.	Template:Plainlist

Elections leading to the 70th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1927; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Oscar Underwood	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1914 1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Arizona	Ralph H. Cameron	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas	Thaddeus H. Caraway	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado	Rice W. Means	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado|1924 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1924 United States Senate special election in Connecticut|1924 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia	Walter F. George	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1922 United States Senate special election in Georgia|1922 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho	Frank R. Gooding	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois	William B. McKinley	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination, then died. New senator elected. Winner appointed to finish term, but was not seated for either appointment or for next term.Template:Efn Republican hold, although the Senate did not consider the winner to be a senator.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana	James E. Watson	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1916 United States Senate special election in Indiana|1916 Template:Small]] 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa	David W. Stewart	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1926 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas	Charles Curtis	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky	Richard P. Ernst	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Ovington Weller	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	George H. Williams	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1925 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent appointee lost election. Winner also elected to finish the current term; see above. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Tasker Oddie	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1918 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire|1918 Template:Small]] 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New York	James Wadsworth	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1914 1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina	Lee S. Overman	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Dakota	Gerald Nye	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1925 Template:Small [[1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota|1926 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Frank B. Willis	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma	John W. Harreld	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon	Robert N. Stanfield	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination, then ran as an Independent but lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania	George W. Pepper	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1922 Template:Small [[1922 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania|1922 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Senate refused to qualify winner due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning the election. Republican hold, but the Senate would later unseat the winner and declare the seat vacant.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Utah	Reed Smoot	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1923 United States Senate special election in Vermont|1923 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	Irvine Lenroot	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Twelve races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Indiana (regular)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1.1%
Indiana (special)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	2.2%
Oregon	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	3.5%Template:Efn
Missouri	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	3.6%
Kentucky	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	3.6%
Illinois	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	3.8%
Colorado	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	3.9%
New York	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	4.1%
Missouri	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	4.2%
Washington	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	4.8%
Massachusetts	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	5.5%
Ohio	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	6.6%

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Florida

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Georgia

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

Template:See also There were two elections in Indiana due to the October 14, 1925 death of Democrat Samuel M. Ralston.

Indiana (special)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Republican Arthur Raymond Robinson was appointed to continue Ralston's term, pending the special election, which he then won.

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Indiana (regular)

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Iowa

Iowa (special)

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Iowa (regular)

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine (special)

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Maryland

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Massachusetts (special)

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Missouri

Template:See also There were two elections on the same day for the same seat, due to the May 16, 1925 death of Republican Selden P. Spencer.

Republican George H. Williams was appointed May 25, 1925, to continue the term, epending a special election. Williams ran in both the special election to finish the term and the regular election to the next term, but lost both races to Democrat Harry B. Hawes.

Missouri (special)

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Missouri (regular)

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

Template:See also There were two elections due to the June 22, 1925 death of one-term Republican Edwin F. Ladd. Republican Gerald Nye was appointed November 14, 1925, to continue the term, pending a special election. Nye later won the June 1926 special election to finish the term and the November 1926 general election to the next term.

North Dakota (special)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Nye was elected on the Nonpartisan League ticket, but served as a Republican.

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North Dakota (regular)

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Utah

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Vermont

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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See also

• 1926 United States elections
  • 1926 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1926 United States House of Representatives elections
• 69th United States Congress
• 70th United States Congress

References

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