1932 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and special elections were held to fill vacancies.

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). Democrats gained another seat through an appointment in Nebraska, bringing their total number of seats up to 60.

Among the Republican incumbents defeated in 1932 were Senate Majority Leader James Watson and five-term Senator Reed Smoot, an author of the controversial Smoot-Hawley tariff.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> This was the first of four elections in which a Senate leader lost re-election, and the only time they were a Republican. This election marked the first time a woman was elected to the Senate, that being Hattie Caraway of Arkansas. As of 2024, this is the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Kansas.

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.

Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Three Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Colorado	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Georgia (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Eleven Republicans and three Democrats sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
California	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Colorado (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Connecticut	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Idaho	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Illinois	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Iowa	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Louisiana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Nevada	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Hampshire	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
North Carolina	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Utah	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Washington	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Wisconsin	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Post-election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
Montana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Mexico	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Vermont	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Virginia	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Nebraska	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Wyoming	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

After the January special election

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Before the November elections

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Plurality →
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Result of the November elections

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Key:	align=center Template:Party shading/Democratic | D# Democratic align=center Template:Party shading/Farmer–Labor | FL# Farmer–Labor align=center Template:Party shading/Republican | 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 Caraway	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1931 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected January 12, 1932. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado (Class 3)	Walter Walker	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1929 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | 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.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia (Class 2)	John S. Cohen	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey (Class 2)	W. Warren Barbour	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1931 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 8, 1932.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina (Class 3)	Cameron A. Morrison	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1930 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | 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.	Template:Plainlist

Elections leading to the 73rd Congress

All elections are for Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Hugo Black	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas	Hattie Caraway	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1931 Template:Small 1932 Template:Small	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado	Walter Walker	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1932 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner was not elected to finish the term, see above.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1924 United States Senate special election in Connecticut|1924 Template:Small]] 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1909 Template:Small [[1909 United States Senate special election in Florida|1909 Template:Small]] 1914 1920 1926	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]] 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho	John Thomas	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1928 Template:Small [[1928 United States Senate special election in Idaho|1928 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois	Otis F. Glenn	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1928 United States Senate special election in Illinois|1928 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana	James E. Watson	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1916 United States Senate special election in Indiana|1916 Template:Small]] 1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa	Smith W. Brookhart	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1922 United States Senate special election in Iowa|1922 Template:Small]] 1924 1926 Template:Small 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost renomination. Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas	George McGill	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1930 United States Senate special election in Kansas|1930 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky	Alben W. Barkley	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Millard Tydings	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1926 United States Senate special election in Missouri|1926 Template:Small]] 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent then resigned and winner was appointed to finish the current term.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Tasker Oddie	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	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 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina	Cameron A. Morrison	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1930 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above.	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]] 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Robert J. Bulkley	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1930 United States Senate special election in Ohio|1930 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma	Elmer Thomas	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon	Frederick Steiwer	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania	James J. Davis	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1930 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania|1930 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Utah	Reed Smoot	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1909 Template:Small [[1923 United States Senate special election in Vermont|1923 Template:Small]] 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1909 1914 1920 1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 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.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	John J. Blaine	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1926	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Eleven races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Colorado (special)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	0.25%
Connecticut	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	0.8%
New Hampshire	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	1.08%
New Jersey	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1.09%
Kansas	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	3.7%
Nevada	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	4.2%
Pennsylvania	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	6.1%
Illinois	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	6.2%
Colorado (regular)	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	6.4%
Ohio	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	6.7%
South Dakota	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	9.2%

New York was the tipping point state with a margin of 17.2%.

Arizona

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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 (regular)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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."<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=hendricks/>Template: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.<ref>Huey Pierce Long Jr., Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long (New Orleans: National Book Club, Inc., 1933), pp. 313–314.</ref>

Caraway went on to win the general election in November, with the accompanying victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President.<ref name="hendricks">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Page needed

California

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Colorado

There were two elections on November 8, 1932, for the same seat, due to the death of one-term Republican Charles W. Waterman. The primaries were held on September 13, 1932.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Colorado (special)

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

Republican attorney Karl C. Schuyler was elected to finish the term, but he lost the contemporaneous election to the next term. He died in 1933.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Colorado (regular)

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

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

Connecticut

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Florida

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Georgia

Template:See also 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 (special)

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Senator Richard Russell Jr.

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 Representative Charles R. Crisp (nicknamed by Russell as "kilowatt Charlie" due to his links to the unpopular Georgia Power Company<ref name=CaroSenate7>Template:Cite book</ref>), 57.72% to 42.28%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Russell was then unopposed in the November 8, 1932 special election.<ref name="Georgia special">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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

Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maryland

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Missouri

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New York

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North Carolina

North Carolina (special)

Template:Infobox election Democratic former-Governor of North Carolina Cameron A. Morrison was appointed on December 13, 1930, to continue Overman's term, pending a special election. Primaries for both parties were held on June 4, 1932.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

Reynolds was seated December 5, 1932.

North Carolina (regular)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Primaries for both parties were held on June 4, 1932<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a Democratic run-off primary was held on July 2, 1932.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Interim appointee Cameron A. Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

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

North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Pennsylvania

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Vermont

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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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

References

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