1920 United States Senate elections

The United States Senate elections of 1920 were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with the presidential election of Warren G. Harding. Democrat Woodrow Wilson's unpopularity allowed Republicans to win races across the country, winning ten seats from the Democrats and providing them with an overwhelming 59-to-37 majority. The Republican landslide was so vast that Democrats lost over half of the seats that were contested this year and failed to win a single race outside the South.

1920 United States Senate elections

November 2, 1920
34 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Leader Henry Cabot Lodge[lower-alpha 1] Oscar Underwood Party Republican Democratic Leader since March 4, 1919 April 27, 1920 Leader's seat Massachusetts Alabama Seats before 49 47 Seats after 59 37 Seat change 10 10 Seats up 15 19 Races won 25 9
Results of the elections:      Democratic hold      Republican gain      Republican hold      No election
Majority Leader before election Henry Cabot Lodge[lower-alpha 1] Republican Elected Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge[lower-alpha 1] Republican

Since the passage of the seventeenth amendment, these elections were the closest when the winning party in almost every Senate election mirrored the winning party for their state in the presidential election with Kentucky being the only senate race to not mirror their presidential result. No other senate election cycle in a presidential year would come close to repeating this feat until 2016. Coincidentally, it would be the same class of senate seats, class 3.[1]

Seat changes

Republicans won two seats that were open from retiring Democrats, one seat from a Democrat who had lost renomination, and they defeated seven Democratic incumbents.

Open seats

• Colorado: Charles S. Thomas (D) retired and was replaced by Samuel D. Nicholson (R).
• Illinois: Lawrence Y. Sherman (D) retired and was replaced by William B. McKinley (R).

Incumbents defeated

• Arizona: Marcus A. Smith (D) lost re-election to Ralph H. Cameron (R).
• California: James D. Phelan (D) lost re-election to Samuel M. Shortridge (R).
• Idaho: John F. Nugent (D) lost re-election to Frank R. Gooding (R).
• Kentucky: John C. W. Beckham (D) lost re-election to Richard P. Ernst (R).
• Maryland: John W. Smith (D) lost re-election to Ovington E. Weller (R).
• Nevada: Charles B. Henderson (D) lost re-election to Tasker L. Oddie (R).
• Oklahoma: Thomas Gore (D) lost renomination to Scott Ferris (D), who then lost the general election to John W. Harreld (R).
• Oregon: George E. Chamberlain (D) lost re-election to Robert N. Stanfield (R).

Change in composition

Before 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 Ky. Ran	D37 Idaho Ran	D36 Ga. Ran	D35 Fla. Ran	D34 Colo. Retired	D33 Calif. Ran	D32 Ark. Ran	D31 Ariz. Ran	D30 Ala. (sp) Retired	D29 Ala. (reg) Ran
D39 La. Retired	D40 Md. Ran	D41 Nev. Ran	D42 N.C. Ran	D43 Okla. Ran	D44 Ore. Ran	D45 S.C. Ran	D46 S.D. Ran	D47 Va. (sp) Ran	R49 Wisc. Ran
Majority →
R39 Kan. Ran	R40 Mo. Ran	R41 N.H. Ran	R42 N.Y. Ran	R43 N.D. Ran	R44 Ohio Retired	R45 Pa. Ran	R46 Utah Ran	R47 Vt. Ran	R8 Wash. Ran
R38 Iowa Ran	R37 Ind. Retired	R36 Ill. Ran	R35 Conn. Ran	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	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Elections result

		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
R59 Wisc. Re-elected	D37 Va. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	D36 S.C. Re-elected	D35 N.C. Re-elected	D34 La. Hold	D33 Ga. Hold	D32 Fla. Re-elected	D31 Ark. Hold	D30 Ala. (sp) Hold	D29 Ala. (reg) Re-elected
R58 Wash. Re-elected	R57 Vt. Gain	R56 Utah Re-elected	R55 S.D. Gain	R54 Pa. Re-elected	R53 Ore. Gain	R52 Okla. Gain	R51 Ohio Hold	R50 N.D. Hold	R49 N.Y. Re-elected
Majority →
R39 Idaho Gain	R40 Ill. Hold	R41 Ind. Re-elected	R42 Iowa Re-elected	R43 Kan. Re-elected	R44 Ky. Gain	R45 Md. Gain	R46 Mo. Re-elected	R47 Nev. Gain	R48 N.H. Re-elected
R38 Conn. Re-elected	R37 Colo. Gain	R36 Calif. Gain	R35 Ariz. Gain	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	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Key	D# Democratic R# Republican

Race summary

Special elections during the 66th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1920 or before March 4, 1921; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama (Class 2)	Braxton B. Comer	Democratic	1920 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 2, 1920. Democratic hold.	J. Thomas Heflin (Democratic), 69.3% C. P. Lunsford (Republican), 29.5% W. H. Chichester(Socialist), 1.2%
Virginia (Class 2)	Carter Glass	Democratic	1920 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1920.	Carter Glass (Democratic), 91.3% J. R. Pollard (Republican), 8.7%

Elections leading to the 67th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1921; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Oscar W. Underwood	Democratic	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Oscar W. Underwood (Democratic), 66.% L. H. Reynolds (Republican), 33.1% A. M. Forsman (Socialist), 0.8%
Arizona	Marcus A. Smith	Democratic	1912 1914	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Ralph H. Cameron (Republican), 55.2% Marcus A. Smith (Democratic), 44.8%
Arkansas	William F. Kirby	Democratic	1916 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Thaddeus H. Caraway (Democratic), 65.9% Charles F. Cole (Republican), 34.1%
California	James D. Phelan	Democratic	1914	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Samuel M. Shortridge (Republican), 49.0% James D. Phelan (Democratic), 40.7% James S. Edwards (Prohibition), 6.3% Elvina S. Beals (Socialist), 4.0%
Colorado	Charles S. Thomas	Democratic	1913 (Special) 1914	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Samuel D. Nicholson (Republican), 54.5% Tully Scot (Democratic), 39.3% G. F. Stevens (Farmer–Labor), 3.1% Charles S. Thomas (National), 3.0%
Connecticut	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	1905 (Special) 1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Frank B. Brandegee (Republican), 59.3% Augustine Lonergan (Democratic), 36.1% Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist), 2.8% Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition Party), 0.8% Josephine B. Bennett (Farmer–Labor), 0.6% Charles J. Backofen (Socialist-labor), 0.4%
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1909 (Appointed) 1909 (Special) 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic), 69.5% John M. Cheney (Republican), 26.0% M.J. Martin (Socialist), 2.5% G. A. Klock (Republican-White), 2.0%
Georgia	Hoke Smith	Democratic	1911 (Special) 1914	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Thomas E. Watson (Democratic), 94.9% Harvey S. Edwards (Independent), 5.1%
Idaho	John F. Nugent	Democratic	1918 (Appointed) 1918 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Frank R. Gooding (Republican), 54.1% John F. Nugent (Democratic), 45.9%
Illinois	Lawrence Y. Sherman	Republican	1913 (Special) 1914	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	William B. McKinley (Republican), 66.8% Peter A. Waller (Democratic), 26.8% Gustave T Fraenckel (Socialist), 3.2% John Fitzpatrick (Farmer–Labor), 2.4% Frank B Vennum (Prohibition), 0.5% Joseph B Moody (Socialist-labor), 0.15%
Indiana	James E. Watson	Republican	1916 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	James E. Watson (Republican), 54.6% Thomas Taggart (Democratic), 41.1% Francis M Wampler (Socialist), 1.9% Francis J Dillon (Farmer–Labor), 1.3% Oulla Bayhinger (Prohibition), 1.1%
Iowa	Albert B. Cummins	Republican	1908 (Special) 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Albert B. Cummins (Republican), 61.4% Claude R. Porter (Democratic), 37.4% H. W. Cowles (Farmer–Labor), 1.0% Arthur S. Dowler (Socialist-labor), 0.1%
Kansas	Charles Curtis	Republican	1907 (Special) 1907 1913 (Lost) 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Charles Curtis (Republican), 64.0% George H. Hodges (Democratic), 33.4% Dan Beedy (Socialist), 2.6%
Kentucky	John C. W. Beckham	Democratic	1914	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Richard P. Ernst (Republican), 50.3% John C. W. Beckham (Democratic), 49.7%
Louisiana	Edward J. Gay	Democratic	1918 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Edwin S. Broussard (Democratic), unopposed
Maryland	John W. Smith	Democratic	1908 (Special) 1908 1914	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Ovington E. Weller (Republican), 47.3% John W. Smith (Democratic), 43.3% G. D. Iverson Jr. (Independent), 5.4% William A. Toole (Socialist), 1.7% William A. Hawkins (Independent), 1.7% Frank N. H. Lang (Labor), 0.6%
Missouri	Selden P. Spencer	Republican	1918 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Selden P. Spencer (Republican), 53.7% Breckinridge Long (Democratic), 44.5%
Nevada	Charles B. Henderson	Democratic	1918 (Appointed) 1918 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Tasker L. Oddie (Republican), 42.1% Charles B. Henderson (Democratic), 37.9% Anne Martin (Independent), 18.2%
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	George H. Moses (Republican), 57.7% Raymond B. Stevens (Democratic), 41.6% William H. Wilkins (Socialist), 0.6%
New York	James W. Wadsworth Jr.	Republican	1914	Incumbent re-elected.	James W. Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) 52.4% Harry C. Walker (Democratic) 32.9% Ella A. Boole (Prohibition) 7.8% Jacob Panken (Socialist) 5.8%[2]
North Carolina	Lee S. Overman	Democratic	1903 1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Lee S. Overman (Democratic), 57.5% A. E. Holton (Republican), 42.5%
North Dakota	Asle J. Gronna	Republican	1911 (Special) 1914	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Edwin F. Ladd (Republican), 59.8% H. H. Perry (Democratic), 40.2%
Ohio	Warren G. Harding	Republican	1914	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. President. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Frank B. Willis (Republican), 59.1% William Alexander Julian (Democratic), 40.8%
Oklahoma	Thomas P. Gore	Democratic	1907 (New state) 1909 1914	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	John W. Harreld (Republican), 50.6% Scott Ferris (Democratic), 44.5% A. A. Bagwell (Socialist), 4.8%
Oregon	George E. Chamberlain	Democratic	1909 1914	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Robert N. Stanfield (Republican), 50.7% George E. Chamberlain (Democratic), 43.5%
Pennsylvania	Boies Penrose	Republican	1897 1903 1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Boies Penrose (Republican), 59.9% John A. Farrell (Democratic), 27.2% Leah C. Marion (Prohibition), 7.4%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Ellison D. Smith (Democratic), unopposed
South Dakota	Edwin S. Johnson	Democratic	1909 1914	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Peter Norbeck (Republican), 50.1% Tom Ayres (Independent), 24.1% U. S. G. Cherry (Democratic), 20.0% Richard Olsen Richards (Independent), 5.5%
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Reed Smoot (Republican), 56.6% Milton H. Welling (Democratic), 38.5% J. Alex Beven (Socialist Farmer Labor), 4.9%
Vermont	William P. Dillingham	Republican	1900 (Special) 1902 1908 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	William P. Dillingham (Republican), 78.0% Howard E. Shaw (Democratic), 21.9%
Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	1909 1914	Incumbent re-elected.	Wesley L. Jones (Republican), 56.4% C. L. France (Farmer–Labor), 25.4% George F. Cotterill (Democratic), 17.8%
Wisconsin	Irvine L. Lenroot	Republican	1918 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Irvine L. Lenroot (Republican), 41.6% James Thompson (Independent), 34.7% Paul S. Reinsch (Democratic), 13.2% Frank J. Weber (Socialist), 9.8% Clyde D. Mead (Prohibition), 0.8%

Alabama

Alabama (Regular)

Alabama election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Oscar Underwood (Incumbent)	154,664	66.10%
	Republican	L. H. Reynolds	77,337	33.05%
	Socialist	A. M. Forsman	1,984	0.85%
Majority			77,327	33.05%
Turnout			233,985
	Democratic hold

Alabama (Special)

Alabama special election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Thomas Heflin	160,680	69.27%
	Republican	C. P. Lunsford	68,460	29.51%
	Socialist	W. H. Chichester	2,820	1.22%
Majority			92,220	39.76%
Turnout			231,960
	Democratic hold

Arizona

Arizona election

November 2, 1920

Nominee Ralph H. Cameron Marcus A. Smith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 35,893 29,169 Percentage 55.17% 44.83%

U.S. senator before election Marcus A. Smith Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ralph H. Cameron Republican

Arizona election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph H. Cameron	35,893	55.17%
	Democratic	Marcus A. Smith (Incumbent)	29,169	44.83%
Majority			6,724	10.34%
Turnout			65,062
	Republican gain from Democratic

Arkansas

Arkansas election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thaddeus H. Caraway	126,477	65.92%
	Republican	Charles F. Cole	65,381	34.08%
Majority			61,096	31.84%
Turnout			191,858
	Democratic hold

California

California election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel M. Shortridge	447,835	49.01%
	Democratic	James D. Phelan (Incumbent)	371,580	40.67%
	Prohibition	James S. Edwards	57,768	6.32%
	Socialist	Elvina S. Beals	36,545	4.00%
Majority			76,255	8.34%
Turnout			913,728
	Republican gain from Democratic

Colorado

Colorado election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Nicholson	156,577	54.52%
	Democratic	Tully Scott	112,890	39.31%
	Farmer–Labor	G. F. Stevens	9,041	3.15%
	National	Charles S. Thomas (incumbent)	8,665	3.02%
Majority			43,687	15.21%
Turnout			287,173
	Republican hold

Connecticut

Connecticut election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank B. Brandegee (Incumbent)	216,792	59.36%
	Democratic	Augustine Lonergan	131,824	36.10%
	Socialist	Martin F. Plunkett	10,118	2.77%
	Prohibition	Emil L. G. Hohenthal	2,892	0.79%
	Farmer–Labor	Josephine B. Bennett	2,076	0.57%
	Socialist Labor	Charles J. Backofen	1,486	0.41%
Majority			84,968	23.26%
Turnout			365,188
	Republican hold

Florida

Florida election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher (Incumbent)	98,957	69.50%
	Republican	John Moses Cheney	37,065	26.03%
	Socialist	M. J. Martin	3,525	2.48%
	White Republican	G. A. Klock	2,847	2.00%
Majority			61,892	43.47%
Turnout			142,394
	Democratic hold

Georgia

Georgia election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas E. Watson	124,630	94.90%
	Pro-League Independent	Harry S. Edwards	6,700	5.10%
Majority			117930	89.80%
Turnout			131330
	Democratic hold

Idaho

Idaho election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank R. Gooding	75,985	54.08%
	Democratic	John F. Nugent (Incumbent)	64,513	45.92%
Majority			11,472	8.16%
Turnout			140,498
	Republican gain from Democratic

Illinois

Illinois election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William B. McKinley	1,381,384	66.83%
	Democratic	Peter A. Waller	554,372	26.82%
	Socialist	Gustave T. Fraenckel	66,463	3.22%
	Farmer–Labor	John Fitzpatrick	50,749	2.46%
	Prohibition	Frank B. Vennum	10,186	0.49%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph B. Moody	3,107	0.15%
	Single Tax	George Dodd Carrington Jr.	784	0.04%
Majority			827,012	40.01%
Turnout			2,067,045
	Republican hold

Indiana

Indiana election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Eli Watson (Incumbent)	681,851	54.57%
	Democratic	Thomas Taggart	514,191	41.15%
	Socialist	Francis M. Wampler	23,395	1.87%
	Farmer–Labor	Francis J. Dillon	16,804	1.34%
	Prohibition	Culla Bayhinger	13,323	1.07%
Majority			167,660	13.42%
Turnout			1,249,564
	Republican hold

Iowa

Iowa election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert B. Cummins (Incumbent)	528,499	61.42%
	Democratic	Claude R. Porter	322,015	37.42%
	Farmer–Labor	H. W. Cowles	9,020	1.05%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur S. Dowler	933	0.11%
Majority			206,484	24.00%
Turnout			860,467
	Republican hold

Kansas

Kansas election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Curtis (Incumbent)	327,072	64.01%
	Democratic	George H. Hodges	170,443	33.36%
	Socialist	Dan Beedy	13,417	2.63%
Majority			156,629	30.65%
Turnout			510,932
	Republican hold

Kentucky

Kentucky election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard P. Ernst	454,226	50.28%
	Democratic	J. C. W. Beckham (Incumbent)	449,244	49.72%
Majority			4,982	0.56%
Turnout			903,470
	Republican gain from Democratic

Louisiana

Louisiana election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (Incumbent)	94,944	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Maryland election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ovington Weller	184,999	47.29%
	Democratic	John Walter Smith (Incumbent)	169,200	43.25%
	Independent	G. D. Iverson Jr.	21,345	5.46%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	6,559	1.68%
	Independent	William A. Hawkins	6,538	1.67%
	Labor	Frank N. H. Lang	2,569	0.66%
Majority			15,799	4.04%
Turnout			391,210
	Republican gain from Democratic

Missouri

Missouri election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Selden P. Spencer (Incumbent)	711,161	53.65%
	Democratic	Breckinridge Long	589,498	44.47%
	Socialist	Elias F. Hidges	20,002	1.51%
	Farmer–Worker	W. J. Mallett	3,158	0.24%
	Socialist Labor	Andrew Trudell	1,675	0.13%
Majority			121,663	9.18%
Turnout			1,325,494
	Republican hold

Nevada

Nevada election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tasker Oddie	11,550	42.11%
	Democratic	Charles B. Henderson (Incumbent)	10,402	37.93%
	Independent	Anne Henrietta Martin	4,981	18.16%
	Socialist	James Jepson	494	1.80%
Majority			1148	5.18%
Turnout			27,427
	Republican gain from Democratic

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George H. Moses (Incumbent)	90,173	57.72%
	Democratic	Raymond Bartlett Stevens	65,038	41.63%
	Socialist	William H. Wilkins	1,004	0.64%
Majority			25135	16.09%
Turnout			156,215
	Republican hold

New York

New York election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Incumbent)	1,434,393	52.36%
	Democratic	Harry C. Walker	901,310	32.90%
	Socialist	Jacob Panken	208,155	7.60%
	Prohibition	Ella A. Boole	159,623	5.83%
	Farmer–Labor	Rose Schneiderman	27,934	1.02%
	Socialist Labor	Harry Carlson	7,822	0.29%
Majority			533,083	19.46%
Turnout			2,739,237
	Republican hold

North Carolina

North Carolina election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Slater Overman (Incumbent)	310,504	57.52%
	Republican	A. E. Holton	229,343	42.48%
Majority			81,161	15.04%
Turnout			539,847
	Democratic hold

North Dakota

North Dakota election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin F. Ladd	130,614	59.61%
	Democratic	H. H. Perry	88,495	40.39%
Majority			42,109	19.22%
Turnout			219,109
	Republican hold

Ohio

Ohio election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank B. Willis	1,134,953	59.10%
	Democratic	William Alexander Julian	782,650	40.76%
	Independent	Henry B. Strong	2,647	0.14%
Majority			352,303	18.34%
Turnout			1,920,250
	Republican hold

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Harreld	247,719	50.64%
	Democratic	Scott Ferris	217,783	44.52%
	Socialist	A. A. Bagwell	23,664	4.84%
Majority			29,936	6.12%
Turnout			489,166
	Republican gain from Democratic

Oregon

Oregon election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert N. Stanfield	116,696	50.73%
	Democratic	George Earle Chamberlain (Incumbent)	100,133	43.53%
	Socialist	Albert Slaughter	6,949	3.02%
	Independent	Thomas A. Hayes	4,456	1.94%
	Industrial Labor	C. H. Svenson	1,782	0.77%
Majority			16,563	7.20%
Turnout			230,016
	Republican gain from Democratic

Pennsylvania

General election results[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boies Penrose (Incumbent)	1,067,989	59.94%
	Democratic	John A. Farrell	484,362	27.18%
	Prohibition	Leah Cobb Marion	132,610	7.44%
	Socialist	Birch Wilson	67,316	3.78%
	Labor	Robert J. Wheeler	27,401	1.54%
	Single Tax	Joseph E. Jennings	2,110	0.12%
	None	Scattering	55	0.00%
Majority			583,627	32.76%
Turnout			1,781,843
	Republican hold

South Carolina

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellison D. Smith (Incumbent)	64,388	100.00%
	Independent	George Warren	1	0.00%
Majority			64387	100.00%
Turnout			64389
	Democratic hold

South Dakota

South Dakota election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Norbeck	92,267	50.10%
	Independent	Tom Ayres	44,309	24.06%
	Democratic	U. S. G. Cherry	36,833	20.00%
	Independent	Richard Olsen Richards	10,032	5.45%
	Independent	L. J. Manbeck	738	0.40%
Majority			47,958	26.04%
Turnout			184,179
	Republican hold

Utah

Utah election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reed Smoot (Incumbent)	82,566	56.57%
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling	56,280	38.56%
	Socialist	J. Alex Beven	7,112	4.87%
Majority			26,286	18.01%
Turnout			145,958
	Republican hold

Vermont

1920 United States Senate election in Vermont[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William P. Dillingham (Incumbent)	69,650	78.02%
	Democratic	Howard E. Shaw	19,580	21.93%
	None	Scattering	41	0.05%
Majority			50,070	56.09%
Total votes			89,271
	Republican hold

Virginia (Special)

Virginia special election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carter Glass (Incumbent)	184,646	91.31%
	Republican	J. R. Pollard	17,576	8.69%
Majority			167070	82.62%
Total votes			202,222
	Democratic hold

Washington

Washington election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Livsey Jones (Incumbent)	217,069	56.40%
	Farmer–Labor	Clemens J. France	99,309	25.80%
	Democratic	George F. Cotterill	68,488	17.80%
Majority			117,760	30.60%
Turnout			384,866
	Republican hold

Wisconsin

Wisconsin election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Irvine Lenroot (Incumbent)	281,576	41.58%
	Independent	James Thompson	235,029	34.71%
	Democratic	Paul Samuel Reinsch	89,265	13.18%
	Socialist	Frank J. Weber	66,172	9.77%
	Prohibition	Clyde D. Mead	5,107	0.75%
	None	Scattering	3	0.00%
Majority			46,547	6.87%
Turnout			677,152
	Republican hold

See also

• 1920 United States elections
  • 1920 United States presidential election
  • 1920 United States House of Representatives elections
• 66th United States Congress
• 67th United States Congress

Notes

1. as Republican Conference Chairman and unofficial majority leader
2. Appointee elected

References

1. Enten, Harry (November 10, 2016). "There Were No Purple* States On Tuesday". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
2. Johnson, Willis Fletcher; Brown, Roscoe Conkling Ensign; Spooner, Walter Whipple; Holly, Willis (1922). History of the State of New York, Political and Governmental. The Syracuse Press. pp. 347–348, 350.
3. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563 – via Google Books.