1926 United States Senate elections

The United States Senate elections of 1926 were elections for the United States Senate that occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge's second term. The Republican majority was reduced by seven seats.

1926 United States Senate elections

November 2, 1926[lower-alpha 1]
32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Leader Charles Curtis Joseph Robinson Party Republican Democratic Leader since November 9, 1924 December 3, 1923 Leader's seat Kansas Arkansas Seats before 56 39 Seats after 49 46 Seat change 7 7 Seats up 28 7 Seats won 21 14   Party Farmer–Labor Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0 Seats won 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
Majority Leader before election Charles Curtis Republican Elected Majority Leader Charles Curtis Republican

Gains and losses

Six Republican incumbents lost re-election to Democrats:

1. Arizona: Republican incumbent Ralph H. Cameron lost to Democrat Carl Hayden.
2. Kentucky: Republican incumbent Richard P. Ernst lost to Democrat Alben W. Barkley.
3. Maryland: Republican incumbent Ovington E. Weller lost to Democrat Millard E. Tydings.
4. Missouri: Republican interim appointee George H. Williams lost to Democrat Harry B. Hawes both to finish the term and to the next term.
5. New York: Republican incumbent James W. Wadsworth, Jr. lost to Democrat Robert F. Wagner.
6. Oklahoma: Republican incumbent John W. Harreld lost to Democrat Elmer Thomas.

An additional Democratic seat was gained in a special election:

1. Massachusetts: Republican interim appointee William M. Butler lost to Democrat David I. Walsh.

Five Republican incumbents lost renomination, but their seats were held by Republicans:

1. Colorado: Republican incumbent Rice W. Means lost renomination to Republican challenger Charles W. Waterman, who then won the general election.
2. Illinois: Republican incumbent William B. McKinley lost renomination to Republican challenger Frank L. Smith, who then won the general election.
3. Oregon: Republican incumbent Robert N. Stanfield lost renomination to Republican challenger Frederick Steiwer, who then won the general election.
4. Pennsylvania: Republican incumbent George W. Pepper lost renomination to Republican challenger William S. Vare, who then won the general election.
5. Wisconsin: Republican incumbent Irvine L. Lenroot lost renomination to Republican challenger John J. Blaine, who then won the general election.

No Democratic incumbents lost re-election or renomination. The only change in a Democratic seat was in Alabama, where Democrat Oscar Underwood retired and was replaced by Democrat Hugo L. Black.

No third party candidates won these elections. The sole third party incumbent (from the Farmer–Labor Party) was not up for election this year.

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1926.

		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 N.C. Ran	D37 La. Ran	D36 Ga. Ran	D35 Fla. Ran	D34 Ark. Ran	D33 Ala. Retired	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 S.C. Ran	FL1	R56 Wisc. Ran	R55 Wash. Ran	R54 Vt. Ran	R53 Utah Ran	R52 S.D. Ran	R51 Pa. Ran	R50 Ore. Ran	R49 Okla. Ran
Majority →
R39 Ky. Ran	R40 Maine (sp) Ran	R41 Md. Died	R42 Mass. (sp) Ran	R43 Mo. (reg) & Mo. (sp) Ran	R44 Nev. Ran	R45 N.H. Ran	R46 N.Y. Ran	R47 N.D. (sp) Ran N.D. Ran	R48 Ohio Ran
R38 Kan. Ran	R37 Iowa (reg) Retired Iowa (sp) Ran	R36 Ind. (sp) Ran	R35 Ind. Ran	R34 Ill. Ran	R33 Idaho Ran	R32 Conn. Ran	R31 Colo. Ran	R30 Calif. Ran	R29 Ariz. Ran
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 results

		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. Gain	D37 Ga. Re-elected	D36 Fla. Re-elected	D35 Ark. Re-elected	D34 Ariz. Gain	D33 Ala. Hold	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 La. Re-elected	D40 Md. Gain	D41 Mass. (sp) Gain	D42 Mo. (reg) & Mo. (sp) Gain	D43 N.Y. Gain	D44 N.C. Re-elected	D45 Okla. Gain	D46 S.C. Re-elected	FL1	R49 Wisc. Hold
Majority →
R39 Nev. Re-elected	R40 N.H. Re-elected	R41 N.D. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2] N.D. Re-elected	R42 Ohio Re-elected	R43 Ore. Hold	R44 Pa. Hold[lower-alpha 3]	R45 S.D. Re-elected	R46 Utah Re-elected	R47 Vt. Re-elected	R48 Wash. Re-elected
R38 Maine (sp) Hold	R37 Kan. Re-elected	R36 Iowa (reg) Hold Iowa (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	R35 Ind. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	R34 Ind. Re-elected	R33 Ill. Hold[lower-alpha 3]	R32 Idaho Re-elected	R31 Conn. Re-elected	R30 Colo. Hold	R29 Calif. Re-elected
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

At the beginning of the next Congress

		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 Challenged[lower-alpha 4]	FL1
Plurality ↑
R39	R40	R41	R42	R43	R44	R45	R46	V1 Ill. Hold[lower-alpha 3]	V2 Pa. Hold[lower-alpha 3]
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	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Key	D# Democratic FL# Farmer–Labor R# Republican

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	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected June 30, 1926. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below.	Gerald Nye (Republican) [data unknown/missing]
Maine (Class 2)	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	1916 (Special) 1918 1924	Incumbent died August 23, 1926. New senator elected September 13, 1926. Republican hold.	Arthur J. Gould (Republican) 71.8% Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 28.2%
Iowa (Class 3)	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926. Winner did not seek election to the next term, see below.	David W. Stewart (Republican) Unopposed
Indiana (Class 1)	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 2, 1926.	Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) 50.6% Evans Woollen (Democratic) 48.4% Albert Stanley (Prohibitionist) 0.5% William O. Fogleson (Socialist) 0.5%
Massachusetts (Class 1)	William M. Butler	Republican	1924 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain.	David I. Walsh (Democratic) 52.0% William M. Butler (Republican) 46.5%
Missouri (Class 3)	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 2, 1926. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to the next term, see below.	Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 52.1% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.9%

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	Democratic	1914 1920	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Hugo L. Black (Democratic) 80.9% E. H. Dryer (Republican) 19.1%
Arizona	Ralph H. Cameron	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Carl Hayden (Democratic) 58.3% Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 41.7%
Arkansas	Thaddeus H. Caraway	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Thaddeus H. Caraway (Democratic) 82.8% R. A. Jones (Republican) 17.2%
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Samuel M. Shortridge (Republican) 63.1% John B. Elliott (Democratic) 36.9%
Colorado	Rice W. Means	Republican	1924 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Charles W. Waterman (Republican) 50.3% William E. Sweet (Democratic) 46.4%
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	1924 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 63.3% Rollin U. Tyler (Democratic) 35.6%
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 77.9% John M. Lindsay (Independent) 12.8%
Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Walter F. George (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho	Frank R. Gooding	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Frank R. Gooding (Republican) 45.4% H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 29.6% John F. Nugent (Democratic) 25.0%
Illinois	William B. McKinley	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination, then died. New senator elected. Winner appointed to finish term, but was not seated for either appointment or for next term.[lower-alpha 5] Republican hold, although the Senate did not consider the winner to be a senator.	Frank L. Smith (Republican) 46.9% George E. Brennan (Democratic) 43.1% Hugh S. Magill (Independent) 8.7%
Indiana	James E. Watson	Republican	1916 (Special) 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	James E. Watson (Republican) 50.0% Albert Stump (Democratic) 48.9% William H. Harris (Prohibitionist) 0.5% Forrest Wallace (Socialist) 0.5%
Iowa	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	Smith W. Brookhart (Republican) 56.6% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 43.4%
Kansas	Charles Curtis	Republican	1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Charles Curtis (Republican), 63.6% Charles Stephens (Democratic) 34.7% M.L. Phillips (Socialist) 1.7%
Kentucky	Richard P. Ernst	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 51.8% Richard P. Ernst (Republican) 48.2%
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Edwin S. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland	Ovington E. Weller	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Millard E. Tydings (Democratic) 57.5% Ovington E. Weller (Republican) 41.4% William A. Toole (Socialist) 1.1%
Missouri	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Incumbent appointee lost election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to finish the current term, see above.	Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 51.3% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.7%
Nevada	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Tasker L. Oddie (Republican), 55.8% Raymond T. Baker (Democratic) 42.5%
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special) 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	George H. Moses (Republican), 62.3% Robert C. Murchie (Democratic) 37.7%
New York	James Wadsworth	Republican	1914 1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 46.5% James Wadsworth (Republican) 42.4% Franklin W. Cristman (Indep. Republican) 8.2%
North Carolina	Lee S. Overman	Democratic	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Lee S. Overman (Democratic), 60.5% Johnson J. Hayes (Republican) 39.5%
North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Gerald P. Nye (Republican), 69.6% Norris H. Nelson (Independent) 12.2% F. F. Burchard (Democratic) 8.7% C. P. Stone (Independent) 6.3%
Ohio	Frank B. Willis	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Frank B. Willis (Republican), 53.2% Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 46.6%
Oklahoma	John W. Harreld	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 54.8% John W. Harreld (Republican) 44.7%
Oregon	Robert N. Stanfield	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination, then ran as an Independent but lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 39.8% Bert E. Haney (Democratic) 36.3% Robert N. Stanfield (Independent) 22.5%
Pennsylvania	George W. Pepper	Republican	1922 (Appointed) 1922 (Special)	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.	William S. Vare (Republican) 54.6% William B. Wilson (Democratic) 43.1%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Peter Norbeck (Republican), 59.5% C. J. Gunderson (Democratic) 33.3% Howard Platt (Independent) 7.2%
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Reed Smoot (Republican), 61.5% Ashby Snow (Democratic) 37.6%
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1923 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Porter H. Dale (Republican), 73.4% James E. Kennedy (Democratic) 26.5%
Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	Wesley L. Jones (Republican), 51.3% A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 46.5%
Wisconsin	Irvine L. Lenroot	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	John J. Blaine (Republican) 55.0% Charles D. Rosa (Independent) 20.3% Thomas M. Kearney (Democratic) 12.2% Leo Krzycki (Socialist) 5.7%

Alabama

Alabama election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugo Black (Incumbent)	91,801	80.87%
	Republican	Edmund H. Dryer	21,712	19.13%
Majority			70,089	61.74%
Turnout			113,513
	Democratic hold

Arizona

Arizona election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hayden	44,951	58.53%
	Republican	Ralph H. Cameron (Incumbent)	31,845	41.47%
Majority			13,106	17.06%
Turnout			76,796
	Democratic gain from Republican

Arkansas

Arkansas election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thaddeus H. Caraway (Incumbent)	28,166	84.80%
	Republican	Robert A. Jones	5,048	15.20%
Majority			23,118	69.60%
Turnout			33,214
	Democratic hold

California

California election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel M. Shortridge (Incumbent)	670,128	63.11%
	Democratic	John B. Elliott	391,599	36.88%
	None	Scattering	127	0.01%
Majority			278,529	26.23%
Turnout			1,061,854
	Republican hold

Colorado

Colorado election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles W. Waterman	149,585	50.25%
	Democratic	William E. Sweet	138,113	46.39%
	Farmer–Labor	Morton Alexander	5,829	1.96%
	Socialist	Frank H. Rice	2,218	0.75%
	Peoples Constitutional Rights	James A. Ownbey	1,091	0.37%
	Workers (Communist)	James A. Ayres	859	0.29%
Majority			11,472	3.86%
Turnout			297,695
	Republican hold

Connecticut

Connecticut election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hiram Bingham III (Incumbent)	191,401	63.31%
	Democratic	Rollin U. Tyler	107,753	35.64%
	Independent	Rice	3,173	1.05%
Majority			83,648	27.67%
Turnout			302,327
	Republican hold

Florida

Florida election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher (Incumbent)	51,054	77.86%
	Republican	John M. Lindsay (delegate convention)	8,381	12.78%
	Republican	W. R. O’Neal	6,133	9.35%
Majority			42,673	65.08%
Turnout			65,568
	Democratic hold

Georgia

Georgia election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter F. George (Incumbent)	47,366	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Idaho

Idaho election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank R. Gooding (Incumbent)	56,847	45.41%
	Progressive	H. F. Samuels	37,047	29.60%
	Democratic	John F. Nugent	31,285	24.99%
Majority			19,800	15.81%
Turnout			125,179
	Republican hold

Illinois

Illinois election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank L. Smith	842,273	46.86%
	Democratic	George E. Brennan	774,943	43.12%
	Independent	Hugh S. Magill	156,245	8.69%
	Progressive	Parley P. Christensen	6,526	0.36%
	Light Wines and Beer	Raymond T. O’Keefe	4,596	0.26%
	Independent Democratic	James H. Kirby	4,203	0.23%
	Socialist	John T. Whitlock	2,998	0.17%
	Socialist Labor	G. A. Jenning	1,977	0.11%
	Workers (Communist)	J. Louis Engdahl	1,309	0.07%
	High Life	James A. Logan	1,161	0.06%
	Independent	Samuel C. Irving	701	0.04%
	Commonwealth Land	Morris Lynchenheim	427	0.02%
Majority			67,330	3.74%
Turnout			1,797,359
	Republican hold

Indiana

There were 2 elections in Indiana due to the October 14, 1925 death of Democrat Samuel M. Ralston.

Indiana (Special)

Republican Arthur Raymond Robinson was appointed to continue Ralston's term, pending the special election, which he then won.

Indiana special election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Raymond Robinson (Incumbent)	519,401	50.62%
	Democratic	Evans Woollen	496,540	48.40%
	Prohibition	Albert Stanley	5,205	0.51%
	Socialist	William O. Fogleson	4,864	0.47%
Majority			22,861	2.22%
Turnout			1,026,010
	Republican hold

Indiana (Regular)

Indiana general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Eli Watson (Incumbent)	522,837	50.04%
	Democratic	Albert Stump	511,454	48.95%
	Prohibition	William H. Harris	5,420	0.52%
	Socialist	Forrest Wallace	5,106	0.49%
Majority			11,383	1.09%
Turnout			1,044,817
	Republican hold

Iowa

Iowa (Special)

Iowa special election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David W. Stewart (Incumbent)	336,410	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa (Regular)

Iowa election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Smith W. Brookhart	323,409	56.61%
	Democratic	Claude R. Porter	247,869	43.39%
Majority			75,540	13.22%
Turnout			571,278
	Republican hold

Kansas

Kansas election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Curtis (Incumbent)	308,222	63.57%
	Democratic	Charles Stephens	168,446	34.74%
	Socialist	M. L. Phillips	8,208	1.69%
Majority			139,776	28.83%
Turnout			484,876
	Republican hold

Kentucky

Kentucky election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley	286,997	51.84%
	Republican	Richard P. Ernst (Incumbent)	266,657	48.16%
Majority			20,340	3.68%
Turnout			553,654
	Democratic gain from Republican

Louisiana

Louisiana election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (Incumbent)	54,180	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Maine (Special)

Maine special election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur R. Gould	79,498	71.80%
	Democratic	Fulton J. Redman	31,225	28.20%
Majority				43.60%
Turnout			110,723
	Republican hold

Maryland

Maryland election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings	195,410	57.51%
	Republican	Ovington Weller (Incumbent)	140,695	41.41%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	3,659	1.08%
Majority			54,715	16.10%
Turnout			339,764
	Democratic gain from Republican

Massachusetts (Special)

Massachusetts special election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	525,303	52.01%
	Republican	William M. Butler (Incumbent)	469,989	46.54%
	Workers	John J. Ballam	5,167	0.51%
	Modification Volstead Act	Washington Cook	4,766	0.47%
	Socialist	Alfred Baker Lewis	4,730	0.47%
	None	Scattering	11	0.00%
Majority			55,314	5.47%
Turnout			1,009,966
	Democratic gain from Republican

Missouri

Senator Harry B. Hawes

There were 2 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)

Missouri special election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry B. Hawes	514,389	52.09%
	Republican	George H. Williams (Incumbent)	473,068	47.91%
Majority			41,321	4.18%
Turnout			987,457
	Democratic gain from Republican

Missouri (Regular)

Missouri general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry B. Hawes	506,015	51.30%
	Republican	George H. Williams (Incumbent)	470,654	47.71%
	Prohibition	Herman P. Faris	7,540	0.76%
	Socialist	Robert D. Morrison	1,807	0.18%
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	464	0.05%
Majority			35,361	3.29%
Turnout			986,480
	Democratic gain from Republican

Nevada

Nevada election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tasker Oddie (Incumbent)	17,430	55.78%
	Democratic	Raymond T. Baker	13,273	42.48%
	Independent	George A. Bice	543	1.74%
Majority			4157	13.30%
Turnout			31,246
	Republican hold

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George H. Moses (Incumbent)	79,279	62.32%
	Democratic	Robert C. Murchie	47,935	37.68%
Majority				24.64%
Turnout			127,214
	Republican hold

New York

New York election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner	1,321,463	46.48%
	Republican	James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Incumbent)	1,205,246	42.40%
	Independent Republican	Franklin W. Cristman	231,906	8.16%
	Socialist	Jessie W. Hughan	73,412	2.58%
	Workers	William F. Dunne	6,444	0.23%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph Brandon	4,342	0.15%
Majority			116,217	4.08%
Turnout			2,842,813
	Democratic gain from Republican

North Carolina

North Carolina election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Slater Overman (Incumbent)	218,934	60.51%
	Republican	Johnson J. Hayes	142,891	39.49%
Majority			76,043	21.02%
Turnout			361,825
	Democratic hold

North Dakota

Senator Gerald Nye

Nye, after his appointment, symbolically receiving his Senate seat, January 13, 1926

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)

Nye was elected on the Non-Partisan League ticket, but served as a Republican.

North Dakota special election, June 30, 1926 [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican/NPL	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	79,709	50.20%
	Republican	Louis B. Hanna	59,499	37.47%
	Independent Republican	C. P. Stone	19,586	12.33%
Majority			88,970	57.36%
Turnout				24.55%
	Republican/NPL hold

North Dakota (Regular)

North Dakota regular election, November 2, 1926[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	107,921	69.58%
	Independent	Norris H. Nelson	18,951	12.22%
	Democratic	F. F. Burchard	13,519	8.72%
	Independent	C. P. Stone	9,738	6.28%
	Independent	William Lemke	4,977	3.21%
Majority			88,970	57.36%
Turnout			155,106
	Republican hold

Ohio

Ohio election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank B. Willis (Incumbent)	711,359	53.19%
	Democratic	Atlee Pomerene	623,221	46.60%
	Socialist Labor	Goerke	2,846	0.21%
Majority			88,138	6.59%
Turnout			1,337,426
	Republican hold

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer Thomas	195,587	55.35%
	Republican	John W. Harreld (Incumbent)	155,829	44.10%
	Socialist	J. A. Hart	1,009	0.29%
	Farmer–Labor	J. Edwin Spurr	781	0.22%
	Independent	Thomas P. Hopley	143	0.04%
Majority			39,758	11.25%
Turnout			353,349
	Democratic gain from Republican

Oregon

Oregon election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Steiwer	89,007	39.79%
	Democratic	Bert E. Haney	81,301	36.34%
	Independent	Robert N. Stanfield (Incumbent)	50,246	22.46%
	Independent	W. P. Adams	3,145	1.41%
Majority			7,706	3.45%
Turnout			223,699
	Republican gain from Independent

Pennsylvania

General election results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Scott Vare	882,187	54.64%
	Democratic	William Bauchop Wilson	648,680	43.11%
	Prohibition	Elisha Kent Kane	19,523	1.30%
	Socialist	George W. Snyder	9,869	0.66%
	Workers	A. J. Carey	3,094	0.21%
	Commonwealth Land	Robert C. Macauly	1,053	0.07%
	None	Scattering	290	0.02%
Majority			173,507	11.53%
Turnout			1,504,696
	Republican hold

South Carolina

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellison D. Smith (Incumbent)	14,560	100.00%
	Democratic hold

South Dakota

South Dakota election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Norbeck (Incumbent)	105,619	59.57%
	Democratic	C. J. Gunderson	59,094	33.33%
	Farmer–Labor	Howard Platt	12,584	7.10%
Majority			46,525	26.24%
Turnout			177,297
	Republican hold

Utah

Utah election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reed Smoot (Incumbent)	88,101	61.51%
	Democratic	Ashby Snow	53,809	37.57%
	Socialist	C. T. Stoney	1,310	0.91%
Majority			34,292	23.94%
Turnout			143,220
	Republican hold

Vermont

1926 United States Senate election in Vermont[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter H. Dale (Incumbent)	52,286	73.41%
	Democratic	James E. Kennedy	18,890	26.52%
	None	Scattering	52	0.07%
Majority			33,396	46.89%
Total votes			71,228	100.00%
	Republican hold

Washington

Washington election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Livsey Jones (Incumbent)	164,130	51.31%
	Democratic	A. Scott Bullitt	148,783	46.51%
	Socialist Labor	David Burgess	3,513	1.10%
	Farmer–Labor	J. L. Freeman	3,437	1.07%
Majority			15,347	4.80%
Turnout			319,863
	Republican hold

Wisconsin

Wisconsin election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Blaine	299,759	54.92%
	Independent Progressive	Charles D. Rosa	111,122	20.36%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Kearney	66,672	12.22%
	Socialist	Leo Krzycki	31,317	5.74%
	Independent	J. N. Tittemore	23,822	4.36%
	Prohibition	Ella T. Sanford	9,885	1.81%
	Independent	Richard Koeppel	3,061	0.56%
	None	Scattering	130	0.02%
Majority			188,637	34.56%
Turnout			545,768
	Republican hold

See also

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

Notes

1. There were also special elections in June, September, and November 1926.
2. Appointee elected
3. Senate refused to qualify
4. Democrat Daniel F. Steck successfully challenged the 1924 election of Republican Smith W. Brookhart and the Senate awarded Steck the seat on April 12, 1926.
5. Frank L. Smith defeated William B. McKinley for the 1926 Republican nomination in Illinois and won the subsequent general election. McKinley died shortly before the end of his term, so Smith was appointed to replace him. When Smith presented his credentials to serve the remainder of McKinely's term, the Senate refused to seat him based on what it saw as an election rife with fraud and corruption. When Smith returned with his credentials for the term he was elected to, the Senate again refused to seat him for the same reasons. Smith and the Governor considered him to be the rightful senator, but he resigned February 9, 1928.

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
2. "Our Campaigns - ND US Senate - Special Election Race - Jun 30, 1926". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
3. "Our Campaigns - ND US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1926". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.