1934 United States Senate elections

The United States Senate elections of 1934 were held in the middle of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. During the Great Depression, voters strongly backed Roosevelt's New Deal and his allies in the Senate, with Democrats picking up a net of nine seats, giving them a supermajority (which required 64 seats, two-thirds of the total 96 seats in 1934).[1]

1934 United States Senate elections

November 6, 1934[lower-alpha 1]
36 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Leader Joseph Robinson Charles McNary Party Democratic Republican Leader since December 3, 1923 March 4, 1933 Leader's seat Arkansas Oregon Seats before 60 35 Seats after 69 25 Seat change 9 10 Seats up 17 18 Races won 26 8   Party Farmer–Labor Progressive Seats before 1 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 Seats up 1 0 Races won 1 1
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Progressive gain      Farmer–Labor hold      No election
Majority Leader before election Joseph Robinson Democratic Elected Majority Leader Joseph Robinson Democratic

Milestones

This marked the second time since the Civil War when an incumbent president's party gained Senate seats during a midterm election, and when an incumbent president's party gained Senate seats during a midterm election after the Democrats gained three seats in 1914, half-way through Woodrow Wilson's first term. Neither party registered a net gain of Senate seats in a mid-term election again until the Democrats gained a net of four seats in 1962, at the mid-point of John F. Kennedy's term. In 1970, the Republicans gained a net of one seat during the term of Richard Nixon. In 2002, George W. Bush's party gained a net of two seats, and Donald Trump in 2018 (even though it was a wave year[2] against his party in the house with the loss of 41 seats) had the Republican Party gain 2 seats in the senate.

Gains and losses

Republicans lost ten seats: One seat changed from Republican to Progressive when an incumbent was re-elected to the new party. Democrats took nine seats, including an open seat in Maryland and the seats of eight incumbents.

Losing incumbents

1. Connecticut: Frederic C. Walcott (R) lost to Francis T. Maloney (D)
2. Indiana: Arthur Raymond Robinson (R) lost to Sherman Minton (D)
3. Missouri: Roscoe C. Patterson (R) lost to Harry S. Truman (D)
4. New Jersey: Hamilton F. Kean (R) lost to A. Harry Moore (D)
5. Ohio: Simeon D. Fess (R) lost to Vic Donahey (D)
6. Pennsylvania: David A. Reed (R) lost to Joseph F. Guffey (D)
7. Rhode Island: Felix Hebert (R) lost to Peter G. Gerry (D)
8. West Virginia: Henry D. Hatfield (R) lost to Rush D. Holt Sr. (D)

Retirement

1. Maryland: George L. P. Radcliffe (D) picked up the seat when Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) retired.

Party change

1. Wisconsin: Republicans suffered an additional loss when Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R) joined the Progressive Party.

Change in composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of 1934.

		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 Ariz. Ran	D45 Fla. Ran	D46 Mass. Ran	D47 Miss. Ran	D48 Mont. (reg) Ran
Majority →									D49 Mont. (sp) Ran
D58 Va. Ran	D57 Utah Ran	D56 Texas Ran	D55 Tenn. (sp) Ran	D54 Tenn. (reg) Ran	D53 N.Y. Ran	D52 N.M. (sp) Ran	D51 Nev. Ran	D50 Neb. (reg) Neb. (sp) Retired
D59 Wash. Retired	D60 Wyo. (reg) Wyo. (sp) Ran	FL1 Minn. Ran	R35 Wis. Ran	R34 W.Va. Ran	R33 Vt. (reg) Ran	R32 R.I. Ran	R31 Pa. Ran	R30 Ohio Ran	R29 N.Dak. Ran
R19 Calif. Ran	R20 Conn. Ran	R21 Del. Ran	R22 Ind. Ran	R23 Maine Ran	R24 Md. Ran	R25 Mich. Ran	R26 Mo. Ran	R27 N.J. Ran	R28 N.M. (reg) Ran
R18 Vt. (sp) Ran	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
D38	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39	D40	D41	D42	D43	D44 Ariz. Re-elected	D45 Fla. Re-elected	D46 Mass. Re-elected	D47 Miss. Hold	D48 Mont. (reg) Re-elected
Majority →									D49 Mont. (sp) Hold
D58 Va. Re-elected	D57 Utah Re-elected	D56 Texas Re-elected	D55 Tenn. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	D54 Tenn. (reg) Re-elected	D53 N.Y. Re-elected	D52 N.M. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	D51 Nev. Re-elected	D50 Neb. (reg) Neb. (sp) Hold
D59 Wash. Hold	D60 Wyo. (reg) Wyo. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	D61 Conn. Gain	D62 Ind. Gain	D63 Md. Gain	D64 Mo. Gain	D65 N.J. Gain	D66 Ohio Gain	D67 Pa. Gain	D68 R.I. Gain
R19 Del. Re-elected	R20 Maine Re-elected	R21 Mich. Re-elected	R22 N.M. (reg) Re-elected	R23 N.Dak. Re-elected	R24 Vt. (reg) Re-elected	R25 Vt. (sp) Elected[lower-alpha 2]	P1 Wis. Re-elected new party	FL1 Minn. Re-elected	D69 W.Va. Gain
R18 Calif. Re-elected	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

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

Race summaries

Elections during the 73rd Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1934; ordered by election date then by state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Vermont (Class 3)	Ernest Willard Gibson	Republican	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected January 16, 1934.	Ernest Willard Gibson (Republican), 58.2% Harry W. Witters (Democratic), 41.8%
Montana (Class 2)	John E. Erickson	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected November 6, 1934. Democratic hold.	James E. Murray (Democratic) 59.6% Scott Leavitt (Republican) 39.5%
Nebraska (Class 1)	William Henry Thompson	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 6, 1934. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below.	Richard C. Hunter (Democratic) 56.45% J.H. Kemp (Republican) 43.55%
New Mexico (Class 2)	Carl Hatch	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 6, 1934.	Carl Hatch (Democratic) 54.5% Richard C. Dillon (Republican) 45.0%
Tennessee (Class 2)	Nathan L. Bachman	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 6, 1934.	Nathan L. Bachman (Democratic) 80.1% John Randolph Neal Jr. (Independent) 19.9%
Wyoming (Class 1)	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 6, 1934. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below.	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 56.88% Vincent Carter (Republican) 43.12%

Elections leading to the 74th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1935; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democratic	1912 1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Henry F. Ashurst (Democratic) 72.0% J. E. Thompson (Republican) 25.6%
California	Hiram Johnson	Republican	1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Hiram Johnson (Republican) 94.5% George R. Kirkpatrick (Socialist) 5.3%
Connecticut	Frederic C. Walcott	Republican	1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Francis T. Maloney (Democratic) 51.8% Frederic C. Walcott (Republican) 48.3%
Delaware	John G. Townsend Jr.	Republican	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	John G. Townsend Jr. (Republican) 53.3% Wilbur L. Adams (Democratic) 46.2%
Florida	Park Trammell	Democratic	1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Park Trammell (Democratic) Unopposed
Indiana	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special) 1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Sherman Minton (Democratic) 51.5% Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) 47.5%
Maine	Frederick Hale	Republican	1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Frederick Hale (Republican) 50.1% F. Harold Dubord (Democratic) 49.7%
Maryland	Phillips Lee Goldsborough	Republican	1928	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	George L. P. Radcliffe (Democratic) 56.1% Joseph I. France (Republican) 42.0%
Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democratic	1926 (Special) 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	David I. Walsh (Democratic) 59.4% Robert M. Washburn (Republican) 37.4%
Michigan	Arthur Vandenberg	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (Special) 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Arthur Vandenberg (Republican) 51.3% Frank Albert Picard (Democratic) 47.0% John Monarch (Socialist)[3] 1.7%
Minnesota	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer–Labor	1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Henrik Shipstead (Farmer–Labor) 49.9% Einar Hoidale (Democratic) 29.2% N. J. Holmberg (Republican) 19.8%
Mississippi	Hubert D. Stephens	Democratic	1922 1928	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Harry S. Truman (Democratic) 59.5% Roscoe C. Patterson (Republican) 39.7% W. C. Meyer (Socialist) 0.7%
Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Democratic	1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 70.1% George M. Bourquin (Republican) 28.7%
Nebraska	William H. Thompson	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term, see above.	Edward R. Burke (Democratic) 55.3% Robert G. Simmons (Republican) 42.9%
Nevada	Key Pittman	Democratic	1913 (Special) 1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Key Pittman (Democratic) 64.5% George W. Malone (Republican) 33.4%
New Jersey	Hamilton Fish Kean	Republican	1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	A. Harry Moore (Democratic) 57.9% Hamilton Fish Kean (Republican) 40.9%
New Mexico	Bronson M. Cutting	Republican	1927 (Appointed) 1928 (Retired) 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Bronson M. Cutting (Republican) 50.2% Dennis Chávez (Democratic) 49.4%
New York	Royal S. Copeland	Democratic	1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Royal S. Copeland (Democratic) 55.3% E. Harold Cluett (Republican) 36.9% Norman Thomas (Socialist) 5.3%
North Dakota	Lynn Frazier	Republican	1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Lynn Frazier (Republican) 58.2% Henry Holt (Democratic) 40.2%
Ohio	Simeon D. Fess	Republican	1922 1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	A. Victor Donahey (Democratic) 60.0% Simeon D. Fess (Republican) 39.4%
Pennsylvania	David A. Reed	Republican	1922 (Appointed) 1922 (Special) 1922 1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Joseph F. Guffey (Democratic) 50.8% David A. Reed (Republican) 46.5%
Rhode Island	Felix Hebert	Republican	1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Peter G. Gerry (Democratic) 57.1% Felix Hebert (Republican) 42.9%
Tennessee	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Kenneth McKellar (Democratic) 63.4% Ben W. Hooper (Republican) 35.8%
Texas	Tom Connally	Democratic	1928	Incumbent re-elected.	Tom Connally (Democratic) 96.7%
Utah	William H. King	Democratic	1916 1922 1928	Incumbent re-elected.	William H. King (Democratic) 53.1% Don B. Colton (Republican) 45.4%
Vermont	Warren Austin	Republican	1931 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Warren Austin (Republican) 51.0% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 48.4%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1933 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) 76.0% Lawrence C. Page (Republican) 20.9%
Washington	Clarence Dill	Democratic	1922 1928	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Lewis B. Schwellenbach (Democratic) 60.9% Reno Odlin (Republican) 34.0%
West Virginia	Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	1928	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Rush Holt Sr. (Democratic) 55.1% Henry D. Hatfield (Republican) 44.4%
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette Jr.	Republican	1925 (Special) 1928	Incumbent re-elected in new party. Progressive gain.	Robert M. La Follette Jr. (Progressive) 47.8% John M. Callahan (Democratic) 24.2% John B. Chapple (Republican) 22.8%
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democratic	1933 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see below.	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 56.6% Vincent Carter (Republican) 43.0%

Arizona

Arizona election

Nominee Henry F. Ashurst Joseph Edward Thompson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 67,648 24,075 Percentage 72.03% 25.63%

U.S. senator before election Henry F. Ashurst Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Henry F. Ashurst Democratic

1934 United States Senate election in Arizona[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry F. Ashurst	67,648	72.03%
	Republican	Joseph Edward Thompson	24,075	25.63%
	Socialist	Charles D. Pinkerton	1,591	1.69%
	Communist	Ramon Garcia	606	0.65%
Majority			43,573	46.40%
Turnout			93,920
	Democratic hold

California

1934 United States Senate election in California [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hiram W. Johnson (Incumbent)	1,946,572	94.54%
	Socialist	George Ross Kirkpatrick	108,748	5.28%
	Write-In	Pat Chambers	1,025	0.05%
	None	Scattering	2,595	0.13%
Majority			1,837,824	89.26%
Turnout			2,058,940
	Republican hold

Connecticut

1934 United States Senate election in Connecticut[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Francis T. Maloney	265,552	51.75%
	Republican	Frederic C. Walcott (Incumbent)	247,623	48.25%
Majority			17,929	3.50%
Turnout			513,175
	Democratic gain from Republican

Delaware

1934 United States Senate election in Delaware[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John G. Townsend Jr. (Incumbent)	52,829	53.27%
	Democratic	Wilbur L. Adams	45,771	46.16%
	Socialist	Fred W. Whiteside	497	0.50%
	Communist	John T. Wlodkoski	69	0.07%
Majority			7,058	7.11%
Turnout			99,166
	Republican hold

Florida

1934 United States Senate election in Florida[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Park Trammell (Incumbent)	131,780	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Indiana

1934 United States Senate election in Indiana[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherman Minton	758,801	51.46%
	Republican	Arthur Raymond Robinson (Incumbent)	700,103	47.48%
	Socialist	Forrest Wallace	9,414	0.64%
	Prohibition	Albert Jackman	4,987	0.34%
	Communist	Wenzel Stocker	1,307	0.09%
Majority			58,698	3.98%
Turnout			1,474,612
	Democratic gain from Republican

Maine

1934 United States Senate election in Maine[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Hale (Incumbent)	139,773	50.14%
	Democratic	F. Harold Dubord	138,573	49.71%
	Communist	Hans Nelson	422	0.15%
Majority			1,200	0.43%
Turnout			278,768
	Republican hold

Maryland

Maryland election

Nominee George L. P. Radcliffe Joseph I. France Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 264,279 197,643 Percentage 56.10% 41.95%

U.S. senator before election Phillips Lee Goldsborough Republican Elected U.S. Senator George L. P. Radcliffe Democratic

1934 United States Senate election in Maryland[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George L. P. Radcliffe	264,279	56.10%
	Republican	Joseph I. France	197,643	41.95%
	Socialist	Elisabeth Gilman	6,067	1.29%
	American Labor	Ada Smith Lang	1,935	0.41%
	Communist	Samuel Gale	1,188	0.25%
Majority			66,636	14.15%
Turnout			471,112
	Democratic gain from Republican

Massachusetts

Massachusetts election

Nominee David I. Walsh Robert M. Washburn Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 852,776 536,692 Percentage 59.39% 37.39%

U.S. senator before election David I. Walsh Democratic Elected U.S. Senator David I. Walsh Democratic

1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David I. Walsh	852,776	59.39%
	Republican	Robert M. Washburn	536,692	37.38%
	Socialist	Albert Sprague Coolidge	22,092	1.54%
	Prohibition	Barnard Smith	10,363	0.72%
	Socialist Labor	Albert L. Waterman	8,245	0.57%
	Communist	Paul C. Wicks	5,757	0.40%
Majority			316,084	22.01%
Turnout			1,435,932
	Democratic hold

Michigan

1934 United States Senate election in Michigan[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Vandenberg (Incumbent)	626,017	51.32%
	Democratic	Frank Albert Picard	573,574	47.02%
	Socialist	John Monarch	10,644	0.87%
	Communist	Philip Raymond	5,634	0.46%
	Farmer–Labor	W. Ralph Jones	2,042	0.17%
	Socialist Labor	John Vonica	939	0.08%
	Commonwealth Land	Jay W. Slaughter	735	0.06%
	National	Chester A. Shewalter	147	0.01%
	None	Scattering	2	0.00%
Majority			52,443	4.30%
Turnout			1,219,734
	Republican hold

Minnesota

Minnesota election

Nominee Henrik Shipstead Einar Hoidale N. J. Holmberg Party Farmer–Labor Democratic Republican Popular vote 503,379 294,757 200,083 Percentage 49.87% 29.20% 19.82%

County results

U.S. senator before election Henrik Shipstead Farmer–Labor Elected U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead Farmer–Labor

1934 United States Senate election in Minnesota[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmer–Labor	Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent)	503,379	49.87%
	Democratic	Einar Hoidale	294,757	29.20%
	Republican	N. J. Holmberg	200,083	19.82%
	Communist	Aldred Tiala	5,620	0.56%
	Socialist	Morris Kaplan	5,618	0.56%
Majority			409,622	20.67%
Turnout			1,009,457
	Farmer–Labor hold

Mississippi

1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore G. Bilbo (Incumbent)	51,609	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Missouri

Missouri

Nominee Harry S. Truman Roscoe C. Patterson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 787,110 524,954 Percentage 59.55% 39.71%

County results

U.S. senator before election Roscoe C. Patterson Republican Elected U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman Democratic

1934 Missouri United States Senate election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman	787,110	59.54%
	Republican	Roscoe C. Patterson (Incumbent)	524,954	39.71%
	Socialist	W. C. Meyer	9,010	0.68%
	Communist	Frank Brown	418	0.03%
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	384	0.03%
Majority			262,156	19.83%
Turnout			1,321,876
	Democratic gain from Republican

Montana

Montana (Regular)

Montana regular election

Nominee Burton K. Wheeler George Bourquin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 142,823 58,519 Percentage 70.14% 28.74%

U.S. senator before election Burton K. Wheeler Democratic Elected U.S. senator Burton K. Wheeler Democratic

1934 United States Senate election in Montana[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Burton K. Wheeler (Incumbent)	142,823	70.14%	+16.94%
	Republican	George M. Bourquin	58,519	28.74%	-18.06%
	Socialist	William F. Held	1,381	0.68%
	Communist	Raymond F. Gray	903	0.44%
Majority			84,304	41.40%	+35.00%
Turnout			203,626
	Democratic hold

Montana (Special)

Montana special election

Nominee James E. Murray Scott Leavitt Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 116,965 77,307 Percentage 59.66% 39.43%

U.S. senator before election John E. Erickson Democratic Elected U.S. Senator James E. Murray Democratic

1934 United States Senate special election in Montana[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James E. Murray	116,965	59.66%	-0.67%
	Republican	Scott Leavitt	77,307	39.43%	+1.56%
	Socialist	John F. Duffy	1,779	0.91%	+0.34%
Majority			39,658	20.23%	-2.22%
Turnout			196,051
	Democratic hold

Nebraska

Nebraska (Regular)

1934 United States Senate election in Nebraska[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward R. Burke	305,958	55.30%
	Republican	Robert G. Simmons	237,126	42.86%
	By Petition	Henry Hoffman	7,670	1.39%
	Write-In	E. D. O’Sullivan	2,501	0.45%
Majority			68,832	12.44%
Turnout			553,255
	Democratic hold

Nebraska (Special)

1934 United States Senate special election in Nebraska[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard C. Hunter (Incumbent)	281,421	56.45%
	Republican	J. H. Kemp	217,106	43.55%
Majority			64,315	12.90%
Turnout			498,527
	Democratic hold

Nevada

1934 United States Senate election in Nevada[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Key Pittman (Incumbent)	27,581	64.51%
	Republican	George W. Malone	14,273	33.38%
	Independent	John P. Reynolds	901	2.11%
Majority			13,308	31.13%
Turnout			42,755
	Democratic hold

New Jersey

New Jersey election

Nominee A. Harry Moore Hamilton F. Kean Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 785,971 554,483 Percentage 57.90% 40.85%

County Results Moore:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Kean:      50-60%

U.S. senator before election Hamilton F. Kean Republican Elected U.S. senator A. Harry Moore Democratic

1934 United States Senate election in New Jersey[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. Harry Moore	785,971	57.90%
	Republican	Hamilton Fish Kean (Incumbent)	554,483	40.85%
	Socialist	John S. Martin	9,721	0.72%
	Communist	Rebecca Grecht	2,874	0.21%
	Prohibition	Elwood Hollingshead	2,072	0.15%
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,640	0.12%
	Independent Veteran	William L. Detmering	648	0.05%
Majority			231,488	17.05%
Turnout			1,357,409
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico

New Mexico (Regular)

1934 United States Senate election in New Mexico[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bronson M. Cutting (Incumbent)	76,228	50.20%
	Democratic	Dennis Chávez	74,944	49.35%
	Socialist	W. C. Thorp	568	0.37%
	Communist	Alphonso Ray	122	0.08%
Majority			1,284	0.85%
Turnout			151,862
	Republican hold

New Mexico (Special)

1934 United States Senate special election in New Mexico[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hatch (Incumbent)	81,934	54.76%
	Republican	Richard C. Dillon	66,956	44.75%
	Socialist	T. N. Hotchinson	613	0.41%
	Communist	C. G. Plater	134	0.09%
Majority			14,978	10.01%
Turnout			149,637
	Democratic hold

New York

New York election

Nominee Royal S. Copeland E. Harold Cluett Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,046,377 1,363,440 Percentage 55.34% 36.87%   Nominee Norman Thomas Party Socialist Popular vote 194,952 Percentage 5.27%

U.S. senator before election Royal S. Copeland Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Royal S. Copeland Democratic

In New York, the whole Democratic ticket was elected in the third landslide in a row.

1934 United States Senate election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royal S. Copeland	2,046,377	55.21%	+6.13%
	Republican	E. Harold Cluett	1,363,440	36.87%	-11.02%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	194,952	5.27%	+2.65%
	Communist	Max Bedacht	45,396	1.23%	+0.95%
	Constitutional	Henry Skillman Breckinridge	24,241	0.66%	N/A
	Prohibition	Michael Bartell	16,769	0.45%	+0.45%
	Socialist Labor	Olive Johnson	6,622	0.18%	+0.05%
Total votes			3,727,797	100.00%

North Dakota

1934 United States Senate election in North Dakota[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Frazier (Incumbent)	151,205	58.24%
	Democratic	Henry Holt	104,477	40.24%
	Farmer–Labor	Alfred S. Dale	3,269	1.26%
	Communist-Workers-Farmers’ Government	Arvo F. Husa	656	0.25%
Majority			46,728	18.00%
Turnout			259,607
	Republican hold

Ohio

1934 United States Senate election in Ohio[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. Victor Donahey	1,276,206	59.95%
	Republican	Simeon D. Fess (Incumbent)	839,068	39.41%
	Communist	W. C. Sandberg	13,546	0.64%
	None	Scattering	23	0.00%
Majority			437,138	20.54%
Turnout			2,128,843
	Democratic gain from Republican

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania election

Nominee Joseph F. Guffey David A. Reed Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,494,010 1,366,872 Percentage 50.8% 46.5%

County results

U.S. senator before election David A. Reed Republican Elected U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey Democratic

General election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Guffey	1,494,010	50.78%	+16.78%
	Republican	David A. Reed (Incumbent)	1,366,872	46.46%	-17.92%
	Socialist	James H. Maurer	50,444	0.39%	-0.37%
	Prohibition	Edwin J. Fithian	19,985	0.68%	+0.19%
	Communist	Harry M. Wicks	6,170	0.21%	+0.21%
	Socialist Labor	George W. Ohls	4,665	0.16%	+0.12%
	N/A	Other	129	0.00%	N/A
Majority			127,948	4.32%
Turnout			2,942,275
	Democratic gain from Republican

Rhode Island

1934 United States Senate election in Rhode Island[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter G. Gerry	140,700	57.12%
	Republican	Felix Hebert (Incumbent)	105,545	42.85%
	None	Scattering	68	0.03%
Majority			35,155	14.27%
Turnout			246,313
	Democratic gain from Republican

Tennessee

There were two elections due to a resignation.

Tennessee (Regular)

Senator Kenneth D. McKellar

Three-term Democrat Kenneth D. McKellar was easily re-elected.

1934 United States Senate election in Tennessee[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth D. McKellar (Incumbent)	195,430	63.39%
	Republican	Ben W. Hooper	110,401	35.81%
	Independent	C. W. Holsington	2,443	0.79%
Majority			85,029	27.58%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Tennessee (Special)

Senator Nathan L. Bachman

One-term Democrat Cordell Hull resigned March 3, 1933 to become U.S. Secretary of State.

Democrat Nathan L. Bachman was appointed to continue Hull's term, pending a special election which Bachman easily won.

1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan L. Bachman	200,249	80.09%
	Independent	John Randolph Neal Jr.	49,773	19.91%
Majority			150,476	60.18%
Turnout			250,022
	Democratic hold

Texas

Senator Tom Connally

1934 United States Senate election in Texas[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Connally (Incumbent)	439,375	96.69
	Republican	U.S. Goen	12,895	2.84
	Socialist	W. B. Starr	1,828	0.40
	Communist	L. C. Keel	310	0.07
Majority			426,480	93.85
Turnout			454,408
	Democratic hold

Utah

1934 United States Senate election in Utah[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. King (Incumbent)	95,931	53.06%
	Republican	Don B. Colton	82,154	45.44%
	Socialist	John O. Waters	1,497	0.83%
	Communist	Cornelia B. Johnson	1,207	0.67%
Majority			13,777	7.92%
Turnout			180,792
	Democratic hold

Vermont

Vermont (Regular)

1934 United States Senate election in Vermont[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren Austin (Incumbent)	67,146	51.0%
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	63,632	48.4%
	Socialist	Charles R. Butler	771	0.0%
	N/A	Other	3	0.0%
Total votes			131,552	100

Vermont (Special)

1934 United States Senate special election in Vermont[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernest W. Gibson	28,436	58.2%
	Democratic	Harry W. Witters	20,382	41.7%
	N/A	Other	12	0.1%
Total votes			48,830	100.0%

Virginia

1934 United States Senate election in Virginia[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Incumbent)	109,963	75.96%	+4.65%
	Republican	Lawrence C. Page	30,289	20.92%	-5.75%
	Independent	J. L. Litz	1,503	1.04%
	Socialist	Herman R. Ansell	1,127	0.78%	+0.10%
	Independent	John G. Bowman	1,046	0.72%
	Communist	Alexander Wright	431	0.30%	+0.30%
	Prohibition	Hewman H. Raymond	391	0.27%	-0.15%
	Write-ins		22	0.02%	+0.02%
Majority			79,674	55.03%	+10.39%
Turnout			144,772
	Democratic hold

Washington

1934 United States Senate election in Washington[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis B. Schwellenbach	302,606	60.92%
	Republican	Reno Odlin	168,994	34.02%
	Cincinnatus Nonpartisan Movement	William J. Wilkins	11,866	2.39%
	Socialist	John F. McKay	7,192	1.45%
	Communist	George Edward Bradley	3,470	0.70%
	Prohibition	Chester H. Thompson	1,551	0.31%
	Socialist Labor	Edward Kriz	556	0.11%
	Washington State American Liberty League	Glen S. Corkery	453	0.09%
Majority			133,612	26.90%
Turnout			496,688
	Democratic hold

West Virginia

1934 United States Senate election in West Virginia[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rush Holt Sr.	349,882	55.14%
	Republican	Henry D. Hatfield (Incumbent)	281,756	44.40%
	Prohibition	John Wesley McDonald	2,931	0.46%
Majority			68,126	10.74%
Turnout			634,569
	Democratic gain from Republican

Wisconsin

1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Robert M. La Follette Jr. (Incumbent)	440,513	47.78%
	Democratic	John M. Callahan	223,438	24.24%
	Republican	John B. Chapple	210,569	22.84%
	Socialist	James P. Sheehan	44,453	4.82%
	Independent Communist	Fern Dobbins	2,127	0.23%
	Independent Prohibition	Theodore Lee	826	0.09%
	None	Scattering	23	0.00%
Majority			217,075	23.54%
Turnout			921,949
	Progressive hold

Wyoming

Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney

There were two elections to the same seat due to the November 3, 1933 death of Democrat John B. Kendrick.

Democrat Joseph C. O'Mahoney was appointed to continue the term, pending a special election. O'Mahoney won both the special election and the regular election to the next term.

Wyoming (Special)

1934 United States Senate special election in Wyoming[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Incumbent)	53,859	56.88%
	Republican	Vincent Carter	40,825	43.12%
Majority			13,034	13.76%
Turnout			94,684
	Democratic hold

Wyoming (Regular)

1934 United States Senate election in Wyoming[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Incumbent)	53,806	56.62%
	Republican	Vincent Carter	40,819	42.96%
	Socialist	Joseph N. Lunn	401	0.42%
Majority			12,987	13.70%
Turnout			95,026
	Democratic hold

O'Mahoney would be re-elected twice and serve until his 1952 defeat.

See also

• 1934 United States elections
  • 1934 United States House of Representatives elections
• 73rd United States Congress
• 74th United States Congress

Notes

1. There was a regular election September 10 in Maine and a January 16 special election in Vermont.
2. Appointee elected

References

1. Arthur Krock (November 7, 1934). "Tide Sweeps Nation". New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
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3. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Monacelli to Monro". politicalgraveyard.com.
4. "Our Campaigns - AZ US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
5. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
6. "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
7. "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
8. "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2015.