1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1916 United States Senate election in Indiana
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Nominee Benjamin F. Shively Hugh Thomas Miller Albert J. Beveridge
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Popular vote272,249226,766108,581
Percentage42.14%35.10%16.81%

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County results
Shively:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Miller:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%
Beveridge:     30-40%

U.S. senator before election

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

The 1914 United States Senate special election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1914. Incumbent Senator Benjamin F. Shively was re-elected to a second term in office over Hugh Thomas Miller and Albert J. Beveridge. This was the first popular election for United States Senator held in Indiana, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

1914 U.S. Senate special election in Indiana [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Benjamin F. Shively (incumbent) 272,249 42.14%
Republican Hugh Thomas Miller 226,76635.10%
Progressive Albert Beveridge 108,58116.81%
Socialist Stephen N. Reynolds21,7193.36%
Prohibition Sumner W. Haynes13,8602.15%
Socialist Labor James Matthews2,8840.45%
Total votes703,289 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1915). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1914" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16.