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The United States Senate elections of 1923 were special elections that occurred in the near the end of Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. The Farmer-Labor party gained one seat from Republicans who kept the other seat and their majority.
At the beginning of the 68th Congress in March 1923.
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| D39 | D40 | D41 | D42 | FL1 | R53 Died | R52 Died | R51 | R50 | R49 |
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| D38 | D37 | D36 | D35 | D34 | D33 | D32 | D31 | D30 | D29 |
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In these special elections, the winners were seated after March 4, 1923.
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| Minnesota (Class 2) | Knute Nelson | Republican | 1895 1901 1907 1913 1918 | Incumbent died April 28, 1923. New senator elected July 16, 1923. Farmer–Labor gain. |
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| Vermont (Class 3) | William P. Dillingham | Republican | 1900 (special) 1902 1908 1914 1920 | Incumbent died July 23, 1923. New senator elected November 6, 1923. Republican hold. |
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| Farmer–Labor | Magnus Johnson | 290,165 | 57.48% | |
| Republican | J. A. O. Preus | 195,319 | 38.69% | |
| Democratic | James A. Carley | 19,311 | 3.83% | |
| Total votes | 504,795 | 100.00% | ||
| Majority | 94,846 | 18.79% | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Porter H. Dale | 26,654 | 53.7% | |
| Republican | John W. Redmond | 13,727 | 27.6% | |
| Republican | Stanley C. Wilson | 9,250 | 18.6% | |
| Republican | Other | 28 | 0.1% | |
| Total votes | 49,659 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Park H. Pollard | 1,428 | 99.0% | |
| Democratic | Other | 15 | 1.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,443 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Porter H. Dale | 30,388 | 65.7% | |
| Democratic | Park H. Pollard | 15,580 | 33.7% | |
| Conservation | Marshall J. Hapgood | 248 | 0.5% | |
| Total | Other | 70 | 0.1% | |
| Total votes | 46,286 | 100.0% | ||
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