1924 United States Senate election in Michigan

1924 United States Senate election in Michigan

←  1918 November 4, 1924 1930  →

Nominee James J. Couzens Mortimer Cooley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 858,934 284,609 Percentage 74.27% 24.61%

County results Couzens:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%

U.S. senator before election James J. Couzens Republican Elected U.S. Senator James J. Couzens Republican

The 1924 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James J. Couzens, who was appointed following the resignation of Truman Newberry, was elected to a full term in a landslide. He also won the concurrent special election to serve out the remainder of Newberry's term (for the remainder of the 68th Congress), defeating the same candidates by roughly the same margin.

Background

In 1918, Truman Newberry defeated Henry Ford to win a six-year term in the United States Senate. Each candidate accused the other of campaign spending impropriety. Newberry was ultimately convicted of bribery, corruption of the press and elections boards, and voter fraud, though his convictions were overturned by the United States Supreme Court in Newberry v. United States . Following a separate Senate investigation, Newberry was permitted to take the seat but formally admonished for his excessive spending. Facing renewed calls for his removal from office, Newberry resigned effective November 18, 1922.

Governor Alex J. Groesbeck appointed James J. Couzens, the mayor of Detroit and a former Ford Motor Company executive, to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. Couzens was sworn in on November 29, 1922. A special election for the remainder of Newberry's unexpired term was scheduled for November 4, 1924, concurrent with the next general election to the seat.

General election

Candidates

• Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, professor at University of Michigan and former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Democratic)
• James J. Couzens, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1922 and former Mayor of Detroit (Republican)
• Logan M. Cunningham (Socialist Labor)
• Albert L. Day (Socialist)
• Frank E. Titus (Prohibition)

Results

1924 U.S. Senate election in Michigan ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James J. Couzens (incumbent)	858,934	74.27%	24.08
	Democratic	Mortimer Elwyn Cooley	284,609	24.61%	23.86
	Prohibition	Frank E. Titus	8,330	0.72%	0.46
	Socialist Labor	Logan M. Cunningham	3,080	0.27%	N/A
	Socialist	Albert L. Day	1,619	0.14%	0.95
Total votes			1,156,572	100.00%
	Republican hold

Special election results

1924 U.S. Senate election in Michigan ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James J. Couzens (incumbent)	839,569	75.04%
	Democratic	Mortimer Elwyn Cooley	266,851	23.85%
	Prohibition	Frank E. Titus	7,452	0.67%
	Socialist Labor	Logan M. Cunningham	3,360	0.30%	N/A
	Socialist	Albert L. Day	1,555	0.14%
	Write-in		16	0.00%
Total votes			1,118,803	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1924 United States Senate elections

References

1. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1925). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1924" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.