1926 United States Senate election in New York

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1926 United States Senate election in New York
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  1920 November 2, 1926 1932  
  WAGNER, ROBERT. SENATOR LCCN2016862639 (croppedmore).jpg James W. Wadsworth, Jr.jpg Franklin W. Cristman Crop.png
Nominee Robert F. Wagner James W. Wadsworth Franklin W. Cristman
Party Democratic Republican Independent Republican
Alliance Prohibition
Popular vote1,321,4631,205,246231,906
Percentage46.48%42.40%8.16%

1926 United States Senate Election in New York by County.svg
County Results
Wagner:     50–60%     60–70%
Wadsworth:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Senator before election

James W. Wadsworth
Republican

Elected Senator

Robert F. Wagner
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.

Contents

Republican convention

Candidates

Campaign

Incumbent Senator Wadsworth was opposed by hard-line prohibitionists, who instead supported Franklin W. Cristman at the Republican Convention. [1]

Results

1926 Republican Convention [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (incumbent) 1,235 93.77%
Republican Franklin W. Cristman 584.40%
NoneAbstaining231.75%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 10.08%
Total votes1,317 100.00%

Democratic nomination

Candidates

General election

Candidates

After failing to qualify for a primary election against Senator Wadsworth, Cristman announced his campaign as an independent Republican. He supported Prohibition and was opposed to Wadsworth's position as a "wet" (or anti-Prohibition) Republican.

Results

1920 United States Senate election in New York [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert F. Wagner 1,321,463 46.48%
Republican James Wadsworth (incumbent)1,205,24642.40%
Independent Republican Franklin W. Cristman 231,9068.16%
Socialist Jessie Wallace Hughan 73,4122.58%
Communist William F. Dunne 6,4440.23%
Socialist Labor Joseph Brandon3,0640.15%
Total votes2,842,813 100.00%

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References

  1. "58 Drys Balk at Senator; ...13 Votes Also Fail Mills". The New York Times. September 29, 1926. (subscription required)
  2. "NY US Senate - R Convention". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. "NY US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 11, 2020.