1932 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1932 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Millard Tydings Wallace Williams Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 293,389 138,536 Percentage 66.18% 31.25%

County results Tydings:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Williams:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election Millard Tydings Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Millard Tydings Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Wallace Williams.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Linwood Clark, former U.S. Representative from Baltimore
• Wallace Williams

Results

1932 Republican U.S. Senate primary ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	24,150	58.66%
	Republican	Linwood Clark	17,021	41.34%
Total votes			41,171	100.00%

General election

Results

1932 U.S. Senate election in Maryland ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	293,389	66.18%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	138,536	31.25%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	8,105	1.83%
	Socialist Labor	Noah S. Twigg	1,859	0.42%
	Communist	Carl Bradley	1,449	0.33%
Total votes			443,338	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Results by county

County	Millard E. Tydings Democratic		Wallace Williams Republican		William A. Toole Socialist		Noah S. Twigg Labor		Carl Bradley Communist		Margin		Total Votes Cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	11008	48.74%	10350	45.83%	813	3.60%	353	1.56%	60	0.27%	658	2.91%	22584
Anne Arundel	8945	68.35%	3872	29.58%	192	1.47%	48	0.37%	31	0.24%	5073	38.76%	13088
Baltimore (City)	150878	71.07%	54217	25.54%	5730	2.70%	628	0.30%	838	0.39%	96661	45.53%	212291
Baltimore (County)	23592	70.10%	9369	27.84%	500	1.49%	122	0.36%	72	0.21%	14223	42.26%	33655
Calvert	1495	50.52%	1439	48.63%	10	0.34%	6	0.20%	9	0.30%	56	1.89%	2959
Caroline	3172	63.85%	1758	35.39%	14	0.28%	12	0.24%	12	0.24%	1414	28.46%	4968
Carroll	5807	53.54%	4951	45.64%	35	0.32%	36	0.33%	18	0.17%	856	7.89%	10847
Cecil	4222	58.28%	2929	40.43%	43	0.59%	31	0.43%	19	0.26%	1293	17.85%	7244
Charles	1952	56.81%	1425	41.47%	15	0.44%	27	0.79%	17	0.49%	527	15.34%	3436
Dorchester	3905	58.02%	2766	41.09%	20	0.30%	16	0.24%	24	0.36%	1139	16.92%	6731
Frederick	9127	59.49%	5966	38.89%	111	0.72%	94	0.61%	44	0.29%	3161	20.60%	15342
Garrett	1393	41.12%	1885	55.64%	73	2.15%	30	0.89%	7	0.21%	-492	-14.52%	3388
Harford	6106	67.11%	2887	31.73%	55	0.60%	29	0.32%	22	0.24%	3219	35.38%	9099
Howard	3582	68.59%	1576	30.18%	23	0.44%	25	0.48%	16	0.31%	2006	38.41%	5222
Kent	2988	62.91%	1711	36.02%	12	0.25%	31	0.65%	8	0.17%	1277	26.88%	4750
Montgomery	11860	63.18%	6694	35.66%	105	0.56%	73	0.39%	39	0.21%	5166	27.52%	18771
Prince George's	10514	67.81%	4782	30.84%	98	0.63%	73	0.47%	37	0.24%	5732	36.97%	15504
Queen Anne's	3337	69.45%	1416	29.47%	11	0.23%	29	0.60%	12	0.25%	1921	39.98%	4805
St. Mary's	2091	67.32%	970	31.23%	9	0.29%	17	0.55%	19	0.61%	1121	36.09%	3106
Somerset	3689	58.29%	2582	40.80%	19	0.30%	15	0.24%	24	0.38%	1107	17.49%	6329
Talbot	4026	62.94%	2321	36.28%	18	0.28%	17	0.27%	15	0.23%	1705	26.65%	6397
Washington	10431	56.97%	7574	41.36%	158	0.86%	86	0.47%	62	0.34%	2857	15.60%	18311
Wicomico	3154	64.12%	1724	35.05%	12	0.24%	16	0.33%	13	0.26%	1430	29.07%	4919
Worcester	6055	65.37%	3102	33.49%	29	0.31%	45	0.49%	31	0.33%	2953	31.88%	9262
Total	293329	66.21%	138266	31.21%	8105	1.83%	1859	0.42%	1449	0.33%	155063	35.00%	443008

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Allegany
• Calvert
• Charles
• Frederick
• Somerset
• Washington

See also

• 1932 United States Senate elections
• 1932 United States elections

References

1. "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0266 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 266. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
2. "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 02, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
3. "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0274 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 274. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
4. "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
5. "1932 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.