1932 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1932 United States Senate election in Missouri
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Nominee Bennett Champ Clark Henry Kiel
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,017,046575,174
Percentage63.26%35.77%
1932 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg
County results
Clark:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Kiel:      50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Harry B. Hawes
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Bennett Champ Clark
Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1932, in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry B. Hawes did not seek re-election, and Democratic candidate Bennett Champ Clark was elected with 63.26% of the vote over former Mayor of St. Louis Henry Kiel. Clark slightly underperformed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won 63.69% of the vote in the presidential election. He also notably carried the exact same counties Roosevelt carried in the Presidential Election

Contents

Hawes resigned his seat on February 3, 1933, and Clark was appointed to the vacancy before his full term began.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary August 2, 1932 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark 268,667 43.99
Democratic Charles M. Howell173,26628.37
Democratic Charles M. Hay151,18824.76
Democratic James W. Byrnes11,7761.93
Democratic Robert H. Merryman5,8190.95
Total votes610,716 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary August 2, 1932 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry Kiel 172,447 50.42
Republican Dewey Jackson Short71,93621.03
Republican Robert J. Kratky38,66411.30
Republican B. F. Beazell34,70510.15
Republican Blodgett Priest12,5333.66
Republican Pearl Abernathy11,7533.44
Total votes342,038 100

Other primaries

Communist

The Communist Party nominated Julius Pollack.

Prohibition

Prohibition primary August 2, 1932 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 21 100
Total votes21 100

Socialist

Socialist primary August 2, 1932 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Socialist J. G. Hodges 535 100
Total votes535 100

Socialist Labour

Socialist Labour primary August 2, 1932 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Socialist Labor Karl L. Oberhue 38 100
Total votes38 100

General election

1932 United States Senate election in Missouri [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) 1,017,046 63.26% +11.96
Republican Henry Kiel 575,17435.77%−11.94
Socialist J. G. Hodges11,4410.71%+0.53
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 3,1470.20%−0.56
Communist Julius Pollack5330.03%+0.03
Socialist Labor Karl L. Oberhue4170.03%−0.02
Majority441,87227.49%
Turnout 1,607,758
Democratic hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "BYRNES, WET, ENTERS SENATORIAL PRIMARY" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. March 3, 1932. p. 13A. Retrieved December 31, 2022– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  2. ↑ Bennett Champ Clark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  3. ↑ "Charles Martin Hay Papers" (PDF). State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ "THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE FOR REPEAL" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. July 1, 1932. p. 10A. Retrieved December 31, 2022– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  5. ↑ "Tomorrow's Task in the Primaries" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. August 1, 1932. p. 2C. Retrieved December 31, 2022– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  6. ↑ "CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. June 3, 1932. p. 12A. Retrieved January 1, 2023– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1933 - 1934. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1934. p. 401. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 "KIEL TO QUIT POLICE POST; FILES FOR SENATE" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. May 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2023– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  9. ↑ "NINETY-NINE FILE FOR CONGRESSMAN" . Weekly Record. New Madrid, Missouri. June 10, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved January 2, 2023– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  10. ↑ "ROBERT J. KRATKY SEEKS NOMINATION FOR SENATOR" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . St. Louis, Missouri. April 21, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2023– via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  11. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. p. 18. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
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