1934 United States Senate election in Delaware

1934 United States Senate election in Delaware

←  1928 November 6, 1934 1940  →

Nominee John G. Townsend Jr. Wilbur L. Adams Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 52,829 45,771 Percentage 53.27% 46.16%

County results Townsend:     50-60% Adams:     50-60%

U.S. senator before election John G. Townsend Jr. Republican Elected U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. Republican

The 1934 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Wilbur L. Adams.

General election

Candidates

• Wilbur L. Adams, U.S. Representative at-large since 1933 (Democratic)
• John G. Townsend Jr., incumbent Senator since 1929 (Republican)
• Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist)
• John T. Wlodkoski (Communist)

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Delaware ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John G. Townsend Jr. (incumbent)	52,829	53.27%	7.68
	Democratic	Wilbur L. Adams	45,771	46.16%	7.11
	Socialist	Fred W. Whiteside	497	0.50%	N/A
	Communist	John T. Wlodkoski	69	0.07%	N/A
Total votes			99,166	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1934 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 4.