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The United States Senate elections of 1930 occurred in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's term. With the Great Depression beginning to take hold, Republican incumbents became unpopular, [1] and Democrats picked up a net of eight seats, erasing the Republican gains from the previous election cycle. Republicans retained control of the U.S. Senate since Vice President Charles Curtis cast the tie-breaking vote. This was the first of four consecutive Senate elections in the Depression in which Democrats made enormous gains, achieving a cumulative pick-up of 34 seats.
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. Prior to serving as president, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the 3rd U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late-1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how intensely the world's economy can decline.
In Louisiana, Democratic Senator-elect Huey Long chose not to take his Senate seat until January 25, 1932 so he could remain as Governor of Louisiana. The Republicans therefore retained the plurality of seats at the beginning of the next Congress. With Vice President Charles Curtis (R) able to cast tie-breaking votes, the Republicans would have majority control with their 48 of the 96 seats. That slim control was further weakened in the last months of the next Congress with several mid-term seat changes.
Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and was willing to take forceful action. He established the long-term political prominence of the Long family.
Charles Curtis was an American attorney and politician, who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
In Minnesota, Henrik Shipstead was not up for election in 1930. He was a former Republican who became a Farmer–Laborite in 1922. Although the Farmer–Laborites would later merge with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (in 1944), Shipstead and his contemporaries were not aligned with either major party.[ citation needed ] He would later rejoin the party in 1940.
Henrik Shipstead was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947, from the state of Minnesota in the 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th Congresses. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 and then as a Republican from 1941 to 1947.
The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought to make common cause in the political sphere to redress their grievances.
The Republicans only gained one seat by defeating incumbent Daniel F. Steck (D-IA). The Democrats took open seats in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, and West Virginia, and defeated five incumbents:
Daniel Frederic Steck, was the only Iowa Democrat in the United States Senate between the American Civil War and the Great Depression. He was sworn in as Senator only after an extraordinary election challenge, in which his apparent defeat at the polls by a Progressive Party ally running as a Republican was reversed by a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate over seventeen months later.
Colorado is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. Chicagoland, Chicago's metropolitan area, encompasses over 65% of the state's population. The Port of Chicago connects the state to international ports via two main routes: from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway to the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.
Henry Justin Allen was the 21st Governor of Kansas (1919–1923) and U.S. Senator from Kansas (1929–30).
John Marshall Robsion, a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
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In these special elections, the winner were seated during 1930; ordered by election date (then by state).
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Kansas (Class 3) | Henry J. Allen | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Democratic gain. | √ George McGill (Democratic) 50.0% Henry J. Allen (Republican) 48.0% |
Kentucky (Class 2) | John M. Robsion | Republican | 1930 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Democratic gain. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below. | √ Ben M. Williamson (Democratic) 52.3% John M. Robsion (Republican) 47.7% [2] |
New Jersey (Class 2) | David Baird Jr. | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. | √ Dwight W. Morrow (Republican) 59.1% Alexander Simpson (Democratic) 38.6% [3] |
Ohio (Class 3) | Roscoe C. McCulloch | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Democratic gain. | √ Robert J. Bulkley (Democratic) 54.8% Roscoe C. McCulloch (Republican) 45.2% |
Pennsylvania (Class 3) | Joseph R. Grundy | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Republican hold. | √ James J. Davis (Republican) 71.5% Sedgwick Kistler (Democratic) 25.6% |
Tennessee (Class 2) | William E. Brock | Democratic | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected November 4, 1930. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below. | √ William E. Brock (Democratic) 74.4% F. Todd Meacham (Republican) 25.63% [4] |
Wyoming (Class 2) | Patrick J. Sullivan | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 4, 1930. Republican hold. Winner also elected to the next term, see below. | √ Robert D. Carey (Republican) 58.8% Henry H. Schwartz (Democratic) 41.2% [5] |
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1931; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | James T. Heflin | Democratic | 1920 (Special) 1924 | Incumbent disqualified from nomination for supporting Herbert Hoover. Incumbent lost general election as an independent. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ John H. Bankhead II (Democratic) 59.7% James T. Heflin (Independent) 40.3% |
Arkansas | Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph T. Robinson (Democratic) Unopposed |
Colorado | Lawrence C. Phipps | Republican | 1918 1924 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Edward P. Costigan (Democratic) 55.9% George H. Shaw (Republican) 42.7% |
Delaware | Daniel O. Hastings | Republican | 1928 (Appointed) | Interim appointee elected. | √ Daniel O. Hastings (Republican) 54.5% Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (Democratic) 45.4% |
Georgia | William J. Harris | Democratic | 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William J. Harris (Democratic) Unopposed |
Idaho | William Borah | Republican | 1907 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William Borah (Republican)72.4% Joseph M. Tyler (Democratic) 27.6% |
Illinois | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1924 1925 (Appointed) [6] | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ James H. Lewis (Democratic) 64.0% Ruth H. McCormick (Republican) 30.7% |
Iowa | Daniel F. Steck | Democratic | 1926 (Challenge) | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. | √ Lester J. Dickinson (Republican) 56.3% Daniel F. Steck (Democratic) 43.0% |
Kansas | Arthur Capper | Republican | 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Arthur Capper (Republican)61.1% Jonathan M. Davis (Democratic) 38.9% |
Kentucky | John M. Robsion | Republican | 1930 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ M. M. Logan (Democratic) 52.1% John M. Robsion (Republican) 47.9% [2] |
Louisiana | Joseph E. Ransdell | Democratic | 1912 1918 1924 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Huey Long (Democratic) Unopposed |
Maine | Arthur J. Gould | Republican | 1926 (Appointed) | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. | √ Wallace H. White, Jr. (Republican) 60.9% Frank W. Haskell (Democratic) 39.1% |
Massachusetts | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Marcus A. Coolidge (Democratic) 54.0% William M. Butler (Republican) 44.7% |
Michigan | James Couzens | Republican | 1922 (Appointed) 1924 (Special) 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ James Couzens (Republican) 78.2% Thomas A. E. Weadock (Democratic) 20.9% |
Minnesota | Thomas D. Schall | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas D. Schall (Republican) 37.6% Einar Hoidale (Democratic) 36.1% Ernest Lundeen (Farmer–Labor) 22.9% |
Mississippi | Pat Harrison | Democratic | 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Pat Harrison (Democratic) Unopposed |
Montana | Thomas J. Walsh | Democratic | 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas J. Walsh (Democratic) 60.3% Albert J. Galen (Republican) 37.9% |
Nebraska | George W. Norris | Republican | 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ George W. Norris (Republican) 56.8% Gilbert M. Hitchcock (Democratic) 39.7% |
New Hampshire | Henry W. Keyes | Republican | 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Henry W. Keyes (Republican) 57.9% Albert W. Noone (Democratic) 41.9% |
New Jersey | David Baird Jr. | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner also elected to finish the term, see above. | √ Dwight W. Morrow (Republican) 58.5% Alexander Simpson (Democratic) 39.0% [3] |
New Mexico | Sam G. Bratton | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Sam G. Bratton (Democratic) 58.6% Herbert B. Holt (Republican) 41.2% |
North Carolina | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | 1901 1907 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Josiah W. Bailey (Democratic) 60.6% George M. Pritchard (Republican) 39.4% |
Oklahoma | William B. Pine | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Thomas P. Gore (Democratic) 52.3% William B. Pine (Republican) 47.5% |
Oregon | Charles L. McNary | Republican | 1917 (Appointed) 1918 (Not elected) 1918 (Appointed) 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Charles L. McNary (Republican) 58.1% Elton Watkins (Democratic) 27.9% L. A. Banks (Independent) 7.4% |
Rhode Island | Jesse H. Metcalf | Republican | 1924 (Special) 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Jesse H. Metcalf (Republican) 50.3% Peter G. Gerry (Democratic) 49.2% |
South Carolina | Coleman L. Blease | Democratic | 1924 | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ James F. Byrnes (Democratic) Unopposed |
South Dakota | William H. McMaster | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ William J. Bulow (Democratic) 51.6% William H. McMaster (Republican) 48.4% |
Tennessee | William E. Brock | Democratic | 1929 (Appointed) | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | √ Cordell Hull (Democratic) 71.3% Paul E. Divine (Republican) 27.1% |
Texas | Morris Sheppard | Democratic | 1913 (Special) 1913 1918 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Morris Sheppard (Democratic) 86.9% D. J. Haesly (Republican) 12.7% |
Virginia | Carter Glass | Democratic | 1920 (Appointed) 1920 (Special) 1924 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Carter Glass (Democratic) 76.7% J. Cloyd Byars (Independent) 17.9% Joe C. Morgan (Socialist) 5.4% |
West Virginia | Guy D. Goff | Republican | 1924 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | √ Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 61.9% James E. Jones (Republican) 37.9% |
Wyoming | Patrick J. Sullivan | Republican | 1929 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner was also elected to finish the tern, see above. | √ Robert D. Carey (Republican) 59.1% Henry H. Schwartz (Democratic) 41.0% [5] |
In these special elections, the winners were seated after March 4, 1931.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Vermont (Class 1) | Frank C. Partridge | Republican | 1930 (Appointed) | Frank L. Greene (R) had died December 17, 1930, and Partrdige was appointed December 23, 1930 to continue the term. Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected March 31, 1931. Republican hold. | √ Warren Austin (Republican) 64.0% Stephen M. Driscoll (Democratic) 35.6% [7] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Marcus A. Coolidge | 651,939 | 54.01% | ||
Republican | William M. Butler | 539,226 | 44.67% | ||
Socialist | Sylvester J. McBride | 7,244 | 0.60% | ||
Socialist Labor | Oscar Kinsalas | 4,640 | 0.38% | ||
Communist | Max Lerner | 3,962 | 0.34% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Walsh (inc.) | 106,274 | 60.33% | +7.52% | |
Republican | Albert J. Galen | 66,724 | 37.88% | -4.52% | |
Farmer–Labor | Charles E. Taylor | 1,789 | 1.02% | -3.32% | |
Socialist | John F. McKay | 1,006 | 0.57% | +0.26% | |
Communist | Willis L. Wright | 368 | 0.21% | ||
Majority | 39,550 | 22.45% | +12.04% | ||
Turnout | 176,161 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Walsh (inc.) | 106,274 | 60.33% | +7.52% | |
Republican | Albert J. Galen | 66,724 | 37.88% | -4.52% | |
Farmer–Labor | Charles E. Taylor | 1,789 | 1.02% | -3.32% | |
Socialist | John F. McKay | 1,006 | 0.57% | +0.26% | |
Communist | Willis L. Wright | 368 | 0.21% | ||
Majority | 39,550 | 22.45% | +12.04% | ||
Turnout | 176,161 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | James F. Byrnes | 16,211 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 16,211 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,211 | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Carter Glass (inc.) | 112,002 | 76.67% | +3.55% | |
Independent Democratic | J. Cloyd Byars | 26,091 | 17.86% | +17.86% | |
Socialist | Joe C. Morgan | 7,944 | 5.44% | +5.44% | |
Write-ins | 49 | 0.03% | +0.03% | ||
Majority | 85,911 | 58.81% | +9.87% | ||
Turnout | 146,086 | ||||
Democratic hold | |||||
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