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1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

← 1928 November 6, 1934 1940 →
 
Nominee Robert La Follette Jr. John M. Callahan John B. Chapple
Party Progressive Democratic Republican
Popular vote 440,513 223,438 210,569
Percentage 47.78% 24.24% 22.84%

County results
La Follete Jr.:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Callahan:      30–40%      40–50%
Chapple:      30–40%      40–50%

U.S. senator before election

Robert La Follette Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert La Follette Jr.
Progressive

The 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1934.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. left his party and, with his brother Philip, formed the new Wisconsin Progressive Party. La Follette was re-elected on the Progressive ticket over Democrat John M. Callahan and Republican John B. Chapple. Robert La Follette Jr. was the first non-Republican to have won an election for this seat to the United States Senate from Wisconsin since John Lendrum Mitchell in 1893.

Progressive primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 Progressive U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Robert M. La Follette Jr. (incumbent) 154,373 100.00%
Total votes 154,373 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John B. Chapple 126,034 100.00%
Total votes 126,034 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Gertrude Bowler in 1924

Candidates

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Results

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1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John M. Callahan 58,270 29.06%
Democratic Francis E. McGovern 48,931 24.41%
Democratic Charles E. Hammersley 38,369 19.14%
Democratic William D. Carroll 29,137 14.53%
Democratic Gertrude Bowler 25,785 12.86%
Total votes 200,492 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • John B. Chapple, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Republican)
  • John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (Democratic)
  • Fern Dobbins (Independent Communist)
  • Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 (Progressive)
  • Theodore Lee (Independent Prohibition)
  • James P. Sheehan (Socialist)

Results

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1934 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert La Follette Jr. (incumbent) 440,513 47.78% N/A
Democratic John M. Callahan 223,438 24.24% N/A
Republican Fred H. Clausen 210,569 22.84% Decrease62.73
Socialist James P. Sheehan 44,453 4.82% N/A
Communist Fern Dobbins 2,127 0.23% Increase0.03
Prohibition Theodore Lee 826 0.09% Decrease2.79
Write-in 23 0.00% N/A
Total votes 921,949 100.00%
Progressive gain from Republican

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935" (PDF). p. 548. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935" (PDF). Our Campaigns. p. 599. Retrieved June 17, 2021.