1928 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the 71st Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1929; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats, unless otherwise indicated.

1928 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the 71st Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1929; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats, unless otherwise indicated.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democratic	1912 1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry F. Ashurst (Democratic) 54.3% Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 45.7%

California	Hiram W. Johnson	Republican	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) 74.1% Minor Moore (Democratic) 18.2% Charles Hiram Randall (Independent) 5.9%

Connecticut	George P. McLean	Republican	1911 1922	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Frederic C. Walcott (Republican) 53.9% Augustine Lonergan (Democratic) 45.6%

Delaware	Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	1922 (Special) 1922	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican) 61.0% Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (Democratic) 39.1%

Florida	Park Trammell	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Park Trammell (Democratic) 68.5% Barclay H. Warburton (Republican) 31.5%

Indiana	Arthur Raymond Robinson	Republican	1926 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) 55.3% Albert Stump (Democratic) 44.1%

Maine	Frederick Hale	Republican	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frederick Hale (Republican) 69.6% Herbert E. Holmes (Democratic) 30.4%

Maryland	William Cabell Bruce	Democratic	1922	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) 54.1% William Cabell Bruce (Democratic) 45.2%

Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democratic	1926 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David I. Walsh (Democratic) 53.6% Benjamin Loring Young (Republican) 45.5%

Michigan	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Republican	1928 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above.	√ Arthur H. Vandenberg (Republican) 71.8% John W. Bailey (Democratic) 27.7%

Minnesota	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer–Labor	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henrik Shipstead (Farmer–Labor) 65.4% Arthur E. Nelson (Republican) 33.7%

Mississippi	Hubert D. Stephens	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hubert D. Stephens (Democratic) Unopposed

Missouri	James A. Reed	Democratic	1910 1916 1922	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Roscoe C. Patterson (Republican) 51.9% Charles M. Hay (Democratic) 47.9%

Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 53.2% Joseph M. Dixon (Republican) 46.8%

Nebraska	Robert B. Howell	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert B. Howell (Republican) 61.3% Richard L. Metcalfe (Democratic) 38.7%

Nevada	Key Pittman	Democratic	1913 (Special) 1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Key Pittman (Democratic) 59.3% Samuel Platt (Republican) 40.7%

New Jersey	Edward I. Edwards	Democratic	1922	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Hamilton F. Kean (Republican) 57.9% Edward I. Edwards (Democratic) 41.8%

New Mexico	Bronson M. Cutting	Republican	1927 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected. Winner was not elected to finish the current term, see above.	√ Bronson M. Cutting (Republican) 57.7% Jethro S. Vaught (Democratic) 42.3%

New York	Royal S. Copeland	Democratic	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Royal S. Copeland (Democratic) 49.1% Alanson B. Houghton (Republican) 47.9%

North Dakota	Lynn J. Frazier	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lynn J. Frazier (Republican) 79.6% F. F. Burchard (Democratic) 19.4%

Ohio	Simeon D. Fess	Republican	1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Simeon D. Fess (Republican) 60.7% Charles V. Truax (Democratic) 39.1%

Pennsylvania	David A. Reed	Republican	1922 (Appointed) 1922 (Special) 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David A. Reed (Republican) 64.4% William N. McNair (Democratic) 34.0%

Rhode Island	Peter G. Gerry	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Felix Hebert (Republican) 50.6% Peter G. Gerry (Democratic) 49.3%

Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kenneth D. McKellar (Democratic) 59.3% J. A. Fowler (Republican) 40.7%

Texas	Earle Bradford Mayfield	Democratic	1922	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Tom Connally (Democratic) 81.2% T. M. Kennerly (Republican) 18.7%

Utah	William H. King	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William H. King (Democratic) 55.5% Ernest Bamberger (Republican) 43.9%

Vermont	Frank L. Greene	Republican	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank L. Greene (Republican) 71.6% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 28.5%

Virginia	Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	1910 (Appointed) 1911 (Appointed) 1912 (Special) 1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Claude A. Swanson 99.8% Unopposed

Washington	Clarence C. Dill	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Clarence C. Dill (Democratic) 53.4% Kenneth Mackintosh (Republican) 46.5% Alex Noral (Workers (Communist) Party) 0.1%

West Virginia	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	1922	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Henry D. Hatfield (Republican) 50.7% Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 49.2%

Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette, Jr.	Republican	1925 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Republican) 85.6% William H. Markham (Independent) 11.0% David W. Emerson (Prohibitionist) 2.9%

Wyoming	John B. Kendrick	Democratic	1916 1922	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John B. Kendrick (Democratic) 53.5% Charles E. Winter (Republican) 46.1%

Sentence(s)

West Virginia: Democratic incumbent Matthew M. Neely lost re-election to Republican challenger Henry D. Hatfield.

final_sentence: West Virginia: Democratic incumbent Matthew M. Neely lost re-election to Republican challenger Henry D. Hatfield.