1932 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the 73rd Congress
All elections are for Class 3 seats.

1932 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the 73rd Congress
Table Section Text: All elections are for Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Hugo L. Black	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugo L. Black (Democratic) 86.3% J. Theodore Johnson (Republican) 13.8%

Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl Hayden (Democratic) 66.7% Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 32.1%

Arkansas	Hattie W. Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	√ Hattie W. Caraway (Democratic) 89.5% John W. White (Republican) 10.5%

California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ William G. McAdoo (Democratic) 43.4% Tallant Tubbs (Republican) 30.8% Robert P. Shuler (Prohibition) 25.8%

Colorado	Walter Walker	Democratic	1932 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected to next term.	√ Alva B. Adams (Democratic) 52.23% Karl C. Schuyler (Republican) 45.78% Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 1.99%

Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	1924 (Special) 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Augustine Lonergan (Democratic) 48.5% Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 47.7%

Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1909 (Appointed) 1909 (Special) 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 99.8%

Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (Special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Walter F. George (Democratic) 92.8% James W. Arnold (Republican) 7.2%

Idaho	John Thomas	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ James Pope (Democratic) 55.7% John Thomas (Republican) 42.3%

Illinois	Otis F. Glenn	Republican	1928 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ William H. Dieterich (Democratic) 52.2% Otis F. Glenn (Republican) 46.0%

Indiana	James E. Watson	Republican	1916 (Special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Frederick Van Nuys (Democratic) 55.6% James E. Watson (Republican) 42.3%

Iowa	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican	1926	Incumbent lost renomination. Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Richard L. Murphy (Democratic) 54.9% Henry Field (Republican) 40.8%

Kansas	George McGill	Democratic	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George McGill (Democratic) 45.7% Ben S. Paulen (Republican) 42.0%

Kentucky	Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 59.2% Maurice Thatcher (Republican) 40.5%

Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democratic	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ John H. Overton (Democratic) Unopposed

Maryland	Millard E. Tydings	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Millard E. Tydings (Democratic) 66.2% Wallace Williams (Republican) 31.2%

Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Democratic	1926 (Special) 1926	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent then resigned and winner was appointed to finish the current term.	√ Bennett Champ Clark (Democratic) 63.2% Henry Kiel (Republican) 35.9%

Nevada	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Patrick A. McCarran (Democratic) 52.1% Tasker L. Oddie (Republican) 47.9%

New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 50.4% George H. Moses (Republican) 49.3%

New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 55.8% George Z. Medalie (Republican) 38.6%

North Carolina	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	1930 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above.	√ Robert R. Reynolds (Democratic) 68.6% Jake F. Newell (Republican) 31.4%

North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gerald P. Nye (Republican) 72.3% P. W. Lanier (Democratic) 27.5%

Ohio	Robert J. Bulkley	Democratic	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert J. Bulkley (Democratic) 52.5% Gilbert Bettman (Republican) 45.8%

Oklahoma	Elmer Thomas	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 65.6% Wirt Franklin (Republican) 33.7%

Oregon	Frederick Steiwer	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 52.7% Walter B. Gleason (Democratic) 38.9%

Pennsylvania	James J. Davis	Republican	1930 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James J. Davis (Republican) 49.3% Lawrence H. Rupp (Democratic) 43.2%

South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed

South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peter Norbeck (Republican) 53.8% U.S.G. Cherry (Democratic) 44.6%

Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Elbert D. Thomas (Democratic) 56.7% Reed Smoot (Republican) 41.7%

Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1909 (Appointed) 1923 (Special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Porter H. Dale (Republican) 55.1% Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 44.9%

Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected.	√ Homer T. Bone (Democratic) 60.6% Wesley L. Jones (Republican) 32.7%

Wisconsin	John J. Blaine	Republican	1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ F. Ryan Duffy (Democratic) 57.0% John B. Chapple (Republican) 36.2% Emil Seidel (Socialist) 6.1%

Sentence(s)

In the 1932 United States Senate elections for Illinois, one-term Republican Otis F. Glenn lost to Democratic challenger William H. Dieterich.

final_sentence: In the 1932 United States Senate elections for Illinois, one-term Republican Otis F. Glenn lost to Democratic challenger William H. Dieterich.