1926 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the 70th Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1927; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

1926 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the 70th Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning March 4, 1927; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Oscar Underwood	Democratic	1914 1920	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Hugo L. Black (Democratic) 80.9% E. H. Dryer (Republican) 19.1%

Arizona	Ralph H. Cameron	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Carl Hayden (Democratic) 58.3% Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 41.7%

Arkansas	Thaddeus H. Caraway	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thaddeus H. Caraway (Democratic) 82.8% R. A. Jones (Republican) 17.2%

California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel M. Shortridge (Republican) 63.1% John B. Elliott (Democratic) 36.9%

Colorado	Rice W. Means	Republican	1924 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Charles W. Waterman (Republican) 50.3% William E. Sweet (Democratic) 46.4%

Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	1924 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 63.3% Rollin U. Tyler (Democratic) 35.6%

Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 77.9% John M. Lindsay (Independent) 12.8%

Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Walter F. George (Democratic) Unopposed

Idaho	Frank R. Gooding	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank R. Gooding (Republican) 45.4% H. F. Samuels (Progressive) 29.6% John F. Nugent (Democratic) 25.0%

Illinois	William B. McKinley	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination, then died. New senator elected.	√ Frank L. Smith (Republican) 46.9% George E. Brennan (Democratic) 43.1% Hugh S. Magill (Independent) 8.7%

Indiana	James E. Watson	Republican	1916 (Special) 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James E. Watson (Republican) 50.0% Albert Stump (Democratic) 48.9% William H. Harris (Prohibitionist) 0.5% Forrest Wallace (Socialist) 0.5%

Iowa	David W. Stewart	Republican	1926 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner did not run to finish the term, see above.	√ Smith W. Brookhart (Republican) 56.6% Claude R. Porter (Democratic) 43.4%

Kansas	Charles Curtis	Republican	1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles Curtis (Republican), 63.6% Charles Stephens (Democratic) 34.7% M.L. Phillips (Socialist) 1.7%

Kentucky	Richard P. Ernst	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 51.8% Richard P. Ernst (Republican) 48.2%

Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democratic	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin S. Broussard (Democratic) Unopposed

Maryland	Ovington E. Weller	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Millard E. Tydings (Democratic) 57.5% Ovington E. Weller (Republican) 41.4% William A. Toole (Socialist) 1.1%

Missouri	George H. Williams	Republican	1925 (Appointed)	Incumbent appointee lost election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to finish the current term, see above.	√ Harry B. Hawes (Democratic) 51.3% George H. Williams (Republican) 47.7%

Nevada	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tasker L. Oddie (Republican), 55.8% Raymond T. Baker (Democratic) 42.5%

New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (Special) 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George H. Moses (Republican), 62.3% Robert C. Murchie (Democratic) 37.7%

New York	James Wadsworth	Republican	1914 1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 46.5% James Wadsworth (Republican) 42.4% Franklin W. Cristman (Indep. Republican) 8.2%

North Carolina	Lee S. Overman	Democratic	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lee S. Overman (Democratic), 60.5% Johnson J. Hayes (Republican) 39.5%

North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gerald P. Nye (Republican), 69.6% Norris H.

Ohio	Frank B. Willis	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank B. Willis (Republican), 53.2% Atlee Pomerene (Democratic) 46.6%

Oklahoma	John W. Harreld	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 54.8% John W. Harreld (Republican) 44.7%

Oregon	Robert N. Stanfield	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination, then ran as an Independent but lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 39.8% Bert E. Haney (Democratic) 36.3% Robert N. Stanfield (Independent) 22.5%

Pennsylvania	George W. Pepper	Republican	1922 (Appointed) 1922 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected.	√ William S. Vare (Republican) 54.6% William B. Wilson (Democratic) 43.1%

South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed

South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peter Norbeck (Republican), 59.5% C. J. Gunderson (Democratic) 33.3% Howard Platt (Independent) 7.2%

Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Reed Smoot (Republican), 61.5% Ashby Snow (Democratic) 37.6%

Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1923 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Porter H. Dale (Republican), 73.4% James E. Kennedy (Democratic) 26.5%

Washington	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	1908 1914 1920	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Wesley L. Jones (Republican), 51.3% A. Scott Bullitt (Democratic) 46.5%

Wisconsin	Irvine L. Lenroot	Republican	1920	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ John J. Blaine (Republican) 55.0% Charles D. Rosa (Independent) 20.3% Thomas M. Kearney (Democratic) 12.2% Leo Krzycki (Socialist) 5.7%

Sentence(s)

Colorado: Republican incumbent Rice W. Means lost renomination to Republican challenger Charles W. Waterman.

final_sentence: Colorado: Republican incumbent Rice W. Means lost renomination to Republican challenger Charles W. Waterman.