Claim: In the 1930 United States Senate election in Maine, Republican Wallace H. White Jr. received 46,904 votes, and Republican Owen Brewster (who served as the 54th Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929) received 39,489 votes.
Evidence: The 1930 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1930. 1930 Republican U.S. Senate primary Republican Wallace H. White Jr. 46,904 Republican Owen Brewster 39,489 Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, served as the 54th Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in the U.S. Senate from 1941 to 1952.