1932 United States Senate election in Illinois

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The 1932 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932.^[1] Incumbent Republican Otis F. Glenn was unseated by Democrat William H. Dieterich.

Election information

The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal elections (president and House) and those for state elections.^[1] Primaries were held April 12, 1932.^[1]

Background

The economic downturn that was the Great Depression was raging through the nation since the 1929 Wall Street crash. Many voters laid blame for the downturn and its impacts on Republican president Herbert Hoover.

The 1930 election for Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat saw the first instance after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (adopted in 1912) went into effect (instituting popular elections for U.S. senate) that a Republican lost a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, with Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis winning that election.^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Thomas A. Cummings
William H. Dieterich, U.S. congressman
Clarence H. Kavanaugh
Emmet Kennedy
Scott W. Lucas, former Mason County state's attorney^[3]
John B. Monroe
Thomas F. O'Donnell
Edward Sullivan
William Young

Results

Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Dieterich	342,360	51.04
	Democratic	Scott W. Lucas	144,028	21.47
	Democratic	Clarence H. Kavanaugh	38,055	5.67
	Democratic	Thomas F. O'Donnell	34,330	5.12
	Democratic	Edward Sullivan	33,242	4.96
	Democratic	John B. Monroe	21,411	3.19
	Democratic	Emmet Kennedy	20,677	3.08
	Democratic	William Young	20,462	3.05
	Democratic	Thomas A. Cummings	16,213	2.42
Total votes			670,778	100

Republican primary

Candidates

Otis F. Glenn, incumbent U.S. senator
Newton Jenkins, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1924 and 1930
T.B. Wright

Results

Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Otis F. Glenn (incumbent)	572,382	53.62
	Republican	Newton Jenkins	405,387	37.98
	Republican	T.B. Wright	89,677	8.40
Total votes			1,067,446	100

General election

1932 United States Senate election in Illinois^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Dieterich	1,670,466	52.23%
	Republican	Otis F. Glenn (incumbent)	1,471,841	46.02%
	Socialist	Charles Pogorelec	37,922	1.19%
	Communist	William E. Browder	13,318	0.42%
	Socialist Labor	G. A. Jenning	3,379	0.11%
	Independent	William. J. Baker	1,209	0.04%
	None	Scattering	16	0.00%
Majority			198,625	6.21%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

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1932 United States Senate election in Illinois

Contents

Election information

Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

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