1932 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1926

November 8, 1932

1938 →


Nominee	Millard Tydings	Wallace Williams
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	293,389	138,536
Percentage	66.18%	31.25%

County results
Tydings: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Williams: 50–60%

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Question P

The 1932 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Wallace Williams.

Republican primary

Candidates

Linwood Clark, former U.S. Representative from Baltimore
Wallace Williams

Results

1932 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	24,150	58.66%
	Republican	Linwood Clark	17,021	41.34%
Total votes			41,171	100.00%

General election

Results

1932 U.S. Senate election in Maryland^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	293,389	66.18%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	138,536	31.25%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	8,105	1.83%
	Socialist Labor	Noah S. Twigg	1,859	0.42%
	Communist	Carl Bradley	1,449	0.33%
Total votes			443,338	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Results by county


County	Millard E. Tydings Democratic		Wallace Williams Republican		William A. Toole Socialist		Noah S. Twigg Labor		Carl Bradley Communist		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast
Allegany	11008	48.74%	10350	45.83%	813	3.60%	353	1.56%	60	0.27%	658	2.91%	22584
Anne Arundel	8945	68.35%	3872	29.58%	192	1.47%	48	0.37%	31	0.24%	5073	38.76%	13088
Baltimore (City)	150878	71.07%	54217	25.54%	5730	2.70%	628	0.30%	838	0.39%	96661	45.53%	212291
Baltimore (County)	23592	70.10%	9369	27.84%	500	1.49%	122	0.36%	72	0.21%	14223	42.26%	33655
Calvert	1495	50.52%	1439	48.63%	10	0.34%	6	0.20%	9	0.30%	56	1.89%	2959
Caroline	3172	63.85%	1758	35.39%	14	0.28%	12	0.24%	12	0.24%	1414	28.46%	4968
Carroll	5807	53.54%	4951	45.64%	35	0.32%	36	0.33%	18	0.17%	856	7.89%	10847
Cecil	4222	58.28%	2929	40.43%	43	0.59%	31	0.43%	19	0.26%	1293	17.85%	7244
Charles	1952	56.81%	1425	41.47%	15	0.44%	27	0.79%	17	0.49%	527	15.34%	3436
Dorchester	3905	58.02%	2766	41.09%	20	0.30%	16	0.24%	24	0.36%	1139	16.92%	6731
Frederick	9127	59.49%	5966	38.89%	111	0.72%	94	0.61%	44	0.29%	3161	20.60%	15342
Garrett	1393	41.12%	1885	55.64%	73	2.15%	30	0.89%	7	0.21%	-492	-14.52%	3388
Harford	6106	67.11%	2887	31.73%	55	0.60%	29	0.32%	22	0.24%	3219	35.38%	9099
Howard	3582	68.59%	1576	30.18%	23	0.44%	25	0.48%	16	0.31%	2006	38.41%	5222
Kent	2988	62.91%	1711	36.02%	12	0.25%	31	0.65%	8	0.17%	1277	26.88%	4750
Montgomery	11860	63.18%	6694	35.66%	105	0.56%	73	0.39%	39	0.21%	5166	27.52%	18771
Prince George's	10514	67.81%	4782	30.84%	98	0.63%	73	0.47%	37	0.24%	5732	36.97%	15504
Queen Anne's	3337	69.45%	1416	29.47%	11	0.23%	29	0.60%	12	0.25%	1921	39.98%	4805
St. Mary's	2091	67.32%	970	31.23%	9	0.29%	17	0.55%	19	0.61%	1121	36.09%	3106
Somerset	3689	58.29%	2582	40.80%	19	0.30%	15	0.24%	24	0.38%	1107	17.49%	6329
Talbot	4026	62.94%	2321	36.28%	18	0.28%	17	0.27%	15	0.23%	1705	26.65%	6397
Washington	10431	56.97%	7574	41.36%	158	0.86%	86	0.47%	62	0.34%	2857	15.60%	18311
Wicomico	3154	64.12%	1724	35.05%	12	0.24%	16	0.33%	13	0.26%	1430	29.07%	4919
Worcester	6055	65.37%	3102	33.49%	29	0.31%	45	0.49%	31	0.33%	2953	31.88%	9262
Total	293329	66.21%	138266	31.21%	8105	1.83%	1859	0.42%	1449	0.33%	155063	35.00%	443008

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

References

^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0266 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 266. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 02, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0274 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 274. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "1932 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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See also: Political party strength in Maryland

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