1932 United States Senate election in Missouri
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Nominee Bennett Champ Clark Henry Kiel
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,017,046 575,174
Percentage 63.26% 35.77%
County results
Clark:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Kiel:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Harry B. Hawes
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Bennett Champ Clark
Democratic

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The 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1932, in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry B. Hawes did not seek re-election, and Democratic candidate Bennett Champ Clark was elected with 63.26% of the vote over former Mayor of St. Louis Henry Kiel. Clark slightly underperformed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won 63.69% of the vote in the presidential election. He also notably carried the exact same counties Roosevelt carried in the Presidential Election

Hawes resigned his seat on February 3, 1933, and Clark was appointed to the vacancy before his full term began.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary August 2, 1932[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark 268,667 43.99
Democratic Charles M. Howell 173,266 28.37
Democratic Charles M. Hay 151,188 24.76
Democratic James W. Byrnes 11,776 1.93
Democratic Robert H. Merryman 5,819 0.95
Total votes 610,716 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary August 2, 1932[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry Kiel 172,447 50.42
Republican Dewey Jackson Short 71,936 21.03
Republican Robert J. Kratky 38,664 11.30
Republican B. F. Beazell 34,705 10.15
Republican Blodgett Priest 12,533 3.66
Republican Pearl Abernathy 11,753 3.44
Total votes 342,038 100

Other primaries

Communist

The Communist Party nominated Julius Pollack.

Prohibition

Prohibition primary August 2, 1932[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 21 100
Total votes 21 100

Socialist

Socialist primary August 2, 1932[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist J. G. Hodges 535 100
Total votes 535 100

Socialist Labour

Socialist Labour primary August 2, 1932[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Labor Karl L. Oberhue 38 100
Total votes 38 100

General election

1932 United States Senate election in Missouri[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) 1,017,046 63.26% +11.96
Republican Henry Kiel 575,174 35.77% -11.94
Socialist J. G. Hodges 11,441 0.71% +0.53
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 3,147 0.20% -0.56
Communist Julius Pollack 533 0.03% +0.03
Socialist Labor Karl L. Oberhue 417 0.03% -0.02
Majority 441,872 27.49%
Turnout 1,607,758
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "BYRNES, WET, ENTERS SENATORIAL PRIMARY". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. March 3, 1932. p. 13A. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  2. ^ Bennett Champ Clark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ "Charles Martin Hay Papers" (PDF). State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE FOR REPEAL". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. July 1, 1932. p. 10A. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  5. ^ "Tomorrow's Task in the Primaries". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. August 1, 1932. p. 2C. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  6. ^ "CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. June 3, 1932. p. 12A. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  7. ^ a b c d e Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1933 - 1934. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1934. p. 401. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "KIEL TO QUIT POLICE POST; FILES FOR SENATE". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. May 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  9. ^ "NINETY-NINE FILE FOR CONGRESSMAN". Weekly Record. New Madrid, Missouri. June 10, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved January 2, 2023 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  10. ^ "ROBERT J. KRATKY SEEKS NOMINATION FOR SENATOR". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. April 21, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  11. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. p. 18. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
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