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1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

 
Nominee Benjamin F. Shively Hugh Thomas Miller Albert J. Beveridge
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Popular vote 272,249 226,766 108,581
Percentage 42.14% 35.10% 16.81%

County results
Shively:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Miller:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Beveridge:      30-40%

U.S. senator before election

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

The 1914 United States Senate special election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1914. Incumbent Senator Benjamin F. Shively was re-elected to a second term in office over Hugh Thomas Miller and Albert J. Beveridge. This was the first popular election for United States Senator held in Indiana, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

General election

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Candidates

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  • Albert J. Beveridge, former Republican U.S. Senator (Progressive)
  • Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition)
  • James Matthews (Socialist Labor)
  • Hugh Thomas Miller, director of the Union Trust Company and former Lieutenant Governor (Republican)
  • Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist)
  • Benjamin F. Shively, incumbent Senator since 1909 (Democratic)

Results

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1914 U.S. Senate special election in Indiana[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin F. Shively (incumbent) 272,249 42.14%
Republican Hugh Thomas Miller 226,766 35.10%
Progressive Albert Beveridge 108,581 16.81%
Socialist Stephen N. Reynolds 21,719 3.36%
Prohibition Sumner W. Haynes 13,860 2.15%
Socialist Labor James Matthews 2,884 0.45%
Total votes 703,289 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1915). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1914" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16.