1914 United States Senate election in Connecticut

The 1914 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 3, 1914.

1914 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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Nominee Frank B. Brandegee Simeon E. Baldwin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 216,792 131,824 Percentage 49.8% 42.1%

County results Municipality results Brandegee:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Baldwin:      40–50%      50–60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Frank B. Brandegee Republican Elected U.S. Senator Frank B. Brandegee Republican

Incumbent Senator Frank B. Brandegee was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Augustine Lonergan.

General election

Candidates

• Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut (Democratic)
• Frank B. Brandegee, incumbent Senator since 1905 (Republican)
• Frederick Platt (Prohibition)
• Herbert Smith (Progressive)
• George Spiess (Socialist)
• Clarence Warner (Socialist Labor)

Results

1914 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank B. Brandegee (incumbent)	89,983	49.77%
	Democratic	Simeon E. Baldwin	76,081	42.08%
	Progressive	Herbert Smith	6,853	3.79%
	Socialist	George Spiess	5,890	3.26%
	Prohibition	Frederick Platt	1,356	0.75%
	Socialist Labor	Clarence Warner	650	0.36%
Majority			13,902	7.69%
Total votes			180,813	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1914 United States Senate elections