1914 United States Senate election in Iowa

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1914 United States Senate election in Iowa

← 1908 November 2, 1914 1920 →
 
Nominee Albert B. Cummins Maurice Connolly Otis Spurgeon
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 205,832 167,251 24,490
Percentage 48.19% 39.16% 5.73%

Results by county
Cummins:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Connolly:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Albert B. Cummins
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Albert B. Cummins
Republican

The 1914 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Senator Albert B. Cummins was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Maurice Connolly and Otis Spurgeon.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1914 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert B. Cummins (inc.) 91,582 64.61%
Republican Arthur C. Savage 50,125 35.37%
Write-in 29 0.02%
Total votes 141,736 100.00%

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1914 Republican U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maurice Connolly 43,726 55.35%
Democratic Edwin T. Meredith 35,269 44.64%
Write-in 4 0.01%
Total votes 78,999 100.00%

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

  • M. L. Christian (Prohibition)
  • Maurice Connolly, U.S. Representative from Dubuque (Democratic)
  • Albert B. Cummins, incumbent Senator since 1908 (Republican)
  • I. S. McCullis (Socialist)
  • Casper Schenk (Progressive)
  • Otis Spurgeon (Independent)

Results[edit]

1914 United States Senate election in Iowa[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert B. Cummins (inc.) 205,832 48.19%
Democratic Maurice Connolly 167,251 39.16%
Independent Otis Spurgeon 24,490 5.73%
Progressive Casper Schenk 15,058 3.53%
Socialist I. S. McCullis 8,462 1.98%
Prohibition M. L. Christian 6,009 1.41%
Total votes 427,102 100.00%
Republican hold

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Iowa Official Register, 1915–16 (PDF). p. 651.
  2. ^ Iowa Official Register, 1915–16 (PDF). p. 654.
  3. ^ Iowa Official Register, 1915–16 (PDF). p. 514.