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The United States Senate elections, 1936 coincided with the re-election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Great Depression continued, and voters backed progressive candidates favoring Roosevelt's New Deal in races across the country. The Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer-Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction.
The Republicans took one open seat in Massachusetts, while the Democrats took an open seat in Michigan and defeated incumbents Daniel O. Hastings (R-DE), Lester J. Dickinson (R-IA), W. Warren Barbour (R-NJ), Jesse H. Metcalf (R-RI), and Robert D. Carey (R-WY).
[edit] Senate contests
| State |
Incumbent |
Party |
Status |
Opposing Candidates |
| Alabama |
John H. Bankhead II |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 87.0 - 12.2 |
H. E. Berkstresser (Republican)
|
| Arkansas |
Joseph T. Robinson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 81.8 - 16.4 |
G. C. Ledbetter (Republican)
|
| Colorado |
Edward P. Costigan |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, 63.5 - 35.3 |
Edwin C. Johnson (Democrat)
Raymond L. Sauter (Republican)
|
| Delaware |
Daniel O. Hastings |
Republican |
Defeated, 53.0 - 41.4 - 5.4 |
James H. Hughes (Democrat)
Robert G. Houston (Independent)
|
| Florida1 |
Scott M. Loftin |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, 80.9 - 19.1 |
Charles O. Andrews (Democrat)
Howard C. Babcock (Republican)
|
| Florida2 |
William Luther Hill |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, unopposed |
Claude Pepper (Democrat)
|
| Georgia |
Richard Russell, Jr. |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Idaho |
William E. Borah |
Republican |
Re-elected, 63.4 - 36.6 |
C. Ben Ross (Democrat)
|
| Illinois |
James H. Lewis |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 56.5 - 40.7 |
Otis F. Glenn (Republican)
|
| Iowa |
Lester J. Dickinson |
Republican |
Defeated, 50.5 - 47.1 |
Clyde L. Herring (Democrat)
|
| Iowa3 |
Richard L. Murphy |
Democrat |
Deceased: Democratic victory, 51.9 - 46.6 |
Guy M. Gillette (Democrat)
Berry F. Halden (Republican)
|
| Kansas |
Arthur Capper |
Republican |
Re-elected, 51.0 - 48.4 |
Omar B. Ketchum (Democrat)
|
| Kentucky |
Marvel M. Logan |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 58.8 - 39.8 |
Robert M. Lucas (Republican)
|
| Louisiana |
Rose McConnell Long |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, unopposed |
Allen J. Ellender (Democrat)
|
| Maine |
Wallace H. White, Jr. |
Republican |
Re-elected, 50.8 - 49.3 |
Louis J. Brann (Democrat)
|
| Massachusetts |
Marcus A. Coolidge |
Democrat |
Retired: Republican victory, 48.5 - 41.0 - 7.4 |
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Republican)
James Michael Curley (Democrat)
Thomas C. O'Brien (Independent)
|
| Michigan |
James Couzens |
Republican |
Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 53.3 - 41.8 |
Prentiss M. Brown (Democrat)
Wilber M. Brucker (Republican)
|
| Minnesota |
Elmer Austin Benson |
Farmer-Labor |
Retired: Farmer-Labor victory, 62.2 - 37.8 |
Ernest Lundeen (Farmer-Labor)
Theodore Christianson (Republican)
|
| Mississippi |
Pat Harrison |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Montana |
James E. Murray |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 55.0 - 27.1 - 17.9 |
T. O. Larsen (Republican)
Joseph P. Monaghan (Independent)
|
| Nebraska |
George W. Norris |
Independent |
Re-elected, 43.8 - 37.8 - 18.4 |
Robert G. Simmons (Republican)
Terry Carpenter (Democrat)
|
| New Hampshire |
Henry W. Keyes |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 51.9 - 47.7 |
Styles Bridges (Republican)
William N. Rogers (Democrat)
|
| New Jersey |
W. Warren Barbour |
Republican |
Defeated, 54.9 - 44.3 |
William H. Smathers (Democrat)
|
| New Mexico4 |
Dennis Chavez |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 55.7 - 44.2 |
M. A. Otero, Jr. (Republican)
|
| New Mexico |
Carl A. Hatch |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 61.7 - 38.3 |
Ernest W. Everly (Republican)
|
| North Carolina |
Josiah W. Bailey |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 70.8 - 29.2 |
Frank R. Patton (Republican)
|
| Oklahoma |
Thomas P. Gore |
Democrat |
Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 68.0 - 31.6 |
Josh Lee (Democrat)
Herbert K. Hyde (Republican)
|
| Oregon |
Charles L. McNary |
Republican |
Re-elected, 49.7 - 48.3 |
Willis Mahoney (Democrat)
|
| Rhode Island |
Jesse H. Metcalf |
Republican |
Defeated, 48.6 - 44.4 - 7.0 |
Theodore F. Green (Democrat)
Lapointe (Independent)
|
| South Carolina |
James F. Byrnes |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| South Dakota |
William J. Bulow |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 48.8 - 46.8 |
Chandler Gurney (Republican)
|
| Tennessee |
Nathan L. Bachman |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 76.4 - 18.8 |
Dwayne D. Maddox (Republican)
|
| Texas |
Morris Sheppard |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 92.6 - 7.1 |
Carlos G. Watson (Republican)
|
| Virginia |
Carter Glass |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 91.7 |
|
| West Virginia |
Matthew M. Neely |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 59.1 - 40.9 |
Hugh I. Shott (Republican)
|
| Wyoming |
Robert D. Carey |
Republican |
Defeated, 53.8 - 45.4 |
Harry H. Schwartz (Democrat)
|
1 special election held due to death of Park Trammell (D-FL)
2 special election held due to death of Duncan U. Fletcher (D-FL)
3 special election held due to death of Richard L. Murphy (D-IA)
4 special election held due to death of Bronson M. Cutting (R-NM)
[edit] Senate composition before and after elections
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