1914 United States Senate election in Iowa

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.

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

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Results

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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

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Candidates

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  • 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

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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

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Notes

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References

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  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.