1914_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois
1914 United States Senate election in Illinois
Illinois state-wide election of a Senator to United States Senate
The 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1914.[1]
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Incumbent Republican senator Lawrence Yates Sherman, first elected to a partial term by the Illinois General Assembly in a special election the previous year, was reelected to a full term as U.S. senator by a popular vote.
The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.[2] Primaries were held September 9, 1914.[2]
The 1914 United States Senate elections were the first to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect, and this was therefore the first Illinois U.S. Senate election to be held by a popular vote.
Candidates
Ran
- Barratt O'Hara, lieutenant governor of Illinois
- Lawrence B. Stringer, U.S. congressman
- Roger Charles Sullivan, Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
- James Traynor
- Harry Woods, Illinois secretary of state
Declined to run
- Frank D. Comerford, former Illinois state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 1912[3]
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Roger C. Sullivan | 141,008 | 47.42 | |
| Democratic | Lawrence B. Stringer | 109,923 | 36.97 | |
| Democratic | Harry Woods | 24,947 | 8.39 | |
| Democratic | Barratt O'Hara | 14,160 | 4.76 | |
| Democratic | James Traynor | 7,294 | 2.45 | |
| Total votes | 297,332 | 100 | ||
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Candidates
- Frank Hall Childs
- William E. Mason, former U.S. senator
- Lawrence Yates Sherman, incumbent U.S. senator
- Myer J. Stein
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Lawrence Yates Sherman (incumbent) | 141,186 | 65.34 | |
| Republican | William E. Mason | 51,937 | 24.04 | |
| Republican | Myer J. Stein | 11,633 | 5.38 | |
| Republican | Frank Hall Childs | 11,321 | 5.24 | |
| Total votes | 216,077 | 100 | ||
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Candidates
- Raymond Robins, economist, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Progressive | Raymond Robins | 24,953 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 24,953 | 100 | ||
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Candidates
- Adolph Germer, trade union organizer
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Socialist | Adolph Germer | 4,220 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 4,220 | 100 | ||
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Candidates
- John M. Frances (Socialist Labor)
- Adolph Germer (Socialist), trade union organizer
- Raymond Robins (Progressive), economist, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee
- Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican), incumbent U.S. senator
- Roger Charles Sullivan (Democratic), Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
- George W. Woolsey (Prohibition Party)
Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Lawrence Y. Sherman (incumbent) | 390,661 | 38.46 | |
| Democratic | Roger C. Sullivan | 373,403 | 36.76 | |
| Progressive | Raymond Robins | 203,027 | 19.99 | |
| Socialist | Adolph Germer | 39,889 | 3.93 | |
| Prohibition | George W. Woolsey | 6,750 | 0.67 | |
| Socialist Labor | John M. Frances | 2,078 | 0.21 | |
| Majority | 17,258 | 1.70 | ||
| Turnout | 1,015,808 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
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- "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 1914" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1914" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 19, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- "Judge Comerford Dies; Heart Attack: Death Comes Unexpectedly; 49 Years Old," Chicago Tribune, Aug. 30, 1929; pp. 1, 4.