1936 United States Senate elections

1936 United States Senate elections
	November 3, 1936
	November 3, 1936
32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; Farmer–Labor hold; Independent gain; No election
Majority Leader before election; Joseph Robinson; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Joseph Robinson; Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1936 coincided with the reelection of President Franklin D. 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.

Gains and Losses

The Republicans took one open seat in Massachusetts, while the Democrats took open seats in Michigan and New Hampshire 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).

Republicans gained one Democratic open seat:

Massachusetts

Democrats gained one Republican open seat:

Colorado
Michigan (incumbent died, leaving seat vacant)

Democrats held an open seat:

Louisiana
Oklahoma

Farmer–Laborers held an open seat:

Minnesota

Republicans held an open seat:

New Hampshire

Republican incumbents lost five elections

Delaware
Iowa
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Wyoming

One Republican was re-elected, but changed party to become an Independent:

Nebraska

Milestones

This was the last of four consecutive elections where Republicans suffered losses due to the ongoing effects of the Great Depression. This was also the last Senate election in the 20th century in which a Democratic candidate who won two terms also made net gains in the Senate on both occasions (although Franklin Roosevelt won a third and fourth term, he lost Senate seats on both occasions).

Change in composition

Before the elections

After the April 1936 special election.

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Result of the elections

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Majority →

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Re-elected

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Re-elected

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Re-elected

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Hold

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Re-elected

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Re-elected

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Re-elected

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Beginning of the next Congress

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Key

D_#	Democratic
FL_#	Farmer–Labor
I_#	Independent
P_#	Progressive
R_#	Republican
V_#	Vacant

Race summaries

Elections during the 74th Congress

In these special elections the winners were seated once they qualified; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Louisiana (Class 2)	Rose McConnell Long	Democratic	1936 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected April 21, 1936. Winner was later not elected to the next term, see below.	Y Rose McConnell Long (Democratic) Unopposed[1]
Florida (Class 1)	Scott Loftin	Democratic	1936 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold.	Y Charles O. Andrews (Democratic) 80.9% Howard C. Babcock (Republican) 19.1%
Florida (Class 3)	William Luther Hill	Democratic	1936 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic hold.	Y Claude Pepper (Democratic) Unopposed
Iowa (Class 3)	Vacant			Richard L. Murphy (D) had died July 16, 1936. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Democratic gain.	Y Guy Gillette (Democratic) 51.9% Berry F. Halden (Republican) 46.6%
Minnesota (Class 2)	Elmer Austin Benson	Farmer–Labor	1935 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 3, 1936. Republican gain. Winner was not a candidate for the next term, see below.	Y Guy V. Howard (Republican) 42.89% Nathaniel J. Holmberg (Republican) 28.42% Andrews O. Devold (Republican) 19.98% John G. Alexander (Republican) 8.71%
New Mexico (Class 1)	Dennis Chávez	Democratic	1935 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 3, 1936.	Y Dennis Chávez (Democratic) 55.7% M. A. Otero Jr. (Republican) 44.2%

Elections leading to the 75th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1937; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	John H. Bankhead II	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Bankhead II (Democratic) 87.0% H. E. Berkstresser (Republican) 12.2%
Arkansas	Joseph Taylor Robinson	Democratic	1913 1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democratic) 81.8% G. C. Ledbetter (Republican) 16.4%
Colorado	Edward P. Costigan	Democratic	1930	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y Edwin C. Johnson (Democratic) 63.5% Raymond L. Sauter (Republican) 35.3%
Delaware	Daniel O. Hastings	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1930	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y James H. Hughes (Democratic) 53.0% Daniel O. Hastings (Republican) 41.4% Robert G. Houston (Independent) 5.4%
Georgia	Richard Russell Jr.	Democratic	1932 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Russell Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho	William Borah	Republican	1907 1913 1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Borah (Republican) 63.4% C. Ben Ross (Democratic) 36.6%
Illinois	J. Hamilton Lewis	Democratic	1913 (Late) 1918 (Lost) 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y J. Hamilton Lewis (Democratic) 56.5% Otis F. Glenn (Republican) 40.7%
Iowa	Lester J. Dickinson	Republican	1930	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Clyde L. Herring (Democratic) 50.5% Lester J. Dickinson (Republican) 47.1%
Kansas	Arthur Capper	Republican	1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Arthur Capper (Republican) 51.0% Omar B. Ketchum (Democratic) 48.4%
Kentucky	M. M. Logan	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y M. M. Logan (Democratic) 58.8% Robert M. Lucas (Republican) 39.8%
Louisiana	Rose McConnell Long	Democratic	1936 (Appointed) 1936 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y Allen J. Ellender (Democratic) Unopposed
Maine	Wallace H. White Jr.	Republican	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Wallace H. White Jr. (Republican) 50.8% Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 49.3%
Massachusetts	Marcus A. Coolidge	Democratic	1930	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican) 48.5% James Michael Curley (Democratic) 41.0% Thomas C. O'Brien (Independent) 7.4%
Michigan	James J. Couzens	Republican	1922 (Appointed) 1924 (Special) 1924 1930	Incumbent lost renomination[2] then died October 22, 1936. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner was later appointed to finish term.	Y Prentiss M. Brown (Democratic) 53.3% Wilber M. Brucker (Republican) 41.8%
Minnesota	Elmer Austin Benson	Farmer–Labor	1935 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Farmer–Labor hold. Winner was not a candidate to finish the current term.	Y Ernest Lundeen (Farmer–Labor) 62.2% Theodore Christianson (Republican) 37.8%
Mississippi	Pat Harrison	Democratic	1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pat Harrison (Democratic) Unopposed
Montana	James E. Murray	Democratic	1934 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James E. Murray (Democratic) 55.0% Thomas O. Larson (Republican) 27.1% Joseph P. Monaghan (Independent) 17.9%
Nebraska	George W. Norris	Republican	1913 1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected as an Independent. Independent gain.	Y George W. Norris (Independent) 43.8% Robert G. Simmons (Republican) 37.8% Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 18.4%
New Hampshire	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	1918 1924 1930	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Styles Bridges (Republican) 51.9% William Nathaniel Rogers (Democratic) 47.7%
New Jersey	William Warren Barbour	Republican	1931 (Appointed) 1932 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y William H. Smathers (Democratic) 54.9% William Warren Barbour (Republican) 44.3%
New Mexico	Carl Hatch	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Carl Hatch (Democratic) 61.7% Ernest W. Everly (Republican) 38.3%
North Carolina	Josiah Bailey	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Josiah Bailey (Democratic) 70.8% Frank R. Patton (Republican) 29.2%
Oklahoma	Thomas Gore	Democratic	1907 (New state) 1909 1914 1920 (Lost) 1930	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y Joshua B. Lee (Democratic) 68.0% Herbert K. Hyde (Republican) 31.6%
Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican	1917 (Appointed) 1918 (Not elected 1918 (Appointed) 1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles L. McNary (Republican) 51.0% Willis Mahoney (Democratic) 48.4%
Rhode Island	Jesse H. Metcalf	Republican	1924 (Special) 1924 1930	Incumbent lost re-election.[3] New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 48.6% Jesse H. Metcalf (Republican) 44.4% Ludger LaPointe (Independent) 7.0%
South Carolina	James F. Byrnes	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James F. Byrnes (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	William J. Bulow	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William J. Bulow (Democratic) 48.8% Chandler Gurney (Republican) 46.8%
Tennessee	Nathan L. Bachman	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Nathan L. Bachman (Democratic) 76.4% Dwayne D. Maddox (Republican) 18.8%
Texas	Morris Sheppard	Democratic	1913 (Special) 1913 1918 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Morris Sheppard (Democratic) 92.6% Carlos G. Watson (Republican) 7.1%
Virginia	Carter Glass	Democratic	1920 (Appointed) 1920 (Special) 1924 1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Carter Glass (Democratic) 91.7%
West Virginia	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	1930	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 59.1% Hugh Ike Shott (Republican) 40.9%
Wyoming	Robert D. Carey	Republican	1930 (Special) 1930	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Henry H. Schwartz (Democratic) 53.8% Robert D. Carey (Republican) 45.4%

Alabama

1936 United States Senate election in Alabama[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Bankhead II (Incumbent)	239,532	87.02%
	Republican	H. E. Berkstresser	33,697	12.24%
	Independent	William C. Irby	2,022	0.73%
	Independent	Sam Powe	1	0.00%
Majority			105,835	74.78%
Turnout			275,252
	Democratic hold

Arkansas

1936 United States Senate election in Arkansas[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Taylor Robinson	154,866	84.08%
	Republican	G. C. Ledbetter	27,746	15.06%
	Independent	Claude C. Williams	1,587	0.86%
Majority			127,120	69.02%
Turnout			184,199
	Democratic hold

Colorado

1936 United States Senate election in Colorado[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin C. Johnson	299,376	63.45%
	Republican	Raymond L. Sauter	166,308	35.25%
	Socialist	Carle Whithead	4,438	0.94%
	National Union	George W. Carleton	1,705	0.36%
Majority			133,068	28.20%
Turnout			471,827
	Democratic hold

Delaware

1936 United States Senate election in Delaware[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James H. Hughes	67,136	52.97%
	Republican	Daniel O. Hastings (Incumbent)	52,469	41.40%
	Independent	Robert G. Houston	6,897	5.44%
	Socialist	Charles W. Perry	183	0.14%
	Communist	William V. P. Daviatis	53	0.04%
Majority			14,667	11.57%
Turnout			126,738
	Democratic gain from Republican

Florida (Special)

There were two special elections in Florida, due to the May 8, 1936 death of four-term Democrat Park Trammell and the June 17, 1936 death of five-term Democrat Duncan U. Fletcher.

Florida (Special, Class 1)

Democrat Scott M. Loftin was appointed May 26, 1936 to continue the term, pending a special election. Primaries were held August 11, 1936.[5]

1936 United States Senate election in Florida (Class 1 special)[4][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles O. Andrews	241,528	81.90%
	Republican	Howard C. Babcock	57,016	19.10%
Majority			184,512	62.80%
Turnout			298,544	20.33%
	Democratic hold

Andrews would be re-elected once and serve until his death September 18, 1946.

Florida (Special, Class 3)

Democrat William Luther Hill was appointed July 1, 1936 to continue the term, pending a special election. Democrat Claude Pepper, who had lost to Trammell in 1934 won this election.

1936 United States Senate Class 3 special election in Florida[4][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claude Pepper	246,050	100%
Turnout				16.76%
	Democratic hold

Pepper would be re-elected twice and serve until he lost renomination in 1950. He would later be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and serve there for 26 years.

Georgia

1936 United States Senate election in Georgia[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Russell Jr. (Incumbent)	285,468	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Idaho

1936 United States Senate election in Idaho[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Borah (Incumbent)	128,723	63.36%
	Democratic	C. Ben Ross	74,444	36.64%
Majority			54,279	26.72%
Turnout			203,167
	Republican hold

Illinois

1936 United States Senate election in Illinois[4][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Hamilton Lewis (Incumbent)	2,142,887	56.47%
	Republican	Otis F. Glenn	1,545,170	40.72%
	Union	Newton Jenkins	93,696	2.47%
	Socialist	Arthur McDowell	7,405	0.20%
	Prohibition	Adah M. Hagler	3,298	0.09%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Schnur	2,208	0.06%
Majority			597,717	15.75%
Turnout			3,794,664
	Democratic hold

Iowa

1936 United States Senate election in Iowa[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde L. Herring	539,555	50.34%
	Republican	Lester J. Dickinson (Incumbent)	503,635	46.99%
	Farmer–Labor	George F. Buresch	25,567	2.39%
	Prohibition	John B. Hammond	1,726	0.16%
	Socialist	Laetitia M. Conrad	1,233	0.12%
Majority			35,920	3.35%
Turnout			1,071,716
	Democratic gain from Republican

Kansas

1936 United States Senate election in Kansas[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Capper (Incumbent)	417,873	51.63%
	Democratic	Omar B. Ketchum	386,685	47.78%
	Socialist	T. C. Hager	4,775	0.59%
Majority			31,188	3.85%
Turnout			809,333
	Republican hold

Kentucky

1936 United States Senate election in Kentucky[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	M. M. Logan (Incumbent)	539,968	58.80%
	Republican	Robert H. Lucas	365,850	39.84%
	Union	William M. Likins	11,709	1.28%
	Socialist	W. E. Sandefer	541	0.06%
	Socialist Labor	Ferdinand Zimmerer	271	0.03%
Majority			174,118	18.96%
Turnout			918,339
	Democratic hold

Louisiana

Louisiana (Regular)

1936 United States Senate election in Louisiana[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen J. Ellender (Incumbent)	293,256	100.00%
	None	Scattering	7	0.00%
Majority			293,249	100.00%
Turnout			293,263
	Democratic hold

Louisiana (Special)

Democrat Rose McConnell Long was elected April 21, 1936 to finish the term to which she was appointed on January 31, 1936. She was not a candidate, however, to the next term on November 3, 1936, see above.

Maine

1936 United States Senate election in Maine[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wallace H. White Jr. (Incumbent)	158,068	50.75%
	Democratic	Louis J. Brann	153,420	49.25%
Majority			4,648	1.50%
Turnout			311,488
	Republican hold

Massachusetts

Massachusetts general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	875,160	48.53	+3.86
Democratic	James Michael Curley	739,751	41.02	-12.99
Union	Thomas C. O'Brien	134,245	7.44	+7.44
Economy	Alonzo B. Cook	11,519	0.64	+0.64
Social Justice	Guy M. Gray	9,906	0.55	+0.55
Socialist	Albert Sprague Coolidge	9,763	0.54	-0.06
Townsend	Moses H. Gulesian	7,408	0.41	+0.41
Socialist Labor	Ernest L. Dodge	7,408	0.39	+0.01
Communist	Charles Flaherty	4,821	0.27	-0.06
Prohibition	Wilbur D. Moon	3,677	0.20	+0.20
Write-in		16	0.00
total		1,803,674	100.00

Michigan

1936 United States Senate election in Michigan[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Prentiss M. Brown	910,937	53.29%
	Republican	Wilber M. Brucker	714,602	41.80%
	The Third Party	Louis B. Ward	75,680	4.43%
	Democratic	Roy E. Mathews	4,994	0.29%
	Communist	Lawrence Emery	2,145	0.13%
	Socialist Labor	Ralph Naylor	510	0.03%
	Commonwealth Land	Albert B. Sheldon	429	0.03%
	American	Edward N. Lee	147	0.01%
Majority			196,335	11.49%
Turnout			1,709,444
	Democratic gain from Republican

Minnesota

There were 2 elections to the same seat on the same day due to the December 22, 1935 death of two-term Republican Thomas D. Schall.

Minnesota (Special)

Minnesota special election

November 3, 1936


Nominee	Guy V. Howard	N. J. Holmberg
Party	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	317,457	210,364
Percentage	42.89%	28.42%


Nominee	Andrew Olaf Devold	John G. Alexander
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	147,858	64,493
Percentage	19.98%	8.71%

County Results:
Howard:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Holmberg:      30-40%
Devold:      30-40%
Tie:      Howard/Holmberg 30-40%

U.S. senator before election

Elmer A. Benson
Farmer–Labor

Elected U.S. Senator

Guy V. Howard
Republican

The election was held to fill the vacancy in the seat formerly held by Thomas D. Schall for the final two months of Schall's unexpired term. Governor Floyd B. Olson had appointed Elmer Benson to fill the seat in 1935, but this appointment was temporary and subject to a special election held in the next general election year thereafter—1936. Benson opted to run for governor instead of running for election to continue for the remainder of the term. No special primaries were held for the special election, and, among Minnesota's three major parties, only the Republican Party of Minnesota officially fielded a candidate—Guy V. Howard. Regardless of the absence of Farmer-Labor and Democratic nominees, Howard nevertheless faced a great degree of competition from independent candidates Nathaniel J. Holmberg, Andrew Olaf Devold, and John G. Alexander.

The candidates were:

John G. Alexander (I), Attorney and real estate manager
Andrew Olaf Devold (I), Attorney, State Senator since 1919, former State Representative (1915-1919); a member of the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota and formerly a member of the Socialist Party of Minnesota
N. J. Holmberg (I), Former State Senator (1915-1919) and State Representative (1907-1915); a member of the Republican Party of Minnesota
Guy V. Howard (R), Businessman and Republican elector in the 1916 presidential election

Minnesota special election[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy V. Howard	317,457	42.89%
	Independent	N. J. Holmberg	210,364	28.42%
	Independent	Andrew Olaf Devold	147,858	19.98%
	Independent	John G. Alexander	64,493	8.71%
Total votes			740,172	100.00%
Majority			107,093	14.47%
	Republican gain from Farmer–Labor

Howard was not a candidate for the next term, and served only until January 1937.

Minnesota (Regular)

Minnesota regular election


Nominee	Ernest Lundeen	Theodore Christianson
Party	Farmer–Labor	Republican
Popular vote	663,363	402,404
Percentage	62.24%	37.76%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Elmer A. Benson
Farmer–Labor

Elected U.S. Senator

Ernest Lundeen
Farmer–Labor

The election to the next term was won by Farmer–Labor congressman Ernest Lundeen.

Minnesota regular election[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmer–Labor	Ernest Lundeen	663,363	62.24%
	Republican	Theodore Christianson	402,404	37.76%
Majority			260,959	24.48%
Turnout			1,065,767
	Farmer–Labor hold

Mississippi

1936 United States Senate election in Mississippi[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Harrison (Incumbent)	140,570	100.00%
	Democratic	Mike Conner	1	0.00%
	Democratic	Frank Harper	1	0.00%
Majority			140,569	100.00%
Turnout			140,572
	Democratic hold

Montana

Montana election


Nominee	James E. Murray	Thomas Larson	Joseph P. Monaghan
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	121,769	60,038	39,655
Percentage	54.98%	27.11%	17.91%

U.S. senator before election

James E. Murray
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

James E. Murray
Democratic

1936 United States Senate election in Montana[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James E. Murray (Incumbent)	121,769	54.98%	-4.68%
	Republican	Thomas O. Larson	60,038	27.11%	-12.32%
	Independent	Joseph P. Monaghan	39,655	17.91%
Majority			61,731	27.87%	+7.65%
Turnout			221,462
	Democratic hold		Swing

Nebraska

Nebraska election

November 3, 1936


Nominee	George Norris	Robert Simmons	Terry Carpenter
Party	Independent	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	258,700	223,276	108,391
Percentage	43.82%	37.82%	18.36%

Results by county
Norris:      30-39%      40-49%      50-59%      60-69%
Simmons:      30-39%      40-49%      50-59%
Carpenter:      30-39%      40-49%      50-59%      60-69%

U.S. senator before election

George W. Norris
Independent

Elected U.S. Senator

George W. Norris
Independent

1936 United States Senate election in Nebraska[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	George W. Norris (Incumbent)	258,700	43.82%
	Republican	Robert G. Simmons	223,276	37.82%
	Democratic	Terry Carpenter	108,391	18.36%
Majority			35,424	6.00%
Turnout			590,367
	Independent gain from Republican

New Hampshire

1936 United States Senate election in New Hampshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Styles Bridges	107,923	51.86%
	Democratic	William Nathaniel Rogers	99,195	47.67%
	Farmer–Labor	Stearns Morse	989	0.48%
Majority			8,728	4.19%
Turnout			208,107
	Republican hold

New Jersey

New Jersey election


Nominee	William H. Smathers	William Warren Barbour
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	916,414	740,088
Percentage	54.90%	44.34%

County Results
Smathers: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Barbour: 50-60% 60-70%

U.S. senator before election

William Warren Barbour
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William H. Smathers
Democratic

1936 United States Senate election in New Jersey[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Smathers	916,414	54.90%
	Republican	William Warren Barbour (Incumbent)	740,088	44.34%
	Townsend	Fred Turner	6,651	0.40%
	Socialist	Herman F. Niessner	3,309	0.20%
	Communist	Herbert Coley	1,414	0.08%
	Prohibition	Malcolm G. Thomas	967	0.06%
	Socialist Labor	George E. Bopp	448	0.03%
Majority			176,326	10.56%
Turnout			1,669,291
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico

There were 2 elections, due to the May 6, 1935 death of two-term Republican Bronson M. Cutting.

New Mexico (Special)

Democratic former-Congressman Dennis Chavez had been Cutting's opponent in 1934. On May 11, 1935, after Cutting's death, Chavez was then appointed to continue Cutting's term, pending a special election which he then won.

New Mexico special election[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Chávez (Incumbent)	94,585	55.74%
	Republican	M. A. Otero, Jr.	75,029	44.22%
	Farmer–Labor	Santiago El Mayor Matta	68	0.04%
Majority			19,556	11.52%
Turnout			169,438
	Democratic hold

Chavez would be re-elected four more times and serve until his death in 1962.

New Mexico (Regular)

One-term Democrat Carl Hatch was easily re-elected.

New Mexico regular election[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hatch (Incumbent)	104,550	61.70%
	Republican	Ernest W. Everly	64,817	38.25%
	Farmer–Labor	W. C. Throp	71	0.04%
Majority			39,733	23.45%
Turnout			169,682
	Democratic hold

Hatch would be re-elected once and serve until his 1948 retirement.

North Carolina

1936 United States Senate election in North Carolina[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josiah Bailey (Incumbent)	563,968	70.76%
	Republican	Frank C. Patton	233,009	29.24%
Majority			330,959	41.52%
Turnout			796,977
	Democratic hold

Oklahoma

1936 United States Senate election in Oklahoma[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joshua B. Lee (Incumbent)	493,407	67.97%
	Republican	Herbert K. Hyde	229,004	31.55%
	Socialist	Edgar Clemons	1,895	0.26%
	Prohibition	P. C. Nelson	973	0.13%
	Independent	Frank M. Kimes	344	0.05%
	Independent	R. M. Funk	298	0.04%
Majority			264,403	36.42%
Turnout			725,921
	Democratic gain from Republican

Oregon

1936 United States Senate election in Oregon[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles L. McNary (Incumbent)	199,332	49.69%
	Democratic	Willis Mahoney	193,822	48.32%
	Independent	Albert Streiff	3,134	0.78%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	2,886	0.72%
	Independent	Clarence Rudder	1,956	0.49%
	None	Scattering	1	0.00%
Majority			5,510	1.37%
Turnout			401,131
	Republican hold

Rhode Island

1936 United States Senate election in Rhode Island[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore F. Green	149,141	48.62%
	Republican	Jesse H. Metcalf (Incumbent)	136,125	44.37%
	Independent	Ludger LaPointe	21,495	7.01%
Majority			13,016	4.35%
Turnout			306,761
	Democratic gain from Republican

South Carolina

1936 South Carolina election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James F. Byrnes (Incumbent)	113,696	98.6	-1.4
	Republican	Joseph Augustis Tolbert	961	0.8	N/A
	Republican	Marion W. Seabrook	702	0.6	N/A
	No party	Write-Ins	1	0.0	0.0
Majority			112,735	97.8	-2.2
Turnout			115,360
	Democratic hold

65+% won by Byrnes

South Dakota

1936 United States Senate election in South Dakota[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William J. Bulow (Incumbent)	141,509	48.83%
	Republican	John Chandler Gurney	135,461	46.75%
	Independent	Arthur Bennett	12,816	4.42%
Majority			6,048	2.08%
Turnout			289,786
	Democratic hold

Tennessee

1936 United States Senate election in Tennessee[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan L. Bachman (Incumbent)	273,298	75.88%
	Republican	Dwayne D. Maddox	69,753	19.37%
	Independent	John Randolph Neal, Jr.	14,617	4.06%
	Independent	Howard Kester	2,516	0.70%
Majority			203,545	56.51%
Turnout			360,184
	Democratic hold

Texas

1936 United States Senate election in Texas[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Morris Sheppard (Incumbent)	774,975	92.56%
	Republican	Carlos G. Watson	59,491	7.11%
	Independent	Gertrude Wilson	1,836	0.22%
	Independent	W. B. Starr	958	0.11%
Majority			715,484	85.45%
Turnout			837,260
	Democratic hold

Virginia

1936 United States Senate election in Virginia[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carter Glass (inc.)	244,518	91.66%	+14.99%
	Republican	George Rohken	12,573	4.71%	+4.71%
	Communist	Donald Burke	8,907	3.34%	+3.34%
	Independent Democratic	Elbert Lee Trinkle	469	0.18%	-17.68%
	Independent	A. J. Dunning	125	0.05%
	Write-ins		174	0.07%	+0.04%
Majority			231,945	86.95%	+28.14%
Turnout			266,766
	Democratic hold

West Virginia

1936 United States Senate election in West Virginia[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew M. Neely (Incumbent)	488,720	58.95%
	Republican	Hugh Ike Shott	338,363	40.81%
	Prohibition	John Wesley MacDonald	1,005	0.12%
	Socialist	J. H. Snider	935	0.11%
Majority			150,357	18.14%
Turnout			829,023
	Democratic hold

Wyoming

1936 United States Senate election in Wyoming[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry H. Schwartz	53,919	53.83%
	Republican	Robert D. Carey (Incumbent)	45,483	45.40%
	Union	George E. Geier	682	0.68%
	Communist	Merton Willer	88	0.09%
Majority			8,436	8.43%
Turnout			100,172
	Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

Appointee elected
The Republican candidate was elected to finish the term, but the Farmer-Labor candidate was elected to the next term.
A South Dakota Republican, who was not up for election, died December 20, 1936 and a Democrat was appointed December 29, 1936 to continue the term pending a 1938 special election.

References

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"Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 15, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
"Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Aug 11, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special Race - Nov 03, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special Race - Nov 03, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
"OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 3, 1936 PRIMARY ELECTIONS GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 14, 1936 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 14, 19356" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
"General Election Returns for Minnesota / Tuesday, November Third 1936" (PDF). Minnesota Legislative Manual 1937.

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[Appointee_elected-1] Appointee elected

[Minnesota-2] The Republican candidate was elected to finish the term, but the Farmer-Labor candidate was elected to the next term.

[3] A South Dakota Republican, who was not up for election, died December 20, 1936 and a Democrat was appointed December 29, 1936 to continue the term pending a 1938 special election.

[4] "Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[5] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 15, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[6] "Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[Clerk-7] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

[8] "Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Aug 11, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[9] "Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special Race - Nov 03, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[10] "Our Campaigns - FL US Senate - Special Race - Nov 03, 1936". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[11] "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 3, 1936 PRIMARY ELECTIONS GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 14, 1936 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 14, 19356" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

[12] "General Election Returns for Minnesota / Tuesday, November Third 1936" (PDF). Minnesota Legislative Manual 1937.

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