1940 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.

1940 United States Senate election in Maryland

November 5, 1940
 
Nominee George L. P. Radcliffe Harry Nice
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 394,239 203,912
Percentage 64.74% 33.48%

U.S. senator before election

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Senator George L. P. Radcliffe was re-elected to a second term in office, fending off an intra-party challenge from businessman Howard Bruce and easily winning the general election over Republican ex-Governor Harry Nice.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Howard Bruce, Baltimore County industrialist
  • Vincent L. Gierttoski
  • George L. P. Radcliffe, incumbent Senator since 1935

Results

1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George L. P. Radcliffe (inc.) 175,857 64.11%
Democratic Howard Bruce 95,757 34.91%
Democratic Vincent L. Gierttoski 2,695 0.98%
Total votes 274,309 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1940 Republican U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harry Nice 48,414 60.61%
Republican William Frederick Broening 31,468 39.39%
Total votes 79,882 100.00%

General election

Results

1940 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic George L. P. Radcliffe (inc.) 394,239 64.74% 8.64
Republican Harry Nice 203,912 33.48% 8.47
Socialist Edwin B. Abbott 4,204 0.69% 0.60
Independent David L. Elliot 3,423 0.56% N/A
American Labor Robert Kadish 1,848 0.30% 0.11
Communist Albert E. Blumberg 1,349 0.22% 0.03
Total votes 607,626 100.00%

References

  1. "MD US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "MD US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0159, Page 0325 - Maryland Manual, 1940-41". msa.maryland.gov.
  4. "MD US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 20 Feb 2020.
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