United States Senate election in Montana, 1924
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The 1924 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924. Incumbent United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who was first elected to the Senate in 1912, and re-elected in 1918, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary uncontested, and faced former State Representative Frank Bird Linderman and several independent opponents in the general election, and he ultimately won re-election to his third term by a solid margin.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Thomas J. Walsh, incumbent United States Senator
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Walsh (inc.) | 35,029 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 35,029 | 100.00% |
Farmer-Labor primary
Candidates
- J. W. Anderson
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Farmer-Labor | J. W. Anderson | 2,827 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,827 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Frank Bird Linderman, former State Representative, former Assistant Secretary of State of Montana
- Wellington D. Rankin, Attorney General of Montana
- John W. Allison
- R. W. Kemp
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Bird Linderman | 29,336 | 41.83% | |
Republican | Wellington D. Rankin | 28,216 | 40.24% | |
Republican | John W. Allison | 9,053 | 12.91% | |
Republican | R. W. Kemp | 3,520 | 5.02% | |
Total votes | 70,125 | 100.00% |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Walsh (inc.) | 89,681 | 52.81% | +11.74% | |
Republican | Frank Bird Linderman | 72,000 | 42.40% | +6.61% | |
Farmer-Labor | J. W. Anderson | 7,370 | 4.34% | ||
Socialist | Charles F. Juttner | 522 | 0.31% | ||
Independent Party of Montana | Sam W. Teagarden | 248 | 0.15% | ||
Majority | 17,681 | 10.41% | +5.13% | ||
Turnout | 169,821 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
- 1 2 3 "Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, Aug. 26, A. D. 1924". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 4, 1924" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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