1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

none March 2026 September 2023 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential no 1928 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1928 1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1940 November 6, 1934 150x150px File:RMLaFolletteJr.jpg Robert La Follette Jr. Wisconsin Progressive Party 440,513 47.78% File:John M. Callahan 1919.jpg John M. Callahan Democratic Party (US) 223,438 24.24% File:John B. Chapple 1932.jpg John B. Chapple Republican Party (US) 210,569 22.84% U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. Republican Party (United States) Robert La Follette Jr. Wisconsin Progressive Party 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 250px County resultsLa Follete Jr.: #c7ffaf 30–40% #c6e9af 40–50% #aade87 50–60% #8dd35f 60–70%Callahan: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50%Chapple: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% The 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. left his party and, with his brother Philip, formed the new Wisconsin Progressive Party. La Follette was re-elected on the Progressive ticket over Democrat John M. Callahan and Republican John B. Chapple. Robert La Follette Jr. was the first non-Republican to have won an election for this seat to the United States Senate from Wisconsin since John Lendrum Mitchell in 1893. Progressive primary Candidates Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 Results 1934 Progressive U.S. Senate primaryhttps://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1935/reference/wi.wibluebk1935.i0017.pdf The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935 PDF 17 June 2021 548 Wisconsin Progressive Party Robert M. La Follette Jr. (incumbent) 154,373 100.00% 154,373 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John B. Chapple, nominee for U.S. Senate in 1932 Results 1934 Republican U.S. Senate primary Republican Party (United States) John B. Chapple 126,034 100.00% 126,034 100.00% Democratic primary thumb|right|100px|Gertrude Bowler in 1924 Candidates Gertrude Bowler, Democratic Party activist and anti-Prohibitionist John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (1925–1927) and nominee for Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1910 and 1924 William D. Carroll, state senator from Prairie du Chien Charles E. Hammersley, candidate for governor in 1930 Francis E. McGovern, former governor of Wisconsin (1911–15) Results 1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary Democratic Party (United States) John M. Callahan 58,270 29.06% Democratic Party (United States) Francis E. McGovern 48,931 24.41% Democratic Party (United States) Charles E. Hammersley 38,369 19.14% Democratic Party (United States) William D. Carroll 29,137 14.53% Democratic Party (United States) Gertrude Bowler 25,785 12.86% 200,492 100.00% General election Candidates John B. Chapple, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Republican) John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (Democratic) Fern Dobbins (Independent Communist) Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 (Progressive) Theodore Lee (Independent Prohibition) James P. Sheehan, Milwaukee County supervisor (Socialist) Results 1934 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1934election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934 Clerk.house.gov 17 June 2021The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935 https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1935/reference/wi.wibluebk1935.i0018.pdf PDF 599 Our Campaigns 17 June 2021 Wisconsin Progressive Party Robert La Follette Jr. (incumbent) 440,513 47.78% N/A Democratic Party (United States) John M. Callahan 223,438 24.24% N/A Republican Party (United States) John B. Chapple 210,569 22.84% 62.73 Socialist Party (United States) James P. Sheehan 44,453 4.82% N/A Communist Party (United States) Fern Dobbins 2,127 0.23% 0.03 Prohibition Party (United States) Theodore Lee 826 0.09% 2.79 23 0.00% N/A 921,949 100.00% Wisconsin Progressive Party Republican Party (United States) See also 1934 United States Senate elections References 1934 Wisconsin United States Senate