1913 United States Senate special election in Maryland

none related races 1912–13 United States Senate elections November 2022 November 2022 Maryland special election Maryland presidential Needed to Win: Majority of the votes cast in each house Popular no November 4, 1913 1910 United States Senate election in Maryland 1910 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland 1916 150x150px Blair lee I.jpg Blair Lee Democratic Party (US) 112,485 112485 198205 2 Thomas Parran Sr. (Maryland Congressman).jpg Thomas Parran Sr. Republican Party (US) 73,300 73300 198205 2 1913 United States Senate special election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County results Lee: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Parran: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. senator William P. Jackson Republican Party (US) Blair Lee Democratic Party (US) A special election to the United States Senate was held in Maryland on November 4, 1913, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen. Isidor Rayner (a Democrat). The election was the second Senate election (after a June 1913 late election in GeorgiaCleveland John Fitch Ottarson F. J. Schem Alexander Jacob McPherson Edward Rhoades Henry Eckford The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1914 Tribune Association 458 https://books.google.com/books?id=XJ8ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22United+States+Senators+Chosen%22+%221913%22&pg=PA458 February 24, 2020 enLandmark Legislation: The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SeventeenthAmendment.htm www.senate.gov U.S. Senate February 24, 2020) held under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which required direct popular election of senators, but was the first contested by multiple parties. Blair Lee I, a Democrat and former state senator, became the second U.S. Senator directly elected by the people of a state under the Constitution's provisions (although other states had previously elected senators indirectly through party primaries and popular elections, which were then ratified by the state legislature).https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Direct_Election_Senators.htm Direct Election of Senators www.senate.gov U.S. Senate February 24, 2020 The election led to a controversy when the incumbent who had been appointed to fill Rayner's seat, Republican William P. Jackson, refused to give up his seat to Lee. Jackson claimed that "since he had been appointed under the original constitutional provision, he was entitled to hold his seat until the regularly scheduled adjournment date of the Maryland state assembly."https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/099Jackson_Lee.htm The Election Case of William P. Jackson v. Blair Lee of Maryland (1914) www.senate.gov U.S. Senate February 24, 2020 The Senate considered Jackson's challenge but eventually rejected it and seated Lee. Results 1913 Maryland U.S. Senate special electionUnited States Congress https://books.google.com/books?id=qb0-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22first+popular+election+for+the+united+states+senate%22+november+4%2C+1913&pg=PA42 Official Congressional Directory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Part 2; Volume 65 U.S. Government Printing Office February 24, 2020 42 en 1917 Google Bookshttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000124/html/am124--239.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0124, Page 239 - Maryland Manual, 1913-14 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 239 en April 12, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27428 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1913 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 12, 2023 Democratic Party (US) Blair Lee I 112,485 112485 198205 2 Republican Party (US) Thomas Parran Sr. 73,300 73300 198205 2 Progressive Party (United States, 1912) George Wellington 7,033 7033 198205 2 Socialist Party Robert Fields 2,982 2982 198205 2 Prohibition Party Finley Hendrickson 2,405 2405 198205 2 198,205 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Results by county +CountyBlair Lee DemocraticThomas Parran Sr. RepublicanOtherTotal Votes Cast#### Allegany3,3322,9142,4238,669 Anne Arundel3,3782,2301565,764 Baltimore (City)48,65824,0285,55378,239 Baltimore (County)11,9636,46584019,268 Calvert6581,189461,893 Caroline1,8751,5931173,585 Carroll3,5363,1802136,929 Cecil2,2081,7481084,064 Charles1,0171,349882,454 Dorchester2,6582,4541015,213 Frederick5,1634,63350910,305 Garrett9181,3652442,527 Harford3,0601,9201995,179 Howard1,7131,079952,887 Kent1,7901,3551113,256 Montgomery3,4942,5201756,189 Prince George's2,5631,7831484,494 Queen Anne's1,8901,377883,355 St. Mary's957929811,967 Somerset1,7071,7501333,590 Talbot1,8241,4271533,404 Washington4253,7644904,679 Wicomico2,7181,9022924,912 Worcester1,160336571,553Total112,48573,3006,090198,205 References 1913 Maryland 1913 United States Senate Maryland Maryland 1913 United States Senate 1913