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1918 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
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November 5, 1918 150x150px File:KEYES, HENRY W. HONORABLE LCCN2016860385 (cropped).jpg Henry W. Keyes Republican Party (United States) 37,783 53.54% File:Eugene E. Reed (New Hampshire Congressman) (cropped).jpg Eugene E. Reed Democratic Party (United States) 32,783 46.46% 245px County results 245px Municipality results Keyes: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Reed: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Tie: #AE8BB1 50% U.S. senator Henry F. Hollis Democratic Party (US) Henry W. Keyes Republican Party (US)
The 1918 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Henry F. Hollis declined to run for re-election. Governor Henry W. Keyes narrowly won the Republican primary over former Governor Rolland H. Spaulding and faced former U.S. Representative Eugene E. Reed, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Keyes ultimately defeated Reed, winning the first of his three terms in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Eugene E. Reed, former U.S. Representative from NH 1
Albert W. Noone, Peterborough manufacturer, 1914 Democratic nominee for GovernorJames for U.S. Senate Kennebec Journal September 30, 1918 Augusta, Maine 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/kennebec-journal/174600941/ June 15, 2025
Results
Democratic primary resultsBean Edwin C. Pillsbury Hobart New Hampshire Secretary of State State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1919 John B. Clarke Co. Manchester, New Hampshire 1919 https://scholars.unh.edu/court/16/ June 15, 2025
Eugene E. Reed Democratic Party (United States) 3,518 66.09%
Albert W. Noone Democratic Party (United States) 1,760 33.06%
Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 45 0.85%
5,323 100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Henry W. Keyes, Governor of New Hampshire
Rolland H. Spaulding, former Governor of New Hampshire
Rosecrans W. Pillsbury, Manchester newspaper publisher
Results
Republican primary results
Henry W. Keyes Republican Party (United States) 8,320 43.33%
Rolland H. Spaulding Republican Party (United States) 8,028 41.81%
Rosecrans W. Pillsbury Republican Party (United States) 2,845 14.82%
Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 7 0.04%
19,200 100.00%
General election
Results
1918 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
Republican Party (United States)
Henry W. Keyes
37,783
53.55%
Democratic Party (United States)
Eugene E. Reed
32,763
46.44%
5
0.01%
70,551
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
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