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1934 United States Senate election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1928 United States Senate election in Maryland 1928 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland 1940 November 5, 1934 150x150px File:Georgelpradcliffe.jpg George L. P. Radcliffe Democratic Party (US) 264,279 56.10% File:Joseph France, photo portrait head and shoulders.jpg Joseph I. France Republican Party (US) 197,643 41.95% 1934 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County resultsRadcliffe: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%France: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough Republican Party (US) George L. P. Radcliffe Democratic Party (US)
The 1934 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1934.
Incumbent Republican Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough did not seek re-election to a second term in office, preferring to run for Governor of Maryland again. In the open race to succeed him, Democratic Maryland Secretary of State George L. P. Radcliffe defeated former Senator Joseph I. France.
Republican primary
Candidates
Joseph I. France, former U.S. Senator from 1917 to 1923
John Philip Hill, U.S. Representative from Baltimore
C. Wilbur Miller
Results
1934 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000152/html/am152--256.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0256 - Maryland Manual, 1935 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 256 en April 13, 2023https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000152/html/am152--257.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0257 - Maryland Manual, 1935 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 257 en April 13, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126888 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 12, 2023The source appears to indicate that this race utilized instant run-off voting. However, it is not clear from the source material how the second choice votes were applied, if at all.
Republican Party (US)
Joseph I. France
34,644
38.70%
Republican Party (US)
John Philip Hill
28,032
31.31%
Republican Party (US)
C. Wilbur Miller
26,855
30.00%
89,531
100.00%
Democratic primary
Candidates
William Milnes Maloy, candidate for governor in 1926
George L. P. Radcliffe, Maryland Secretary of State
Results
1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126887 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 12, 2023
Democratic Party (US)
George L. P. Radcliffe
150,072
71.44%
Democratic Party (US)
William Milnes Maloy
59,989
28.56%
210,061
100.00%
General election
Results
1934 U.S. Senate election in Marylandhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000152/html/am152--267.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0267 - Maryland Manual, 1935 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 267 en April 13, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27765 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 13, 2023https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1934&off=3&elect=0&class=undefined&fips=24&f=0 1934 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland April 6, 2016 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 13, 2023
Democratic Party (United States)
George L. P. Radcliffe
264,279
56.10%
10.86
Republican Party (United States)
Joseph I. France
197,643
41.95%
12.10
Socialist Party (United States)
Elisabeth Gilman
6,067
1.29%
0.86
Labor
Ada Smith Lang
1,935
0.41%
0.12
Communist Party (United States)
Samuel Gale
1,188
0.25%
N/A
607,626
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
Results by county
+CountyGeorge L. P. Radcliffe
DemocraticJoseph I. France
RepublicanElisabeth Gilman
SocialistAda Smith Lang
LaborSamuel Gale
CommunistMarginTotal
Votes
Cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Allegany 10397 43.39% 12758 53.25% 535 2.23% 54 0.23% 215 0.90% -2361 -9.85% 23959 Anne Arundel 8887 54.07% 7280 44.29% 184 1.12% 32 0.19% 53 0.32% 1607 9.78% 16436 Baltimore (City) 122522 59.36% 78413 37.99% 4101 1.99% 567 0.27% 809 0.39% 44109 21.37% 206412 Baltimore (County) 23317 58.72% 15818 39.83% 413 1.04% 48 1.04% 114 0.29% 7499 18.88% 39710 Calvert 1664 46.98% 1854 52.34% 10 0.28% 8 0.23% 6 0.17% -190 -5.36% 3542 Caroline 3325 59.58% 2202 39.46% 11 0.20% 25 0.45% 18 0.32% 1123 20.12% 5581 Carroll 5823 46.37% 6606 52.60% 56 0.45% 23 0.18% 50 0.40% 783 6.24% 12558 Cecil 3891 45.33% 4624 53.87% 21 0.24% 17 0.20% 31 0.36% -733 -8.54% 8584 Charles 1699 44.29% 2111 55.03% 6 0.16% 7 0.18% 13 0.34% -412 -10.74% 3836 Dorchester 5058 63.06% 2925 36.47% 9 0.11% 11 0.14% 18 0.22% -2133 -26.59% 8021 Frederick 9325 49.66% 9166 48.82% 122 0.65% 52 0.28% 111 0.59% 159 0.85% 18776 Garrett 1700 33.21% 3216 62.82% 102 1.99% 36 0.70% 65 1.27% -1516 -29.62% 5119 Harford 5665 55.30% 4485 43.78% 49 0.48% 16 0.16% 29 0.28% 1180 11.52% 10244 Howard 3771 60.52% 2399 38.50% 20 0.32% 21 0.34% 20 0.32% 1372 22.02% 6231 Kent 2831 56.67% 2134 42.71% 9 0.18% 10 0.20% 12 0.24% 697 13.95% 4996 Montgomery 12024 56.45% 9041 42.45% 119 0.56% 48 0.23% 68 0.32% 2983 14.00% 21300 Prince George's 10646 59.21% 7089 39.43% 88 0.49% 52 0.29% 105 0.58% 3557 19.78% 17980 Queen Anne's 3081 67.82% 1423 31.32% 9 0.20% 21 0.46% 9 0.20% 1658 36.50% 4543 St. Mary's 2204 51.97% 1978 46.64% 15 0.35% 21 0.50% 23 0.54% -226 -5.33% 4241 Somerset 3657 51.57% 3378 47.63% 13 0.18% 23 0.32% 21 0.30% 279 3.93% 7092 Talbot 3688 56.92% 2761 42.61% 10 0.15% 9 0.14% 11 0.17% 927 14.31% 6479 Washington 9570 49.21% 9617 49.45% 141 0.73% 40 0.21% 78 0.40% 47 0.24% 19446 Wicomico 5832 59.72% 3843 39.35% 16 0.16% 30 0.31% 44 0.45% 1989 20.37% 9765 Worcester 3702 59.13% 2522 40.28% 8 0.13% 17 0.27% 12 0.19% 1180 18.85% 6261 Total 262750 55.77% 199172 42.28% 6067 1.29% 1188 0.25% 1935 0.41% 63578 13.50% 471112
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Anne Arundel
Baltimore (County)
Caroline
Dorchester
Frederick
Harford
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George's
Somerset
Talbot
Wicomico
Worcester
See also
1934 United States Senate elections
1934 United States elections
References
Notes
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