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1914 United States Senate election in Indiana
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1914 United States Senate election in Indiana Indiana Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg presidential no 1909 United States Senate election in Indiana 1909 1916 United States Senate special election in Indiana 1916 (special) x150px Shively, Benjamin Franklin.jpg Benjamin F. Shively Democratic Party (US) 272,249 42.14% 3x4.svg Hugh Thomas Miller Republican Party (US) 226,766 35.10% Albert J. Beveridge cph.3b04505.jpg Albert J. Beveridge Progressive Party (US, 1912) 108,581 16.81% 1914 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg 250px County resultsShively: #BDD3FF 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Miller: #FFC8CD 30–40%
#ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60%Beveridge: #C7FFAF 30–40% U.S. senator Benjamin F. Shively Democratic Party (US) Benjamin F. Shively Democratic Party (US)
The 1914 United States Senate special election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1914. Incumbent Senator Benjamin F. Shively was re-elected to a second term in office over Hugh Thomas Miller and Albert J. Beveridge. This was the first popular election for United States Senator held in Indiana, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Beveridge only won Wayne county.
General election
Candidates
Albert J. Beveridge, former Republican U.S. Senator (Progressive)
Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition)
James Matthews (Socialist Labor)
Hugh Thomas Miller, director of the Union Trust Company and former Lieutenant Governor (Republican)
Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist)
Benjamin F. Shively, incumbent Senator since 1909 (Democratic)
Results
1914 U.S. Senate special election in IndianaClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1915 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1914 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1914election.pdf 16 U.S. Government Printing Office
Democratic Party (United States)
Benjamin F. Shively (incumbent)
272,249
42.14%
Republican Party (United States)
Hugh Thomas Miller
226,766
35.10%
Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
Albert Beveridge
108,581
16.81%
Socialist Party (United States)
Stephen N. Reynolds
21,719
3.36%
Prohibition Party (United States)
Sumner W. Haynes
13,860
2.15%
Socialist Labor Party (United States)
James Matthews
2,884
0.45%
703,289
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1914 United States Senate elections
References
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