1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado

none March 2026 September 2023 1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado Colorado 1911 presidential no 1920 United States Senate election in Colorado 1920 1926 United States Senate election in Colorado 1926 November 4, 1924 150x150px File:Senator Rice W. Means of Colorado, (12-1-24) LCCN2016838972 (cropped).jpg Rice W. Means Republican Party (United States) 159,353 50.17% 3x4.svg Morrison Shafroth Democratic Party (United States) 138,714 43.67% 3x4.svg Charles T. Philp Farmer-Labor Party 17,542 5.52% 250px 1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado results by county.svg County results Means: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Shafroth: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator Alva B. Adams Democratic Party (United States) Rice W. Means Republican Party (United States) The 1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1924, to fill the remainder of the term for which Samuel D. Nicholson was elected in 1920. Nicholson died in office on March 24, 1923, and Democratic Governor William Ellery Sweet appointed Alva B. Adams, a prominent Pueblo attorney, to fill the vacancy. Adams, however, declined to be a candidate in the special election, instead challenging incumbent Republican Senator Lawrence C. Phipps in the regular election the same year. In the Republican primary, Rice W. Means, the City Attorney of Denver, defeated attorney Charles W. Waterman and state prison official Charles T. Moynihan, reportedly aided in part by furtive help from the state's Ku Klux Klan organization.May 22, 2003 Welcome to Kolorado, Klan Kountry Quillen Ed Colorado Springs Independent Colorado Springs, Colorado 1 https://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/content/?oid=oid%3A8563 July 3, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20180818101003/https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/welcome-to-kolorado-klan-kountry/Content?oid=1119033 August 18, 2018 dead Meanwhile, attorney Morrison Shafroth, the son of John F. Shafroth, defeated former Congressman Benjamin Hilliard in the Democratic primary, advancing to the general election. Aided by President Calvin Coolidge's landslide victory in the state, Means, as well as most of the rest of the state Republican ticket, won handily. Democratic primary Candidates Morrison Shafroth, attorney and son of former Governor and U.S. Senator John F. ShafrothJanuary 6, 1924 Sweet May Prefer to Run for Governor Leadville Herald Democrat Leadville, Colorado 1 https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=THD19240106-01.2.12&srpos=4&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ July 3, 2022 Benjamin Hilliard, former U.S. Congressman Results Democratic primary resultsMilliken Carl S. State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast at the Primary Election Held on the Ninth Day of September, A. D. 1924 and at the General Election Held on the Fourth Day of November, A. D. 1924 https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1924AbstractBook.pdf 1924 Denver, Colorado Colorado Secretary of State Morrison Shafroth Democratic Party (United States) 34,478 72.48 Benjamin Hilliard Democratic Party (United States) 13,089 27.52 47,567 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Rice W. Means, former Adams County Judge, 1920 Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Charles W. Waterman, attorneyJuly 18, 1924 Waterman Candidate for Short Term Brush Tribune Brush, Colorado 3 https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=BRT19240718-01.2.34&srpos=4&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ July 3, 2022 Charles T. Moynihan, Chairman of the State Board of CorrectionsMay 24, 1924 Challenge to Governor Leadville Herald Democrat Leadville, Colorado 1 https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=THD19240524-01.2.17&srpos=10&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ July 3, 2022 Results Republican primary results Rice W. Means Republican Party (United States) 48,778 43.04 Charles W. Waterman Republican Party (United States) 38,903 34.33 Charles T. Moynihan Republican Party (United States) 25,655 22.64 113,336 100.00 General election Results 1924 United States Senate special election in Colorado Republican Party (United States) Rice W. Means 159,353 50.17% -4.35% Democratic Party (United States) Morrison Shafroth 138,714 43.67% +4.37% Farmer–Labor Party Charles T. Philp 17,542 5.52% +2.37% Socialist Party (United States) Clyde Robinson 2,012 0.63% – 20,639 6.50% -8.71% 317,621 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Colorado 1924 Colorado 1924 1924 Special Colorado Special United States Senate Special United States Senate 1924