1936 United States Senate special election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 1936 United States Senate Special Election Iowa legislative no 1932 United States Senate election in Iowa 1932 1938 United States Senate election in Iowa 1938 x150px File:Sen. Guy M. Gillette, La. (Dem.) LCCN2016871060 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Democratic Party (United States) 536,075 51.91% File:Berry F. Halden.png Republican Party (United States) 478,521 46.43% 1936 United States Senate special election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County resultsGillette: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Halden: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% U.S. Senator Vacant Guy M. Gillette Democratic Party (United States) November 3, 1936 Berry F. Halden Guy M. Gillette The 1936 United States Senate Special Election within the State of Iowa occurred on November 3, 1936, following the death of incumbent Senator Richard Louis Murphy in an automobile accident.Details Page - The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa - The University of Iowa Libraries http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=281 2023-02-04 uipress.lib.uiowa.edu Representative Guy Mark Gillette (D-IA) and Editor of the Chariton Herald-Patriot, Berry F. Halden(R-IA)Myers Frank D. 2018-03-22 The Lucas Countyan: What in the world happened to Berry F. Halden? http://lucascountyan.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-in-world-happened-to-berry-f-halden.html 2023-02-04 The Lucas Countyan were the two major party contenders in this election. George F. Buresh (FL-IA) and two other candidates also ran. The result of this election was Gillette beating out both other candidates, and winning with 52% of the votes cast.Archived Election Results and Statistics https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/results/archive.html#1 2023-02-04 sos.iowa.gov Republican primary Berry F. Halden won the Republican nomination at the Republican Party's State Convention on the fifth ballot, with 1,682 votes.1936-07-26 IOWANS NAME EDITOR FOR SENATORIAL RACE; Republicans Choose Halden to Oppose Gillette -- Farmer-Laborites Pick Brookhart. en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/26/archives/iowans-name-editor-for-senatorial-race-republicans-choose-halden-to.html 2023-02-04 0362-4331 Other candidates within the primary were James R. Rhodes, a publisher for the Newton News, and Guy Linville, a lawyer from Cedar Rapids. Democratic primary Guy M. Gillette was named the Democratic Party's Candidate at the Democratic Party's State Convention.Jones Rolan M. 1936-08-09 POLITICAL ODDITIES DEVELOPEDIN IOWA; Employer and Employe Win Nominations in Opposite Party Primaries. TWO SENATORIALCONTESTS en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1936/08/09/archives/political-oddities-developedin-iowa-employer-and-employe-win.html 2023-02-04 0362-4331 Ray Murphy, Former National Commander of the American Legion, declined to contest the Primary. Farmer-Labor primary While the Farmer-Labor Party initially sought out and declared Former Republican Senator Smith W. Brookhart to be their nominee, Ernest R. Quick ran as their eventual candidate for the Special Election. General Election 1936 U.S. Senate Special election in Iowahttps://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/ Election Statistics: 1920 to Present - 1936 Election Statistics history.house.govDemocratic Party (United States) Guy M. Gillette 536,075 51.91 N/A Republican Party (United States) Berry F. Halden 478,521 46.43 N/A Farmer–Labor Party Ernest R. Quick 16,179 1.57 N/A Socialist Party (United States) Tom Johnson 1,008 0.10 N/A Prohibition Party (United States) A. U. Coates 960 0.09 N/A 1,032,743 100 N/A See also 1936 United States Senate elections References 1936 Iowa United States Senate Iowa Senate 1936 Iowa 1936 United States Senate 1936