1916 United States Senate election in New York

none March 2026 September 2023 1916 United States Senate election in New York New York 1908 presidential no 1911 United States Senate election in New York 1911 1922 United States Senate election in New York 1922 November 7, 1916 150x150px File:Sen. Wm. M. Calder of N.Y., 4-11-17 LCCN2016844707 (cropped) (cropped).jpg William M. Calder Republican Party (United States) 839,314 54.32% File:William Frank McCombs in 1917 (cropped).jpg William F. McCombs Democratic Party (US) American 605,933 39.22% 1916 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg 300px County resultsCalder: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70%McCombs: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Senator James O'Gorman Democratic Party (United States) William M. Calder Republican Party (United States) The 1916 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic Senator James O'Gorman chose not to seek re-election. Republican William M. Calder was elected to succeed O'Gorman, defeating Democrat William F. McCombs. Democratic primary Candidates Thomas F. Conway, former Lieutenant Governor of New York William F. McCombs, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Results 1916 Democratic Senate Primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214839 NY US Senate - D Primary Our Campaigns 12 March 2020 Democratic Party (United States) William F. McCombs 99,307 65.31% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas F. Conway 52,756 34.69% 152,063 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Robert Bacon, former United States Secretary of State and Ambassador to France (also running as American) William M. Calder, former U.S. Representative from Brooklyn and candidate for Senate in 1914 (also running as Progressive) Results 1916 Republican Senate Primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214837 NY US Senate - R Primary Our Campaigns 12 March 2020 Republican Party (United States) William M. Calder 153,373 51.51% Republican Party (United States) Robert Bacon 144,366 48.49% 297,739 100.00% Progressive primary Candidates William M. Calder, former U.S. Representative from Brooklyn (also running as Republican) Bainbridge Colby, former State Assemblyman and nominee for Senate in 1914 Results 1916 Progressive Senate Primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214838 NY US Senate - PRO Primary Our Campaigns 12 March 2020 Bull Moose Party Progressive Bainbridge Colby 7,006 50.47% Bull Moose Party Progressive William M. Calder 6,875 49.53% 13,881 100.00% General election Candidates William M. Calder, former U.S. Representative and candidate for Senate in 1914 (Republican) Bainbridge Colby, former member of the New York Assembly and candidate for Senate in 1914 (Progressive) D. Leigh Colvin, attorney (Prohibition) Joseph D. Cannon, organizer for Metal Workers' Union (Socialist) August Gillhaus, nominee for U.S. president in 1908 (Socialist Labor) William F. McCombs, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (Democratic and American) The American Party initially nominated Robert Bacon, but following his defeat in the Republican primary, he withdrew. In his place, the Americans substituted Democratic nominee William F. McCombs.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=236660 NY US Senate - AMER Primary Our Campaigns 12 March 2020 Results 1916 United States Senate election in New Yorkhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36427 NY US Senate Our Campaigns 12 March 2020 Republican Party (United States) William M. Calder 839,314 54.32% Democratic Party (United States) William F. McCombs 605,933 39.22% Socialist Party of America Joseph D. Cannon 61,167 3.96% Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin 19,302 1.25% Bull Moose Party Progressive Bainbridge Colby 15,339 0.99% Socialist Labor Party of America August Gillhaus 4,086 0.26% 1,545,141 100.00% References 1916 New York Category:1916 New York (state) elections Category:November 1916 in the United States