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1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1926 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1926 1938 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1938 November 6, 1932 x140px File:Alben W Barkley.jpg Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States) 575,077 59.2% File:Maurice-H.-Thatcher.jpg Maurice H. Thatcher Republican Party (United States) 393,865 40.5% 1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsBarkley: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90%Haswell: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% U.S. Senator Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States) Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States)
The 1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1932. Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Maurice H. Thatcher.
Primary election
Democratic primary
Candidates
Alben W. Barkley, incumbent U.S. Senator
George B. Martin, former U.S. Senator (1918–1919)
J. E. Wright
Results
thumb|center|250px|Primary results by county
#7996E2 Barkley #A5B0FF 40%–50% #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90% #0D0596 90%–100%
#51C2C2 Martin #7DDDDD 40%–50% #51C2C2 50%–60% #2AACAC 60%–70% #009696 70%–80% #008080 80%–90%
#FFB380 Wright #FF9955 60%–70%
Democratic primary resultshttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301?urlappend=%3Bseq=30%3Bownerid=13510798885882498-34 Kentucky Votes 1 20–21 Jewell Malcolm E. 1963 University Press of Kentucky 2025-05-04
Alben W. Barkley (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 124775 66.58
George B. Martin Democratic Party (United States) 55556 29.64
J. E. Wright Democratic Party (United States) 7089 3.78
187420 100.00
General election
Candidates
Alben W. Barkley, incumbent Senator since 1927 (Democratic)
W. E. Sandefur (Socialist)
Maurice H. Thatcher, U.S. Representative from Louisville (Republican)
Results
1932 U.S. Senate election in Kentuckyhttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1932election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 1933 11 March 2024 Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office
Democratic Party (US)
Alben W. Barkley (incumbent)
575,077
59.15%
Republican Party (US)
Maurice H. Thatcher
393,865
40.51%
Socialist Party (United States)
W. E. Sandefur
3,291
0.34%
181,212
18.64%
972,233
100.00%
Democratic Party (US)
See also
1932 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Finch Glenn The Election of United States Senators in Kentucky: The Barkley Period Filson Club History Quarterly 45 3 July 1971
Harrison Lowell H. Lowell H. Harrison James C. Klotter Klotter James C. A New History of Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1997 0-8131-2008-X https://books.google.com/books?id=63GqvIN3l3wC March 22, 2022 March 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210308071654/https://books.google.com/books?id=63GqvIN3l3wC live
Jewell Malcolm E. 1963 Kentucky Votes https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301 1 University of Kentucky Press Kentucky Votes 1963
James C. Klotter Klotter James C. Kentucky: Portraits in Paradox, 1900–1950 The University Press of Kentucky 1996 Lexington, Kentucky 0-916968-24-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=o58mJavC4msC 2009-06-26
Libbey James K. Dear Alben: Mr. Barkley of Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1979 0-8131-0238-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=wUPn0OX-U40C March 22, 2022 December 2, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211202164426/https://books.google.com/books?id=wUPn0OX-U40C live
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