1920 United States Senate election in Kentucky

none March 2026 September 2023 1920 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1914 United States Senate elections in Kentucky 1914 1926 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1926 November 2, 1920 x150px Richard P. Ernst Republican Party (United States) 454,226 50.28% x150px J. C. W. Beckham Democratic Party (United States) 449,244 49.72% 1920 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsErnst: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Beckham: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% U.S. Senator John C. W. Beckham Democratic Party (United States) Richard P. Ernst Republican Party (United States) The 1920 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1920. Democratic Senator J. C. W. Beckham ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican attorney Richard P. Ernst. General election Candidates J. C. W. Beckham, incumbent Senator since 1915 and former Governor of Kentucky (Democratic) Richard P. Ernst, Covington corporate attorney (Republican) Results 1920 U.S. Senate election in Kentuckyhttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1920election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1920 1921 11 March 2024 Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (US) Richard P. Ernst 454,226 50.28% Democratic Party (US) J. C. W. Beckham (incumbent) 449,244 49.72% 4,982 0.56% 903,470 100.00% Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) See also 1920 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 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 1920 Kentucky United States Senate Category:November 1920 in the United States