1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia

none March 2026 September 2023 United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1920 Virginia 1861 presidential no 1918 United States Senate election in Virginia 1918 1924 United States Senate election in Virginia 1924 November 2, 1920 File:Portrait of Carter Glass.jpg 150x150px Carter Glass Democratic Party (United States) 184,646 91.31% 3x4.svg J. R. Pollard Republican Party (United States) 17,576 8.69% U.S. Senator Carter Glass Democratic Party (United States) Carter Glass Democratic Party (United States) The 1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia was held on Tuesday November 2. Appointed Senator Carter Glass defeated Republican J. R. Pollard and was elected to finish the term of Democrat Thomas S. Martin, who died the previous year. Glass and fellow Senator Claude A. Swanson were the first U.S. senators to be elected by popular vote (Martin ran unopposed in 1918) following the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Results United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1920Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1920 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1920election.pdf Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives 19 Democratic Party (United States) Carter Glass (inc.) 184,646 91.31% Republican Party (United States) J. R. Pollard 17,576 8.69% 167,070 82.62% 202,222 Democratic Party (United States) References External links Virginia Virginia 1920 1920 Category:1920 Virginia elections United States Senate 1920 Virginia 1920