1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut

none March 2026 September 2023 1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1932 1944 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1944 November 8, 1938 x150px File:John A. Danaher.jpg John A. Danaher Republican Party (United States) 270,413 42.89% File:AugustineLonergan.jpg Augustine Lonergan Democratic Party (United States) Union Party (United States) 252,426 40.04% File:3x4.svg Bellani Trombley Socialist Party (United States) 99,282 15.75% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 200px Danaher: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Lonergan: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Trombley: #F8581E 40–50% Tie: #DECDE6 30–40% U.S. Senator Augustine Lonergan Democratic Party (US) John A. Danaher Republican Party (US) The 1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Senator Augustine Lonergan ran for a second term in office but was defeated by Republican John A. Danaher. Socialist candidate Bellani Trombley placed a strong third, possibly aided by the coattails of Jasper McLevy's competitive campaign for Governor and dissatisfaction with Lonergan by organized labor in the state. Democratic nomination Candidates Herman P. Kopplemann, U.S. Representative from Hartford Augustine Lonergan, incumbent Senator since 1933 Thomas C. McDonough, New Britain resident Withdrew Edward G. Dolan, Register of the United States Treasury Archibald McNeil, Bridgeport resident and personal friend of President Roosevelt Campaign During the pre-convention campaign, Lonergan faced opposition from within the Roosevelt administration over his long-time opposition to some of Roosevelt's less popular measures, including his plan to pack the Supreme Court. Roosevelt himself identified Lonergan as one of ten incumbent Senators he would like to defeat but admitted that Lonergan (along with three others) was too secure to deny the Democratic nomination.FDR Edward Smith Jean 2007 https://archive.org/details/fdr00smit/ 410 registration 26 Aug 2022 Random House These efforts were halted by Homer Stille Cummings, Roosevelt's U.S. Attorney General and a long-time Connecticut resident. Cummings publicly embraced Lonergan as a supporter of the New Deal.CUMMINGS MOVE MAY AID LONERGAN The New York Times 54 24 July 1938 Byrnes Robert D. https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/24/archives/cummings-move-may-aid-lonergan.html 31 Aug 2021 The first announced challenger to Lonergan was Archibald McNeil, a coal merchant and personal friend of the President, who gained the endorsement of a number of town committees. Herman P. Kopplemann, the U.S. representative for Hartford, was publicly silent on his intentions. Without entering the race, he received the early endorsement of the Hartford Central Labor Union. Convention At the September 14 convention in New London, Lonergan was re-nominated as part of a conservative machine victory. Kopplemann's vote was severely undermined by the convention's unit rule, in which a candidate who received the majority of the vote in a given municipality would receive all of that municipality's delegates. In Hartford, for instance, Kopplemann had the support of twenty out of seventy delegates, but all seventy were required to vote for Lonergan.LONERGAN, CROSS ARE RENOMINATED; Ticket Voted at Convention of Connecticut Democrats Is Deemed Conservative 15 Sep 1938 Moscow Warren https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/15/archives/lonergan-cross-are-renominated-ticket-voted-at-convention-of.html 31 Aug 2021 1938 Connecticut Democratic Convention Augustine Lonergan (incumbent) Democratic Party (US) 953.5 87.92% Herman P. Kopplemann Democratic Party (US) 106.5 9.82% Thomas C. McDonough Democratic Party (US) 24.5 2.26% 1,084.5 100.0% Following the vote, Kopplemann supporters warned that organized labor might likely defect to the Socialist ticket, ensuring a Republican victory in November. Lonergan was ultimately endorsed by James A. Farley, the Postmaster General and leading Roosevelt spokesman, two days later.FARLEY HAILS LONERGAN 17 Sep 1938 The New York Times 6 https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/17/archives/farley-hails-lonergan.html 31 Aug 2021 General election Candidates Philip Brainard (Labor) John A. Danaher, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut (Republican) Augustine Lonergan, incumbent Senator since 1933 (Democratic) Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) Michael A. Russo (Communist) Bellani Trombley (Socialist) Results 1938 U.S. Senate election in ConnecticutClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1939 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1938 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1938election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (US) John A. Danaher 270,413 42.89% 3.89 Democratic Party (US) Augustine Lonergan (incumbent) 252,426 40.04% 7.46 Socialist Party (US) Bellani Trombley 99,282 15.75% 12.42 Socialist Labor Party (US) Joseph Mackay 6,931 1.10% 0.72 Labor Philip Brainard 766 0.12% N/A Communist Party (United States) Michael A. Russo 615 0.10% 0.13 630,433 100.0% Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) See also 1938 United States Senate elections References 1938 Connecticut United States Senate