1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut

none March 2026 September 2023 1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1926 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1926 1938 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1938 November 8, 1932 x150px File:AugustineLonergan.jpg Augustine Lonergan Democratic Party (United States) 282,327 47.50% File:HirambinghamIII.jpg Hiram Bingham III Republican Party (United States) 278,061 46.78% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 200px Lonergan: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Bingham: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Tie: #AE8BB1 50% U.S. Senator Hiram Bingham III Republican Party (US) Augustine Lonergan Democratic Party (US) The 1932 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Senator Hiram Bingham III ran for a second full term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Augustine Lonergan. This was the first time since 1879 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the first since 1881 that they won either seat. This was despite the fact that Connecticut was one of only six states President Herbert Hoover carried in his landslide defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lonergan won the seat as one of eleven gains made by the Democrats in 1932. Republican nomination The Republican Party met in convention in New Haven on September 7 and nominated a unanimous ticket, including Senator Bingham.TRUMBULL TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN 8 Sep 1932 4 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/08/100802723.html?pageNumber=4 31 Aug 2021 Democratic nomination Candidates Harry Morgan Ayres, Columbia University professor of English literature Augustine Lonergan, U.S. Representative from Hartford and nominee in 1920 and 1928 Francis T. Maloney, Mayor of Meriden Campaign Entering the September 7 convention at Groton, the Democratic Party was split between supporters of the presidential campaigns of Al Smith, who had carried the Connecticut delegation in April, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had won the nomination in July. In the Senate race, the Roosevelt faction backed professor Harry Morgan Ayres while the Smith faction supported Francis T. Maloney. In the event of deadlock, State Senator Michael Connor said he would present Thomas Hewes, a member of the staff of Governor Wilbur Cross, as a compromise.DEMOCRATS IN SESSION: Connecticut Convention Faces Factional Fights Today 8 Sep 1932 4 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/08/100802724.html 31 Aug 2021NUTMEG FACTIONS REACH COMPROMISE 7 Sep 1932 4 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/07/100802223.html?pageNumber=4 31 Aug 2021 Convention Lonergan was successful at the convention, aligning himself with the pro-Smith "old guard" faction over the pro-Roosevelt "new guard."SMITH FACTION WINS CONNECTICUT FIGHT 8 Sep 1932 1,3 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/09/100848867.html?pageNumber=1 31 Aug 2021 General election Candidates Devere Allen, editor of The World Tomorrow (Socialist) Hiram Bingham III, incumbent Senator since 1924 (Republican) Milton Conover, Yale University professor of political science (Independent Republican) John L. Grennan (Socialist Labor) Augustine Lonergan, U.S. Representative from Hartford (Democratic) William Secker (Communist) Campaign Bingham campaigned as a "wet," or anti-Prohibitionist, Republican in an effort to win Democratic votes.CONNECTICUT GOES TO HOOVER BY 6,000 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/11/10/105884788.html?pageNumber=3 10 Nov 1932 The New York Times 3 31 Aug 2021 In April, Bingham blamed Prohibition as indirectly responsible for the Lindbergh kidnapping, which he believed to be the work of associates of Al Capone.CAPONE KIDNAP KEY, BINGHAM SUSPECTS 24 Apr 1932 24 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/04/24/105794329.html?pageNumber=24 31 Aug 2021 In July, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska commented on Bingham's persistent proposals to legislate the repeal of Prohibition, "If he dies and goes to Heaven, as I know he will, and St. Peter opens the gates, the Senator from Connecticut will refuse to go in unless he has a bottle of beer under his arm."Bingham at Gates of Heaven Will Insist on Beer, Says Norris 11 July 1932 The New York Times 5 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/07/12/100833836.html?pageNumber=5 31 Aug 2021 He also campaigned as an opponent of paper money and free silver and a proponent of the Hoover administration.BINGHAM WARNS OF '16 TO 1' The New York Times 9 Oct 1932 25 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/10/09/100858968.html?pageNumber=25 31 Aug 2021 Senator Hiram Bingham, campaigning for re-election declared in a speech here today that paper money and "16-to-1 silver" were in the offing if the Democratic national ticket was elected in November. Bingham's opposition to Prohibition led Milton Conover, a Yale professor and vigorous defender of the preservation and enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, to enter the race.TROUBLESOME PROFESSORS 26 Sep 1932 14 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/26/100854914.html?pageNumber=14 31 Aug 2021 Results On Election Day, Lonergan narrowly unseated Bingham. Conover's 10,621 votes were more than double the number separating the incumbent Bingham from victory. 1932 U.S. Senate election in ConnecticutClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1933 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1932election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Democratic Party (US) Augustine Lonergan 282,327 47.50% 11.94 Republican Party (US) Hiram Bingham III (incumbent) 278,061 46.78% 16.53 Socialist Party (US) Devere Allen 19,774 3.33% 2.28 Independent Republican (US) Milton Conover 10,621 1.79% N/A Socialist Labor Party (US) John L. Grennan 2,243 0.38% N/A Communist Party (United States) William Secker 1,376 0.23% N/A 556,853 100.0% Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) See also 1932 United States Senate elections References 1932 Connecticut United States Senate