1920 United States Senate election in Connecticut

none March 2026 September 2023 1920 United States Senate election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1914 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1914 1924 United States Senate special election in Connecticut 1924 (special) November 2, 1920 x150px File:Frank Bosworth Brandegee.jpg Frank B. Brandegee Republican Party (United States) 216,792 59.36% File:Augustine Lonergan (cropped).jpg Augustine Lonergan Democratic Party (United States) 131,824 36.10% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 200px Brandegee: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 90–100% Lonergan: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator Frank B. Brandegee Republican Party (US) Frank B. Brandegee Republican Party (US) The 1920 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Senator Frank B. Brandegee was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Augustine Lonergan. Democratic nomination Candidates Augustine Lonergan, U.S. Representative from Hartford Declined Homer Stille Cummings, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former mayor of Stamford, and nominee for Senate in 1916 Campaign For much of the campaign into September, Homer Stille Cummings appeared to be the likely Democratic nominee. He had the backing of President Woodrow Wilson and Democratic presidential nominee James M. Cox. However, following the Republican landslide in Maine on September 13, Cummings demurred.Janick 1973 448 Convention At the convention, Cummings openly declared that he would decline to be a candidate, citing health reasons. Instead, the party turned to two-term U.S. Representative Augustine Lonergan.Janick 1973 448 The party platform endorsed the Wilson administration, women's suffrage, health insurance reform, state civil service reform, and agricultural aid in the state.LONERGAN TO RUN AGAINST BRANDEGEE 17 Sep 1920 2 Sep 2021 11 The New York Times https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/09/17/102889325.html?pageNumber=11 General election Candidates Charles J. Backofen (Socialist Labor) Josephine B. Bennett (Farmer-Labor) Frank B. Brandegee, incumbent Senator since 1905 (Republican) Emil L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition) Augustine Lonergan, U.S. Representative from Hartford (Democratic) Martin F. Plunkett (Socialist) Campaign In advance of the campaign, Brandegee, worried about losing the new woman's vote, reversed his longtime opposition to women's suffrage. He argued for expedient ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, in order to forestall bitterness by women.Janick 1973 442 Nevertheless, he was opposed by the Connecticut Women's Suffrage Association,Janick 1973 443 who mounted an active and well-funded campaign against him.Janick 1973 445 Brandegee countered this campaign by stressing loyalty to the Republican Party and attributing his past votes as grounded in constitutionalism.Janick 1973 446 Before and during the campaign, Brandegee was an "irreconcilable" opponent of the Treaty of Versailles.Janick 1973 437 In this fight, he had the strong support of the Connecticut Republican establishment, led by J. Henry Roraback and Governor Marcus Holcomb, as well as sections of the large Irish and Italian populations of the state, a usually Democratic bloc.Janick 1973 438 He drew condemnation from a number of pro-treaty intellectuals, led by Irving Fisher, who formed the "Republicans and Independents Who Oppose the Re-election of Brandegee," a group composed mostly of school teachers, many of whom were associated with Yale University.Janick 1973 443 The nomination of Lonergan, however, dampened this movement; he was tepid in his enthusiasm for the League of Nations.Janick 1973 449 Brandegee also praised state's rights, condemned Bolshevism and radicalism, and warned of the need for continued military preparedness.Janick 1973 440 Prohibition was not made an issue in the campaign, as both candidates opposed the Eighteenth Amendment.Janick 1973 449 Union support for Lonergan did not materialize, in part due to ongoing factionalism within the state's labor movement.Janick 1973 449 Endorsements Fellow Senators William Borah, Medill McCormick, Hiram Johnson, and Henry Cabot Lodge all campaigned in Connecticut for Brandegee, along with Nicholas Murray Butler. He was also endorsed by Albert Beveridge and Philander Knox.Janick 1973 447 Lonergan received support from Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee for vice president, who visited the state on September 17.The New York Times 18 Sep 1920 ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE 7 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/09/18/102890165.html?pageNumber=7 2 Sep 2021 Results 1920 U.S. Senate election in ConnecticutClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1921 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1920 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1920election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (US) Frank B. Brandegee (incumbent) 216,792 59.36% 9.61 Democratic Party (US) Augustine Lonergan 131,824 36.10% 5.98 Socialist Party (US) Martin F. Plunkett 10,118 2.77% 0.49 Prohibition Party (US) Emil L. G. Hohenthal 2,892 0.79% 0.04 Farmer-Labor Party (US) Josephine B. Bennett 2,076 0.57% N/A Socialist Labor Party (US) Charles L. Backofen 1,486 0.41% 0.05 365,188 100.0% Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) See also 1920 United States Senate elections References Bibliography The Historian Janick Herbert May 1973 434–451 35 3 Senator Frank B. Brandegee and the Election of 1920 10.1111/j.1540-6563.1973.tb00509.x 1920 Connecticut United States Senate