1922 United States Senate election in Texas

none March 2026 September 2023 1922 United States Senate election in Texas Texas presidential no 1916 United States Senate election in Texas 1916 1928 United States Senate election in Texas 1928 November 7, 1922 file:Earlebmayfield.jpg 150x150px Earle Mayfield Democratic Party (United States) 264,260 66.90% File:G.E.B. Peddy LCCN2014715240.jpg George Peddy(write-in) Independent Democratic Republican Party (United States) 130,744 33.10% U.S. Senator Charles Culberson Democratic Party (United States) Earle Mayfield Democratic Party (United States) 1922 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg County resultsHeard Alexander Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949 Strong Donald University of Alabama Press 1950 9780836955248 167–169Mayfield: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Peddy: #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80% #555555 80–90%#000000 No votes The 1922 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Culberson ran for re-election to a fifth term, but lost the Democratic primary.July 27, 1922 CULBERSON ADMITS DEFEAT; Texan Senator Tells Friends to Support Whom They Please. en-US 4 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1922/07/27/archives/culberson-admits-defeat-texan-senator-tells-friends-to-support-whom.html April 28, 2023 0362-4331 A runoff was held between former Governor Pa Ferguson and Railroads Commissioner Earle Bradford Mayfield. In the runoff, Mayfield, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission defeated Ferguson for the Democratic nomination, then tantamount to election in Texas as a legacy of the American Civil War. Mayfield had the support of the resurgent Ku Klux Klan, and anti-Klan activists in the Democratic Party including George Peddy were unable to have him stripped of the nomination.Fleming Richard T. Biography, George Edwin Bailey Peddy (1892–1951) https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/peddy-george-edwin-bailey January 9, 2021 Handbook of Texas Texas State Historical Association Austin, TX Peddy agreed to run against Mayfield as the candidate of the "Independent Democrats," members of the party who opposed the Klan.September 17, 1922 PARIES JOIN IN TO OPPOSE: George E. B. Peddy Senatorial Nominee by licans and Independent Democrats. 4 St. Louis Post - Dispatch https://www.proquest.com/docview/578909309 April 28, 2023 578909309 Wright B. F. 1922 The Texas Senatorial Election https://www.jstor.org/stable/42879142 The Southwestern Political Science Quarterly 3 3 225–231 2374-1295 The Texas Republican Party also backed Peddy, but after a lengthy court battle, they were unable to have him included on the general election ballot as their official nominee.1922-10-24 KEEP PEDDY'S NAME OFF TEXAS BALLOT; Federal Judges Decline to Order Fusion Senatorial Nominee Placed on Ticket. en-US 17 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1922/10/24/archives/keep-peddys-name-off-texas-ballot-federal-judges-decline-to-order.html April 28, 2023 0362-4331 Peddy ran on an explicitly anti-Klan platform. Peddy ran a write-in campaign as the candidate of the Independent Democrats and Republicans.September 19, 1922 TEXAS PARTIES JOIN IN ANTI-KLAN FIGHT: George B. Peddy Nominated to Oppose E.B. Mayfield for Senatorship 1 The Christian Science Monitor https://www.proquest.com/docview/510775232 April 28, 2023 510775232 Peddy also ran with the endorsements of Senator Culberson and President Warren G. Harding.September 24, 1922 Culberson Out To Drive Klan From Texas 3 New - York Tribune https://www.proquest.com/docview/576673937 April 28, 2023 576673937 In the general election, he ran a surprisingly strong race and held Mayfield to a smaller margin than was usual for Texas Democrats, but Mayfield defeated him 264,260 votes (66.9%) to 130,744 (33.1%).Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1923 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1922 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1922election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Mayfield performed especially well in cities where the Klan had a strong presence, like Dallas and Houston.November 8, 1922 Texas https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/11/08/99096679.html?zoom=14.59 2024-10-04 The New York Times 3 en 0362-4331 Peddy challenged Mayfield's election, and the subsequent Senate investigation prevented Mayfield from taking his seat as scheduled on March 4, 1923. Mayfield assumed his seat on December 3, 1923,"He's Senator Now", San Angelo (Texas) Evening Standard, December 4, 1923, p. 1 ("Oath of office as member of the United States Senate from Texas was administered Monday to Earle B. Mayfield, elected over George E. B. Peddy...")"Crooker's Protest Not Heard From", Boston Globe, December 4, 1923, p.12 ("Senator Mayfield of Texas, who was sworn in today, will have to face the committee...") and was sworn in pending a resolution to Peddy's challenge, which was ultimately denied on February 4, 1925.Lester Carole N. February 9, 2020 Duly Elected? The Texas Senate Race of 1922, the Ku Klux Klan and Texas Newspapers https://what-do-you-know-about-history.com/duly-elected-the-texas-senate-race-of-1922-the-ku-klux-klan-and-texas-newspapers/ What Do You Know About History? Dallas, TX January 9, 2021 Democratic primary Candidates Charles Allen Culberson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1899 James E. "Pa" Ferguson, former Governor of Texas (1915–17) Robert Lee Henry, former U.S. Representative from Waco (1897–1917) Earle Bradford Mayfield, member of the Railroad Commission of Texas and former State Senator from Tyler Cullen F. Thomas, Dallas attorney9 Dec 1938 The New York Times 25 Obituary: Cullen F. Thomas Charles Ousley Withdrawn Sterling P. Strong, traveling salesman and former Montague County Clerk Results 1922 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278790 Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – July 22, 1922 www.ourcampaigns.com Democratic Party (United States) Earle B. Mayfield 153,538 26.78% Democratic Party (United States) Pa Ferguson 127,071 22.16% Democratic Party (United States) Charles Culberson (incumbent) 99,635 17.38% Democratic Party (United States) Cullen F. Thomas 88,026 15.35% Democratic Party (United States) Charles Ousley 62,451 10.89% Democratic Party (United States) Robert Lee Henry 41,567 7.25% Democratic Party (United States) Sterling P. Strong (withdrew) 1,085 0.19% 573,373 100.00% Runoff 1922 Democratic U.S. Senate runoffhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278803 Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – August 26, 1922 www.ourcampaigns.com Democratic Party (United States) Earle B. Mayfield 273,308 54.44% Democratic Party (United States) Pa Ferguson 228,701 45.56% 502,009 100.00% General election Results 1922 United States Senate election in Texashttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30394 Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 07, 1922 www.ourcampaigns.com Democratic Party (United States) Earle B. Mayfield 264,260 66.90% 14.40 Ind. Democratic #6699CC George Peddy (write-in) 130,744 33.10% 20.01 395,004 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) See also 1922 United States Senate elections References Texas 1922 Senate Category:Long stubs with short prose