1922 United States Senate election in Virginia

none March 2026 March 2013 1922 United States Senate election in Virginia Virginia 1861 presidential no 1916 United States Senate election in Virginia 1916 1928 United States Senate election in Virginia 1928 November 7, 1922 SWANSON, CLAUDE. HONORABLE LCCN2016856628 (3x4a).jpg Claude A. Swanson Democratic Party (United States) 116,393 71.88% 3x4.svg J. W. McGavock Republican Party (United States) 42,903 26.50% U.S. Senator Claude A. Swanson Democratic Party (United States) Claude A. Swanson Democratic Party (United States) The 1922 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Senator Claude A. Swanson was re-elected to a third term after defeating Republican J. W. McGavock. Swanson and fellow Senator Carter Glass were the first U.S. Senators to be elected by popular vote (Swanson ran unopposed in 1916) following the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Results United States Senate election in Virginia, 1922Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1922election.pdf Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives 16 Democratic Party (United States) Claude A. Swanson (inc.) 116,393 71.88% Republican Party (United States) J. W. McGavock 42,903 26.50% Independent (politician) Matt N. Lewis 2,627 1.62% 73,490 45.39% 161,923 Democratic Party (United States) See also United States Senate elections, 1922 References Virginia 1922 United States Senate