1932 United States Senate election in Missouri

none March 2026 September 2023 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1926 United States Senate election in Missouri 1926 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri 1938 150x150px Bennet Champ Clark.jpg Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) 1,017,046 63.26% Kiel-mhm (cropped).jpg Henry Kiel Republican Party (US) 575,174 35.77% 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg 270px County resultsClark: #7a97e3 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Kiel: #e38080 50–60% #d85d5d 60–70% U.S. senator Harry B. Hawes Democratic Party (US) Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) The 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1932, in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry B. Hawes did not seek re-election, and Democratic candidate Bennett Champ Clark was elected with 63.26% of the vote over former Mayor of St. Louis Henry Kiel. Clark slightly underperformed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won 63.69% of the vote in the presidential election. He also notably carried the exact same counties Roosevelt carried in the Presidential Election Hawes resigned his seat on February 3, 1933, and Clark was appointed to the vacancy before his full term began. Democratic primary Candidates James W. Byrnes, president of the Missouri Association Against Prohibitionhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139234535/ BYRNES, WET, ENTERS SENATORIAL PRIMARY 3 March 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 31 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 13A State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Bennett Champ Clark, lawyer, former Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, and son of Champ Clark436 1379136 Bennett Champ Clark Charles M. Hay, attorney and leading prohibitionistCharles Martin Hay Papers http://files.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/C0039.pdf State Historical Society of Missouri 31 December 2022https://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139013484/ THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE FOR REPEAL 1 July 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 31 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 10A State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Charles M. Howell, insurance lobbyisthttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139017334/ Tomorrow's Task in the Primaries 1 August 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 31 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 2C State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Robert H. Merryman, lawyerhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139014941/ CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 3 June 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1 January 2023 St. Louis, Missouri 12A State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Results Democratic primary August 2, 1932Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1933 - 1934 1934 Missouri Secretary of State's Office 401 https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bluebook/id/17239 30 December 2022 Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (United States) 268,667 43.99 Charles M. Howell Democratic Party (United States) 173,266 28.37 Charles M. Hay Democratic Party (United States) 151,188 24.76 James W. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) 11,776 1.93 Robert H. Merryman Democratic Party (United States) 5,819 0.95 610,716 100 Republican primary Candidates Pearl Abernathy, real estate dealerhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139279458/ KIEL TO QUIT POLICE POST; FILES FOR SENATE 25 May 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1 January 2023 St. Louis, Missouri 1 State Historical Society of Missouri subscription B. F. Beazell, former Bureau of Prohibition agenthttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/861951875/ NINETY-NINE FILE FOR CONGRESSMAN 10 June 1932 Weekly Record 2 January 2023 New Madrid, Missouri 2 State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Henry Kiel, president of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners and former Mayor of St. Louis Robert J. Kratky, attorneyhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/139278288/ ROBERT J. KRATKY SEEKS NOMINATION FOR SENATOR 21 April 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1 January 2023 St. Louis, Missouri 1 State Historical Society of Missouri subscription Blodgett Priest, attorney Dewey Jackson Short, former U.S. Representative from Springfield Results Republican primary August 2, 1932 Henry Kiel Republican Party (United States) 172,447 50.42 Dewey Jackson Short Republican Party (United States) 71,936 21.03 Robert J. Kratky Republican Party (United States) 38,664 11.30 B. F. Beazell Republican Party (United States) 34,705 10.15 Blodgett Priest Republican Party (United States) 12,533 3.66 Pearl Abernathy Republican Party (United States) 11,753 3.44 342,038 100 Other primaries Communist The Communist Party nominated Julius Pollack. Prohibition Prohibition primary August 2, 1932 Herman P. Faris Prohibition Party 21 100 21 100 Socialist Socialist primary August 2, 1932 J. G. Hodges Socialist Party of America 535 100 535 100 Socialist Labour Socialist Labour primary August 2, 1932 Karl L. Oberhue Socialist Labor Party of America 38 100 38 100 General election 1932 United States Senate election in MissouriStatistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1932election.pdf August 4, 2019 Clerk.house.gov 18 Democratic Party (US) Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) 1,017,046 63.26% +11.96 Republican Party (US) Henry Kiel 575,174 35.77% -11.94 Socialist Party of America J. G. Hodges 11,441 0.71% +0.53 Prohibition Party (US) Herman P. Faris 3,147 0.20% -0.56 Communist Party USA Julius Pollack 533 0.03% +0.03 Socialist Labor Party of America Karl L. Oberhue 417 0.03% -0.02 441,872 27.49% 1,607,758 Democratic Party (US) References 1932 Missouri United States Senate