1913 United States Senate elections in Illinois

none March 2026 September 2023 1913 United States Senate elections in Illinois legislative March 26, 1913 Two United States Senate elections (a regular and a special election) were held in Illinois on March 26, 1913. The two elections were interconnected through a compromise made to elect a Democrat in the regular election and a Republican in the special election. These were the last elections to U.S. Senate from Illinois to take place by vote of state legislature, as the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution would make all subsequent U.S. Senate elections conducted by a popular vote. The elections saw the election of Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis to a full term in the state's class 2 United States Senate seat in a regular election, and Republican Lawrence Y. Sherman to the state's class 3 United States Senate seat in a special election. Background and procedure At the time, since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was yet to take effect, U.S. Senate seats were filled by votes of state legislatures. In the November 1912 state elections, the Republicans lost control of the Illinois General Assembly due to the Republican / Progressive split.May 2021 But while the Democrats held a plurality of the Illinois General Assembly, they did not have a majority. The General Assembly took up the matter of electing the senators on February 1.May 2021 The General Assembly ultimately failed to elect until after the new congress began. On March 26, in a compromise arranged by governor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, the General Assembly elected Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis to fill the full-term seat and Republican Lawrence Y. Sherman to fill the two remaining years of a vacancy that had just recently opened. This broke a deadlock on the matter that had been in place since February 11.ILLINOIS PICKS AS SENATORS, LEWIS AND L.Y. SHERMAN https://www.newspapers.com/image/138944621/?terms=Lawrence%20Yates%20Sherman%20J.%20Hamilton%20Lewis%20compromise&match=1 Newspapers.com St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11 May 2021 en subscription 26 Mar 1913 Party primaries Non-binding preference primaries were held April 9, 1912, which informed the legislature of the preferred candidate of the voters that participated in each party's primaries. They coincided with binding primaries held for other offices.Illinois blue book, 1913-1914 Illinois Secretary of State 460 http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/26113/rec/30 19 December 2020 en While the party was eligible to hold a primary, no Socialist primary was held for the office of U.S. Senator. Democratic primary Candidate J. Hamilton Lewis, former at-large U.S. congressman from Washington Result Democratic primary J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (United States) 228,872 100 228,872 100 Republican primary Candidates Shelby Moore Cullom, incumbent senator and former governor of Illinois Lawrence Yates Sherman, former lieutenant governor of Illinois and former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Hugh S. Magill, Illinois state senatorCandidate - Hugh S. Magill https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=54641 Our Campaigns 19 December 2020 Result Republican primary Lawrence Y. Sherman Republican Party (United States) 178,063 46.16 Shelby Moore Cullom (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 129,375 33.54 Hugh S. Magill Republican Party (United States) 78,344 20.31 385,782 100 Prohibition primary Candidate Alonzo Wilson, former member of the Illinois House of RepresentativesIllinois Blue Book 1905-1906 372 April 11, 2022 http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/24813/ Result Prohibition primary Alonzo E. Wilson Prohibition Party 3,786 100 3,786 100 Regular election (class 2 seat) Illinois general election (class 2) presidential Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast in each house Members' no March 26, 1913 1907 United States Senate election in Illinois 1907 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois 1918 125x136px J. Hamilton Lewis (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1913-1914) (cropped).png J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (US) 164 80.39% File:Frank H. Funk, American Elevator and Grain Trade, August 15, 1912 p. 66 3x4.jpg Frank H. Funk Progressive Party (US, 1912) 22 10.78% U.S. senator Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Party (US) J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Party (US) a2ed70 On April 12, 1912, five-term Republican incumbent Shelby Moore Cullom lost renomination to Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Lawrence Y. Sherman in the Republican "advisory" primary, where the voters expressed their preference for senator but the decision was not binding on the General Assembly, which made the actual choice. Cullom had suffered politically over his support for the other Illinois senator, William Lorimer, who was embroiled in a scandal over alleged bribery in his 1909 election to the Senate. After his defeat, Cullom withdrew his name from consideration by the General Assembly.May 2021 The Illinois General Assembly eventually elected the Democratic nominee, Congressman J. Hamilton Lewis March 26, 1913, who had previously won the Democratic advisory primary as the sole candidate on the ballot. Before their conclusive March 26 vote, after a compromise was stricken, the Illinois legislature had twelve-times cast deadlocked ballots for the class 2 senate seat. James Hamilton Lewis was the first non-Republican to win this seat since 1877 and was the first non-Republican to have held this seat since 1883. LEWIS SHY NINE VOTES OF ELECTION https://www.newspapers.com/image/426251073 Newspapers.com Woodford County Journal 11 May 2021 en subscription 27 Mar 1913 + Illinois legislative vote, class 2 (March 26, 1913) United States Senators Chosen, 1913 458 Party Candidate Votes % State Senate State House Total votes Democratic J. Hamilton Lewis 45 119 164 82.41 Progressive Frank H. Funk 2 20 22 11.06 Republican Lawrence Y. Sherman 0 9 9 4.52 Socialist Bernard Berlyn 0 4 4 2.01 Democratic gain from Republican Special election (class 3 seat) Illinois special election (class 3) presidential Needed to win: Majority of the votes cast in each house Members' no March 26, 1913 1909 United States Senate election in Illinois 1909 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois 1914 125x136px Lawrence Yates Sherman (a).jpg Lawrence Y. ShermanTaylor Julius F. The Broad Ax http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TBA19120525&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# June 22, 2015 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections Republican Party (US) 143 70.10% Charles Boeschenstein (1862-1952) portrait.jpg Charles Boeschenstein Democratic Party (US) 25 12.26% Frank H. Funk, American Elevator and Grain Trade, August 15, 1912 p. 66 3x4.jpg Frank H. Funk Progressive Party (US, 1912) 22 10.78% U.S. senator Casual vacancy Lawrence Y. Sherman Republican Party (US) a2ed70 In July 1912, the U.S. Senate invalidated William Lorimer's 1909 election and declared the seat vacant.July 14, 1912 Lorimer ousted by decisive vote The New York Times The Illinois Attorney General, William H. Stead determined that the General Assembly had failed to properly elect Lorimer in 1909 and so the governor could not appoint a replacement.July 18, 1912 Lorimer never elected The New York Times As a result, the General Assembly had a second Senate seat to fill. Lawrence Y. Sherman, who had won the Republican advisory primary for Illinois’ regular senate election, was elected in the special election. Sherman defeated Democratic candidate Charles Boeschenstein, a newspaper publisher from Edwardsville and Democratic National Committeeman from Illinois.Smith George Washington History of Illinois and Her People 4 American Historical Society Inc. 1927 December 26, 2023 https://books.google.com/books?id=BUci9hdxdL8C&pg=PA14 14 Google Books Illinois special legislative vote, class 3 (March 26, 1913)IL US Senate Special https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22265 March 27, 2020 Our Campaigns United States Senators Chosen, 1913 458 Lawrence Y. Sherman Republican Party (US) 143 73.33% Charles Boeschenstein Democratic Party (US) 25 12.82% Frank H. Funk Progressive Party (US, 1912) 22 11.28% McDonald Socialist Party (US) 4 2.05% John Fitzpatrick Democratic Party (US) 1 0.51% Republican Party (US) Casual vacancy See also 1912 and 1913 United States Senate elections References Bibliography https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026454366;view=1up;seq=487 The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1913 1913 The Tribune Association New York 457 United States Senators Chosen, 1912 United States Senators Chosen, 1913 HathiTrust Digital Library 1913 Illinois United States Senate Illinois 1913 Illinois 1913 United States Senate 1913