1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1934.
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November 6, 1934
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 County results La Follete Jr.: 30â40% 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% Callahan: 30â40% 40â50% Chapple: 30â40% 40â50% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. left his party and, with his brother Philip, formed the new Wisconsin Progressive Party. La Follette was re-elected on the Progressive ticket over Democrat John M. Callahan and Republican John B. Chapple. Robert La Follette Jr. was the first non-Republican to have won an election for this seat to the United States Senate from Wisconsin since John Lendrum Mitchell in 1893.
Progressive primary
Candidates
- Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (incumbent) | 154,373 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 154,373 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- John B. Chapple, nominee for U.S. Senate in 1932
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John B. Chapple | 126,034 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 126,034 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Gertrude Bowler, Democratic Party activist and anti-Prohibitionist
- John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (1925â1927) and nominee for Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1910 and 1924
- William D. Carroll, state senator from Prairie du Chien
- Charles E. Hammersley, candidate for governor in 1930
- Francis E. McGovern, former governor of Wisconsin (1911â15)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John M. Callahan | 58,270 | 29.06% | |
| Democratic | Francis E. McGovern | 48,931 | 24.41% | |
| Democratic | Charles E. Hammersley | 38,369 | 19.14% | |
| Democratic | William D. Carroll | 29,137 | 14.53% | |
| Democratic | Gertrude Bowler | 25,785 | 12.86% | |
| Total votes | 200,492 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- John B. Chapple, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Republican)
- John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (Democratic)
- Fern Dobbins (Independent Communist)
- Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 (Progressive)
- Theodore Lee (Independent Prohibition)
- James P. Sheehan, Milwaukee County supervisor (Socialist)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Robert La Follette Jr. (incumbent) | 440,513 | 47.78% | N/A | |
| Democratic | John M. Callahan | 223,438 | 24.24% | N/A | |
| Republican | John B. Chapple | 210,569 | 22.84% |  62.73 | |
| Socialist | James P. Sheehan | 44,453 | 4.82% | N/A | |
| Communist | Fern Dobbins | 2,127 | 0.23% |  0.03 | |
| Prohibition | Theodore Lee | 826 | 0.09% | 2.79 | |
| Write-in | 23 | 0.00% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 921,949 | 100.00% | |||
| Progressive gain from Republican | |||||