1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

The 1914 United States Senate special election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1914. Incumbent Senator Benjamin F. Shively was re-elected to a second term in office over Hugh Thomas Miller and Albert J. Beveridge. This was the first popular election for United States Senator held in Indiana, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

 
NomineeBenjamin F. ShivelyHugh Thomas MillerAlbert J. Beveridge
PartyDemocraticRepublicanProgressive
Popular vote272,249226,766108,581
Percentage42.14%35.10%16.81%

County results
Shively:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Miller:      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%
Beveridge:      30-40%

U.S. senator before election

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Benjamin F. Shively
Democratic

General election

Candidates

  • Albert J. Beveridge, former Republican U.S. Senator (Progressive)
  • Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition)
  • James Matthews (Socialist Labor)
  • Hugh Thomas Miller, director of the Union Trust Company and former Lieutenant Governor (Republican)
  • Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist)
  • Benjamin F. Shively, incumbent Senator since 1909 (Democratic)

Results

1914 U.S. Senate special election in Indiana[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBenjamin F. Shively (incumbent) 272,249 42.14%
RepublicanHugh Thomas Miller226,76635.10%
ProgressiveAlbert Beveridge108,58116.81%
SocialistStephen N. Reynolds21,7193.36%
ProhibitionSumner W. Haynes13,8602.15%
Socialist LaborJames Matthews2,8840.45%
Total votes703,289 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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