1923 United States Senate elections

Vermont special election
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U.S. senator before election; William P. Dillingham (Deceased); Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Porter H. Dale; Republican

Minnesota special election
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U.S. senator before election; Knute Nelson; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Magnus Johnson; Farmer–Labor

The United States Senate elections of 1923 were special elections that occurred in the near the end of Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. The Farmer-Labor party gained one seat from Republicans who kept the other seat and their majority.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

At the beginning of the 68th Congress in March 1923.

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	FL₁	R₅₃ Died	R₅₂ Died	R₅₁	R₅₀	R₄₉
Majority →									R₄₉
R₃₉	R₄₀	R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃	R₄₄	R₄₅	R₄₆	R₄₇	R₄₈
R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

After the special elections

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	FL₁	FL₂ Gain	R₅₂ Hold	R₅₁	R₅₀	R₄₉
Majority →									R₄₉
R₃₉	R₄₀	R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃	R₄₄	R₄₅	R₄₆	R₄₇	R₄₈
R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Key:

D_#	Democratic
FL_#	Farmer–Labor
R_#	Republican

Elections during the 68th Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated after March 4, 1923.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Minnesota (Class 2)	Knute Nelson	Republican	1895 1901 1907 1913 1918	Incumbent died April 28, 1923. New senator elected July 16, 1923. Farmer–Labor gain.	▌ Y Magnus Johnson (Farmer–Labor) 57.5% ▌J. A. O. Preus (Republican) 38.7% ▌James A. Carley (Democratic) 3.83%^[1]
Vermont (Class 3)	William P. Dillingham	Republican	1900 (special) 1902 1908 1914 1920	Incumbent died July 23, 1923. New senator elected November 6, 1923. Republican hold.	▌ Y Porter H. Dale (Republican) 65.7% ▌Park Pollard (Democratic) 33.7%^[2]

Minnesota (special)

Special election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmer–Labor	Magnus Johnson	290,165	57.48%
	Republican	J. A. O. Preus	195,319	38.69%
	Democratic	James A. Carley	19,311	3.83%
Total votes			504,795	100.00%
Majority			94,846	18.79%
	Farmer–Labor gain from Republican

Vermont (special)

Republican primary^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter H. Dale	26,654	53.7%
	Republican	John W. Redmond	13,727	27.6%
	Republican	Stanley C. Wilson	9,250	18.6%
	Republican	Other	28	0.1%
Total votes			49,659	100.0%

Democratic primary^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Park H. Pollard	1,428	99.0%
	Democratic	Other	15	1.0%
Total votes			1,443	100.00%

Special election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter H. Dale	30,388	65.7%
	Democratic	Park H. Pollard	15,580	33.7%
	Conservation	Marshall J. Hapgood	248	0.5%
	Total	Other	70	0.1%
Total votes			46,286	100.0%

References

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