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1912 United States Senate elections in Arizona

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Field	Value
election_name	1912 United States Senate election in Arizona
(Class 1)
country	Arizona
type	Presidential
ongoing	no
image_size	x150px
next_election	1916 United States Senate election in Arizona
next_year	1916
election_date	December 12, 1911
image1	ASHURST, HENRY F. SENATOR LCCN2016858200 (3x4).jpg
nominee1	Henry F. Ashurst
electoral_vote1	54
party1	Democratic Party (US)
popular_vote1	10,872
percentage1	49.99%
image2	CAMERON, R.H. SENATOR LCCN2016857191 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Ralph H. Cameron
electoral_vote2	0
party2	Republican Party (US)
popular_vote2	9,640
percentage2	44.33%
image3	File:3x4.svg
nominee3	E. Johnson
electoral_vote3	0
party3	Socialist Party (US)
popular_vote3	1,234
percentage3	5.68%
map_image	1912 United States Senate election in Arizona results map by county class 1.svg
map_size	205px
map_caption	Election results by county
Ashurst:
Cameron:
title	U.S. Senator
after_election	Henry F. Ashurst
after_party	Democratic Party (US)

The 1912 United States Senate elections in Arizona took place in the Arizona State Legislature on March 27, 1912, confirming the selection of Marcus A. Smith and Henry F. Ashurst as the state's first U.S. Senators. Their results were predetermined on the basis on the results of a popular vote taken on December 12, 1911.

This marked the first U.S. Senate elections held in the state after it was admitted to the union as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. The two men were sworn in on April 2.

The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, §3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. The amendment was proposed by the 62nd Congress in 1912 and became part of the Constitution on April 8, 1913, on ratification by three-quarters (36) of the state legislatures.

Class 1

(Class 1) Ashurst:
Cameron:

Henry F. Ashurst was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives in 1897. He was re-elected in 1899, and became the territory's youngest speaker. In 1902, he was elected to the Territorial Senate. In 1911, Ashurst presided over Arizona's constitutional convention. During the convention, he positioned himself for a U.S. Senate seat by avoiding the political fighting over various clauses in the constitution which damaged his rivals.

Class 3

(Class 3) Smith:
Smith:

Marcus A. Smith announced his candidacy for one of Arizona's two senate seats on September 24, 1911. As the campaign began, Smith abandoned his long standing conservative stand and declared himself a "Progressive".

References

Sources

References

(April 3, 1912). "Senate Now Numbers 96". New York Times.
(June 1, 1962). "Henry Fountain Ashurst Dead; Former Senator from Arizona". New York Times.
Johnston, Alva. (December 25, 1937). "The Dean of Inconsistency". [[The Saturday Evening Post]].
"Our Campaigns - AZ US Senate Race - Mar 27, 1912".
"Our Campaigns - AZ US Senate Race - Dec 12, 1911".

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