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1932 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Field	Value
election_name	1932 United States Senate election in Indiana
country	Indiana
type	Presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1926 United States Senate election in Indiana
previous_year	1926
next_election	1938 United States Senate election in Indiana
next_year	1938
election_date	November 8, 1932
image_size	150x150px
image1	File:FVanNuys.jpg
nominee1	Frederick Van Nuys
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	870,053
percentage1	55.57%
image2	File:James Eli Watson.jpg
nominee2	James E. Watson
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	661,750
percentage2	42.26%
map_image	File:1932 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
map_size	160px
map_caption	County results
Van Nuys:
Watson:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	James E. Watson
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Frederick Van Nuys
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Van Nuys:
Watson:

The 1932 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader James E. Watson ran for a third term in office, but was defeated by Frederick Van Nuys in a landslide.

This marked the first time in history that a Senate leader lost re-election, and the only time they were a Republican.

General election

Candidates

Evartt E. Bailey (Socialist Labor)
Ralph Green (National)
William Townsend (Communist)
Frederick Van Nuys, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Indiana and State Senator (Democratic)
Forrest Wallace (Socialist)
James E. Watson, incumbent Senator since 1916 and Senate Majority Leader (Republican)
Alson E. Wrentmore (Prohibition)

Results

References

"Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932".
[[Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives]]. (1 Mar 1945). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].

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