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1932 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Field	Value
election_name	1932 United States Senate election in Missouri
country	Missouri
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1926 United States Senate election in Missouri
previous_year	1926
next_election	1938 United States Senate election in Missouri
next_year	1938
image_size	x136px
image1	Bennet Champ Clark.jpg
nominee1	Bennett Champ Clark
party1	Democratic Party (US)
popular_vote1	1,017,046
percentage1	63.26%
image2	Kiel-mhm (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Henry Kiel
party2	Republican Party (US)
popular_vote2	575,174
percentage2	35.77%
map_image	1932 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg
map_size	270px
map_caption	County results
Clark:
Kiel:
title	U.S. senator
before_election	Harry B. Hawes
before_party	Democratic Party (US)
after_election	Bennett Champ Clark
after_party	Democratic Party (US)

Clark:
Kiel:

The 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1932, in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry B. Hawes did not seek re-election, and Democratic candidate Bennett Champ Clark was elected with 63.26% of the vote over former Mayor of St. Louis Henry Kiel. Clark slightly underperformed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won 63.69% of the vote in the presidential election. He also notably carried the exact same counties Roosevelt carried in the Presidential Election

Hawes resigned his seat on February 3, 1933, and Clark was appointed to the vacancy before his full term began.

Democratic primary

Candidates

James W. Byrnes, president of the Missouri Association Against Prohibition
Bennett Champ Clark, lawyer, former Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, and son of Champ Clark
Charles M. Hay, attorney and leading prohibitionist
Charles M. Howell, insurance lobbyist
Robert H. Merryman, lawyer

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Pearl Abernathy, real estate dealer
B. F. Beazell, former Bureau of Prohibition agent
Henry Kiel, president of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners and former Mayor of St. Louis
Robert J. Kratky, attorney
Blodgett Priest, attorney
Dewey Jackson Short, former U.S. Representative from Springfield

Results

Other primaries

Communist

The Communist Party nominated Julius Pollack.

Prohibition

Socialist

Socialist Labour

General election

References

(3 March 1932). "BYRNES, WET, ENTERS SENATORIAL PRIMARY". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
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"Charles Martin Hay Papers".
(1 July 1932). "THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE FOR REPEAL". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(1 August 1932). "Tomorrow's Task in the Primaries". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(3 June 1932). "CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(1934). "Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1933 - 1934". Missouri Secretary of State's Office.
(25 May 1932). "KIEL TO QUIT POLICE POST; FILES FOR SENATE". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(10 June 1932). "NINETY-NINE FILE FOR CONGRESSMAN". Weekly Record.
(21 April 1932). "ROBERT J. KRATKY SEEKS NOMINATION FOR SENATOR". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1932". Clerk.house.gov.

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