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1920 United States Senate election in Iowa

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1920 United States Senate election in Iowa

← 1914 November 2, 1920 1926 →
 
Nominee Albert B. Cummins Claude R. Porter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 528,499 322,015
Percentage 61.42% 37.42%

County results
Cummins:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Porter:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Albert B. Cummins
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Albert B. Cummins
Republican

The 1920 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Senator Albert B. Cummins was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating challenges from Smith W. Brookhart in the Republican primary and Claude R. Porter in the general election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Campaign

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Albert B. Cummins was a progressive senator from an earlier generation who distrusted both corporate interests and trade unions. Brookhart campaigned against railroad regulations Cummins had co-authored, the Esch–Cummins Act, which Brookhart claimed did too little to wrest ownership and control of railroads away from Wall Street interests.[1] Brookhart attempted to register rank-and-file blue-collar workers as Republicans so that they could vote for him in the primary,[1] which prompted Cummins to associate Brookhart with radical workers movements such as "the Socialists, reds and Industrial Workers of the World."[2] Cummins was sidelined by illness in the weeks leading up to the primary but defeated Brookhart.[2][3]

Results

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1920 Republican U.S. Senate primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Albert B. Cummins (incumbent) 115,768 54.52%
Republican Smith W. Brookhart 96,563 45.48%
Total votes 212,331 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Results

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1920 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claude Porter 38,515 100.00%
Total votes 38,515 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1920 U.S. Senate election in Iowa[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Albert B. Cummins (incumbent) 528,499 61.42%
Democratic Claude Porter 322,015 37.42%
Farmer–Labor H. W. Cowles 9020 1.05%
Socialist Labor Arthur S. Dowler 933 0.11%
Republican hold
Total votes 860,467 100.00%

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cummins May Campaign Iowa Before Primary," Waterloo Evening Courier, March 23, 1920 at 7.
  2. ^ a b "Cummins Seems Choice of Black Hawk Co. Voters," Waterloo Evening Courier, June 4, 1920 at 1.
  3. ^ "Cummins' Lead over Brookhart is Over 20,000," Waterloo Evening Courier, June 9, 1920, p. 1.
  4. ^ a b Iowa Official Register, 1921–22 (PDF). p. 425.
  5. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. 1921. Retrieved May 21, 2024.