Three days before the primary, Maine's other U.S. Senator Edwin C. Burleigh died. After losing this primary, Fernald ran to complete Burleigh's unexpired term and won.
Hersey ran for and won the election to Maine's 4th congressional district, which was vacated by Frank E. Guernsey, who also ran in the special election for Senate.
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1916, united, states, senate, election, maine, confused, with, 1916, united, states, senate, special, election, maine, held, september, 1916, 1910, september, 1916, 1922, nominee, frederick, hale, charles, johnsonparty, republican, democraticpopular, vote, 486. Not to be confused with 1916 United States Senate special election in Maine The 1916 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 11 1916 1916 United States Senate election in Maine 1910 September 11 1916 1922 Nominee Frederick Hale Charles F JohnsonParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 79 481 69 486Percentage 52 72 46 09 County resultsHale 40 50 50 60 60 70 Johnson 50 60 U S senator before electionCharles F JohnsonDemocratic Elected U S Senator Frederick HaleRepublicanIncumbent Democratic Senator Charles F Johnson ran for re election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican Frederick Hale the son of Johnson s predecessor Eugene Hale Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 Socialist primary 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Progressive primary 4 1 Candidates 4 2 Results 5 General election 5 1 Results 6 See also 7 ReferencesDemocratic primary EditCandidates Edit Charles F Johnson incumbent Senator since 1911Results Edit Senator Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary 1916 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Charles F Johnson incumbent 14 599 99 95 Write in 8 0 06 Total votes 14 607 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit Bert M Fernald former Governor of Maine 1909 11 Frederick Hale former State Representative from Portland 1905 06 and Republican National Committeeman Ira Hersey State Senator from Houlton and President of the Maine SenateResults Edit 1916 Republican U S Senate primary 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Republican Frederick Hale 17 027 37 01 Republican Bert M Fernald 15 368 33 40 Republican Ira Hersey 13 617 29 59 Total votes 46 012 100 00 Three days before the primary Maine s other U S Senator Edwin C Burleigh died After losing this primary Fernald ran to complete Burleigh s unexpired term and won Hersey ran for and won the election to Maine s 4th congressional district which was vacated by Frank E Guernsey who also ran in the special election for Senate Socialist primary EditCandidates Edit James F Carey former Massachusetts State Representative from Haverhill 1900 04 Results Edit 1916 Socialist U S Senate primary 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Socialist James F Carey 198 100 00 Total votes 198 100 00 Progressive primary EditCandidates Edit George C WebberResults Edit 1916 Progressive U S Senate primary 7 8 Party Candidate Votes Progressive George C Webber 186 100 00 Total votes 186 100 00 General election EditResults Edit 1916 U S Senate election in Maine 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Frederick Hale 79 481 52 72 Democratic Charles F Johnson incumbent 69 486 46 09 Socialist James F Carey 1 510 1 00 Prohibition Arthur C Johnson 279 0 19 Write in 7 0 01 Total votes 150 763 100 00 See also Edit1916 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit Bureau of Corporations Elections and Commissions 30 March 1905 1916 Democratic Primary State amp County Officers 1910 1919 ME US Senate D Primary OurCampaigns Retrieved 27 Dec 2020 Bureau of Corporations Elections and Commissions 30 March 1905 1916 Republican Primary State amp County Officers 1910 1919 ME US Senate R Primary OurCampaigns Retrieved 27 December 2020 Bureau of Corporations Elections and Commissions 1916 Socialist Primary State amp County Officers ME US Senate S Primary OurCampaigns Retrieved 27 December 2020 Bureau of Corporations Elections and Commissions 30 March 1905 1916 Progressive Primary State amp County Officers 1910 1919 ME US Senate PRG Primary OurCampaigns Retrieved 27 December 2020 ME US Senate OurCampaigns Retrieved 27 Dec 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 United States Senate election in Maine amp oldid 1169638332, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
