1926 United States Senate election in Indiana

The 1926 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James E. Watson was re-elected to a second full term in office over Democratic attorney Albert Stump.

1926 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee James E. Watson Albert Stump Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 522,837 511,454 Percentage 50.04% 48.95%

U.S. senator before election James E. Watson Republican Elected U.S. Senator James E. Watson Republican

Democratic nomination

Candidates

• William A. Cullop, former U.S. Representative from Vincennes^[1]
• L. William Curry, opponent of Prohibition^[1]
• John E. Frederick, Kokomo businessman^[1][2]
• George W. Rauch, former U.S. Representative from Marion^[1]
• L. Ert Slack, former U.S. Attorney^[1]
• Albert Stump, World War I veteran and Indianapolis attorney^[1]

Frederick ran with the backing of former U.S. Senator and party boss Thomas Taggart. Curry ran primarily for the modification of the state's "bone dry" prohibition law, rather than national prohibition.^[1]

Primary

In a non-binding primary, Cullop won with Stump finishing second.^[1]

Convention

On the first convention ballot, Frederick was first with Cullop second. On the second ballot, Stump passed Cullop for second place. On the third, there was a stampede to his candidacy as Frederick and Cullop supporters abandoned their candidates for Stump.^[1]

General election

Candidates

• William H. Harris (Prohibition)
• Albert Stump, World War I veteran and attorney^[1] (Democratic)
• Forrest Wallace (Socialist)
• James E. Watson, incumbent Senator since 1916 (Republican)

Results

1926 United States Senate election in Indiana^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James E. Watson (incumbent)	522,837	50.04%	4.53
	Democratic	Albert Stump	511,454	48.95%	7.80
	Prohibition	William H. Harris	5,420	0.52%	0.55
	Socialist	Forrest Wallace	5,106	0.49%	1.38
Total votes			1,044,817	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 1926 United States Senate elections

References

1. "TAGGART CANDIDATE LOSES IN INDIANA; Democratic Convention Nominates Albert Stump for Race With Watson". The New York Times. July 4, 1926. p. 3.
2. "JOHN E. FREDRICK DESK". Howard County History.
3. "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1926".
4. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1945). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16.