1932 United States Senate elections

The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and special elections were held to fill vacancies.

← 1930

November 8, 1932

1934 →

35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Joseph Robinson	James Watson (Lost re-election)
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	December 3, 1923	March 4, 1929
Leader's seat	Arkansas	Indiana
Seats before	47	48
Seats after	58^[a]^[1]	37^[a]
Seat change	11	11
Seats up	17	17
Races won	28	6

	Third party

Party	Farmer–Labor
Seats before	1
Seats after	1
Seat change
Seats up	0
Races won	0

Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

James Watson
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Joseph Robinson
Democratic

With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republicans lost twelve seats and control of the chamber to the Democrats, who won 28 of the 34 contested races (two Democratic incumbents, Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida and John H. Overton of Louisiana, were re-elected unopposed).

Among the Republican incumbents defeated in 1932 were Senate Majority Leader James Watson and five-term Senator Reed Smoot, an author of the controversial Smoot-Hawley tariff.^[2] This was the first election in which a Senate leader lost re-election and saw the first woman to be elected to a full term in the Senate, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas.

This is also one of only five occasions where 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in an election, with the other occasions being in 1920, 1946, 1958, and 1980.

As of 2022, this is the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Kansas.

Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Three Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Colorado	Walter Walker	Alva B. Adams
Georgia (special)	John S. Cohen	Richard Russell Jr.
Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Bennett Champ Clark

Defeats

Eleven Republicans and three Democrats sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	William Gibbs McAdoo
Colorado (special)	Walter Walker	Karl C. Schuyler
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Augustine Lonergan
Idaho	John W. Thomas	James P. Pope
Illinois	Otis F. Glenn	William H. Dieterich
Indiana	James Eli Watson	Frederick Van Nuys
Iowa	Smith W. Brookhart	Richard L. Murphy
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	John H. Overton
Nevada	Tasker Oddie	Pat McCarran
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Fred H. Brown
North Carolina	Cameron A. Morrison	Robert R. Reynolds
Utah	Reed Smoot	Elbert D. Thomas
Washington	Wesley Livsey Jones	Homer Bone
Wisconsin	John J. Blaine	F. Ryan Duffy

Change in composition

After the January special election

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇ Ark. (sp) Elected^[b]	FL₁
Plurality →									R₄₈
R₃₉	R₄₀	R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃	R₄₄	R₄₅	R₄₆	R₄₇	R₄₈
R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁	R₃₀	R₂₉
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Before the November elections

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Kan.
Ran

D₃₇
Ga. (sp)
Retired

D₃₆
Ga. (reg)
Ran

D₃₅
Fla.
Ran

D₃₄
Colo. (reg)
Retired

Colo. (sp)
Ran

D₃₃
Ark. (reg)
Ran

D₃₂
Ariz.
Ran

D₃₁
Ala.
Ran

D₃₀

D₂₉

D₃₉
Ky.
Ran

D₄₀
La.
Ran

D₄₁
Md.
Ran

D₄₂
Mo.
Retired

D₄₃
N.Y.
Ran

D₄₄
N.C. (reg)
N.C. (sp)
Ran

D₄₅
Ohio
Ran

D₄₆
Okla.
Ran

D₄₇
S.C.
Ran

FL₁

Plurality →

R₄₈
Wisc.
Ran

R₃₉
N.H.
Ran

R₄₀
N.J. (sp)
Ran

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N.D.
Ran

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Ore.
Ran

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Pa.
Ran

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S.D.
Ran

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Utah
Ran

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Vt.
Ran

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Wash.
Ran

R₃₈
Nev.
Ran

R₃₇
Iowa
Ran

R₃₆
Ind.
Ran

R₃₅
Ill.
Ran

R₃₄
Idaho
Ran

R₃₃
Conn.
Ran

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Calif.
Ran

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Result of the November elections

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D₂₇

D₂₈

D₃₈
Kan.
Re-elected

D₃₇
Ga. (sp)
Hold

D₃₆
Ga. (reg)
Re-elected

D₃₅
Fla.
Re-elected

D₃₄
Colo. (reg)
Hold^[c]

Colo. (sp)
Gain^[d]^[c]

D₃₃
Ark. (reg)
Re-elected

D₃₂
Ariz.
Re-elected

D₃₁
Ala.
Re-elected

D₃₀

D₂₉

D₃₉
Ky.
Re-elected

D₄₀
La.
Hold

D₄₁
Md.
Re-elected

D₄₂
Mo.
Hold

D₄₃
N.Y.
Re-elected

D₄₄
N.C. (reg)
N.C. (sp)
Hold

D₄₅
Ohio
Re-elected

D₄₆
Okla.
Re-elected

D₄₇
S.C.
Re-elected

D₄₈
Calif.
Gain

Majority →

D₄₉
Conn.
Gain

D₅₈
Wisc.
Gain

D₅₇
Wash.
Gain

D₅₆
Utah
Gain

D₅₅
N.H.
Gain

D₅₄
Nev.
Gain

D₅₃
Iowa
Gain

D₅₂
Ind.
Gain

D₅₁
Ill.
Gain

D₅₀
Idaho
Gain

FL₁

R₃₇
Vt.
Re-elected

R₃₆
S.D.
Re-elected

R₃₅
Pa.
Re-elected

R₃₄
Ore.
Re-elected

R₃₃
N.D.
Re-elected

R₃₂
N.J. (sp)
Elected^[b]

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Key:

D_#	Democratic
FL_#	Farmer–Labor
R_#	Republican

Race summary

All races are general elections for class 3 seats, unless noted.

Elections during the 72nd Congress

In these elections, the winners were elected and seated during 1932; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arkansas (Class 3)	Hattie Wyatt Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected January 12, 1932. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.	▌ Y Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Democratic) 91.6% ▌Rex Floyd (Independent) 5.2% ▌Sam D. Carson (Independent) 3.2%^[3]
Colorado (Class 3)	Walter Walker	Democratic	1929 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Republican gain. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below.	▌ Y Karl C. Schuyler (Republican) 48.76% ▌Walter Walker (Democratic) 48.51% ▌Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 2.73%^[4]
Georgia (Class 2)	John S. Cohen	Democratic	1932 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Richard Russell Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed^[5]
New Jersey (Class 2)	William Warren Barbour	Republican	1931 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 8, 1932.	▌ Y William Warren Barbour (Republican) 49.6% ▌Percy Hamilton Stewart (Democratic) 48.5%
North Carolina (Class 3)	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	1930 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. New senator elected November 8, 1932. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to next term, see below.	▌ Y Robert R. Reynolds (Democratic) 68.7% ▌Jake F. Newell (Republican) 31.3%^[6]

Elections leading to the 73rd Congress

All elections are for Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	Hugo Black	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Hugo Black (Democratic) 86.3% ▌J. Theodore Johnson (Republican) 13.8%
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Carl Hayden (Democratic) 66.7% ▌Ralph H. Cameron (Republican) 32.1%
Arkansas	Hattie Wyatt Caraway	Democratic	1931 (Appointed) 1932 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Democratic) 89.5% ▌John W. White (Republican) 10.5%
California	Samuel M. Shortridge	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y William Gibbs McAdoo (Democratic) 43.4% ▌Tallant Tubbs (Republican) 30.8% ▌Robert P. Shuler (Prohibition) 25.8%
Colorado	Walter Walker	Democratic	1932 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the term, see above.	▌ Y Alva B. Adams (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Karl C. Schuyler (Republican) 45.8% ▌Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 2.0%^[4]
Connecticut	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	1924 (special) 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Augustine Lonergan (Democratic) 48.5% ▌Hiram Bingham III (Republican) 47.7%
Florida	Duncan U. Fletcher	Democratic	1909 (Appointed) 1909 (special) 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Duncan U. Fletcher (Democratic) 99.8%
Georgia	Walter F. George	Democratic	1922 (special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Walter F. George (Democratic) 92.8% ▌James W. Arnold (Republican) 7.2%
Idaho	John W. Thomas	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y James P. Pope (Democratic) 55.7% ▌John W. Thomas (Republican) 42.3%
Illinois	Otis F. Glenn	Republican	1928 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y William H. Dieterich (Democratic) 52.2% ▌Otis F. Glenn (Republican) 46.0%
Indiana	James Eli Watson	Republican	1916 (special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Frederick Van Nuys (Democratic) 55.6% ▌James Eli Watson (Republican) 42.3%
Iowa	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican	1922 (special) 1924 1926 (Lost^[e]) 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Richard L. Murphy (Democratic) 54.9% ▌Henry Field (Republican) 40.8%
Kansas	George McGill	Democratic	1930 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y George McGill (Democratic) 45.7% ▌Benjamin S. Paulen (Republican) 42.0%
Kentucky	Alben W. Barkley	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 59.2% ▌Maurice Thatcher (Republican) 40.5%
Louisiana	Edwin S. Broussard	Democratic	1920 1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	▌ Y John H. Overton (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland	Millard Tydings	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Millard Tydings (Democratic) 66.2% ▌Wallace Williams (Republican) 31.2%
Missouri	Harry B. Hawes	Democratic	1926 (special) 1926	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent then resigned and winner was appointed to finish the current term.	▌ Y Bennett Champ Clark (Democratic) 63.2% ▌Henry Kiel (Republican) 35.9%
Nevada	Tasker Oddie	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Pat McCarran (Democratic) 52.1% ▌Tasker Oddie (Republican) 47.9%
New Hampshire	George H. Moses	Republican	1918 (special) 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Fred H. Brown (Democratic) 50.4% ▌George H. Moses (Republican) 49.3%
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Robert F. Wagner (Democratic) 55.8% ▌George Z. Medalie (Republican) 38.6%
North Carolina	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	1930 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to finish the current term, see above.	▌ Y Robert R. Reynolds (Democratic) 68.6% ▌Jake F. Newell (Republican) 31.4%^[7]
North Dakota	Gerald P. Nye	Republican	1925 (Appointed) 1926 (special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Gerald P. Nye (Republican) 72.3% ▌P. W. Lanier (Democratic) 27.5%
Ohio	Robert J. Bulkley	Democratic	1930 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Robert J. Bulkley (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Gilbert Bettman (Republican) 45.8%
Oklahoma	Elmer Thomas	Democratic	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Elmer Thomas (Democratic) 65.6% ▌Wirt Franklin (Republican) 33.7%
Oregon	Frederick Steiwer	Republican	1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Frederick Steiwer (Republican) 52.7% ▌Walter B. Gleason (Democratic) 38.9%
Pennsylvania	James J. Davis	Republican	1930 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y James J. Davis (Republican) 49.3% ▌Lawrence H. Rupp (Democratic) 43.2%
South Carolina	Ellison D. Smith	Democratic	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Ellison D. Smith (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	Peter Norbeck	Republican	1920 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Peter Norbeck (Republican) 53.8% ▌U. S. G. Cherry (Democratic) 44.6%
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	1903 1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Elbert D. Thomas (Democratic) 56.7% ▌Reed Smoot (Republican) 41.7%
Vermont	Porter H. Dale	Republican	1909 (Appointed) 1923 (special) 1926	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Porter H. Dale (Republican) 55.1% ▌Fred C. Martin (Democratic) 44.9%
Washington	Wesley Livsey Jones	Republican	1909 1914 1920 1926	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Incumbent then died November 19, 1932, and Elijah S. Grammer (R) was appointed to finish the current term.	▌ Y Homer Bone (Democratic) 60.6% ▌Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) 32.7%
Wisconsin	John J. Blaine	Republican	1926	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y F. Ryan Duffy (Democratic) 57.0% ▌John B. Chapple (Republican) 36.2% ▌Emil Seidel (Socialist) 6.1%

Closest races

Eleven races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Colorado (special)	Republican (flip)	0.25%
Connecticut	Democratic (flip)	0.8%
New Hampshire	Democratic (flip)	1.08%
New Jersey	Republican	1.09%
Kansas	Democratic	3.7%
Nevada	Democratic (flip)	4.2%
Pennsylvannia	Republican	6.1%
Illinois	Democratic (flip)	6.2%
Colorado (regular)	Democratic	6.4%
Ohio	Democratic	6.7%
South Dakota	Republican	9.2%

New York was the tipping point state with a margin of 17.2%.

Alabama

Alabama election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugo Black (Incumbent)	209,614	86.25%
	Republican	J. Theodore Johnson	33,425	13.75%
Majority			176,189	72.50%
Turnout			243,039
	Democratic hold

Arizona

1932 United States Senate election in Arizona^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl T. Hayden (incumbent)	74,310	66.67%
	Republican	Ralph H. Cameron	35,737	32.06%
	Socialist	Lester B. Woolever	1,110	1.00%
	Communist	Edward Haustgen	306	0.28%
Majority			38,573	34.61%
Turnout			111,463
	Democratic hold		Swing

Arkansas

Senator Hattie Wyatt Caraway

There were two elections for the same seat, due to the November 6, 1931 death of two-term Democrat Thaddeus H. Caraway.

Caraway's widow, Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway, was appointed November 13, 1931 to continue his term.

Arkansas (special)

Arkansas special election (January 12, 1932)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Incumbent)	31,133	91.62%
	Independent	Rex Floyd	1,752	5.16%
	Independent	Sam D. Carson	1,095	3.22%
Majority
Turnout				1.83%
	Democratic hold

Arkansas (regular)

In May 1932, Caraway surprised Arkansas politicians by announcing that she would run for a full term in the upcoming election, joining a field already crowded with prominent candidates who had assumed she would step aside. She told reporters, "The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job."^[10] When she was invited by Vice President Charles Curtis to preside over the Senate she took advantage of the situation to announce that she would run for reelection. Populist former Governor and Senator Huey Long of neighboring Louisiana traveled to Arkansas on a seven-day campaign swing on her behalf. She was the first female senator to preside over the body as well as the first to chair a committee (Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills).^[11] Lacking any significant political backing, Caraway accepted the offer of help from Long, whose efforts to limit incomes of the wealthy and increase aid to the poor she had supported. Long was also motivated by sympathy for the widow and his ambition to extend his influence into the home state of his party rival, Senator Joseph Robinson, who had been Al Smith's vice-presidential candidate in 1928. Bringing his colorful and flamboyant campaign style to Arkansas, Long stumped the state with Caraway for a week just before the Democratic primary. He helped her to amass nearly twice as many votes as her closest opponent.^[12]^{[page needed]}

Long effectively used a method to quiet crying babies at campaign stops in Arkansas to encourage voter interest:

Mrs. Caraway would never forget nor cease to laugh over the plans we made for caring for obstreperous infants in the audience so that their mothers might listen to the speeches without the crowds being disturbed. I remember when I saw her notice one of our campaigners take charge of the first baby. The child began fretting and then began to cry. One of the young men accompanying us immediately gave it a drink of water. The child quieted for a bit and resumed a whimper, whereupon the same campaign worker handed the baby an all-day sucker, which it immediately grasped and soon fell asleep. Mrs. Caraway did not understand that it was a matter of design until it had been repeated several times.^[13]

Caraway went on to win the general election in November, with the accompanying victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President.^[12]^{[page needed]}

Arkansas general election (November 8, 1932)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Incumbent)	187,994	89.71%
	Republican	John W. White	21,558	10.29%
Majority			166,436	79.42%
Turnout			209,552
	Democratic hold

California

California election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Gibbs McAdoo	943,164	43.39%
	Republican	Tallant Tubbs	669,676	30.81%
	Prohibition	Robert P. Shuler	560,088	25.76%
	Write-In	George Ross Kirkpatrick	466	0.02%
	None	Scattering	440	0.02%
Majority			273,488	12.58%
Turnout			2,173,834
	Democratic gain from Republican

Colorado

There were 2 elections November 8, 1932 for the same seat, due to the death of one-term Republican Charles W. Waterman. The primaries were held September 13, 1932.^[14]^[15]

Colorado (special)

Senator Karl C. Schuyler

Democrat Walter Walker was appointed to continue the term, pending the special election, which he then lost.

Republican attorney Karl C. Schuyler was elected finish the term, but he lost the contemporaneous election to the next term. He died in 1933.^[16]

Colorado special election^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl C. Schuyler	207,540	48.76%
	Democratic	Walter Walker (Incumbent)	206,475	48.51%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	11,619	2.73%
Majority			1,065	0.25%
Turnout				41.09%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Colorado (regular)

Senator Alva B. Adams

Democratic former senator Alva B. Adams was elected to start the new term that would begin in March 1933.

Colorado regular election^[8]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alva B. Adams	226,516	52.23%
	Republican	Karl C. Schuyler	198,519	45.78%
	Socialist	Carle Whitehead	8,636	1.99%
	Farmer–Labor	Huston Hugh Marrs	1,814	0.42%
	Communist	Raymond D. D. Richardson	858	0.20%
Majority			27,997	6.42%
Turnout			433,671	42.13%
	Democratic hold

Adams would be re-elected once and serve until his December 1, 1941 death.

Connecticut

Connecticut election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustine Lonergan	282,327	47.50%
	Republican	Hiram Bingham III (Incumbent)	278,061	46.78%
	Socialist	Devere Allen	19,774	3.33%
	Independent Republican	Milton Conover	10,621	1.79%
	Socialist Labor	John L. Grennan	2,243	0.38%
	Communist	William Secker	1,376	0.23%
Majority			4,266	0.72%
Turnout			594,402
	Democratic gain from Republican

Florida

Florida election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Duncan U. Fletcher (Incumbent)	204,651	100%
Turnout			204,651
	Democratic hold

Georgia

There were two elections due to the death of William J. Harris. It was only the second time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914.

Georgia (regular)

Senator Walter F. George

Georgia regular election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter F. George (Incumbent)	234,490	92.82%
	Republican	James W. Arnold	18,151	7.18%
Majority			216,339	85.64%
Turnout			252,641
	Democratic hold

Georgia (special)

Senator Richard Russell Jr.

Democratic incumbent William J. Harris died April 18, 1932. Richard Russell Jr., the Democratic Governor of Georgia, appointed fellow-Democrat John S. Cohen April 25, 1932 to continue the term but Cohen was not a candidate for election.

Russell then won the September 14, 1932 Democratic primary over Charles R. Crisp, 57.72% to 42.28%.^[19] Russell was then unopposed in the November 8, 1932 special election.^[5]

Democratic primary results^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Russell Jr.	162,745	57.72
	Democratic	Charles R. Crisp	119,193	42.28
Total votes			281,938	100.00

United States Senate special election in Georgia, 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Russell Jr.	244,031	100.00
Total votes			244,031	100.00

Idaho

Idaho election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James P. Pope	103,020	55.64%
	Republican	John W. Thomas (Incumbent)	78,325	42.30%
	Liberty	Earl A. Oliason	3,801	2.05%
Majority			24,695	13.34%
Turnout			185,146
	Democratic gain from Republican

Illinois

Illinois election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Dieterich	1,670,466	52.23%
	Republican	Otis F. Glenn (Incumbent)	1,471,841	46.02%
	Socialist	Charles Pogorelec	37,922	1.19%
	Communist	William E. Browder	13,318	0.42%
	Socialist Labor	G. A. Jenning	3,379	0.11%
	Independent	William. J. Baker	1,209	0.04%
	None	Scattering	16	0.00%
Majority			198,625	6.21%
Turnout			3,198,151
	Democratic gain from Republican

Indiana

Indiana election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick Van Nuys	870,053	56.80%
	Republican	James Eli Watson (Incumbent)	661,750	43.20%
Majority			208,303	13.60%
Turnout			1,531,803
	Democratic gain from Republican

Iowa

Primaries were held June 6, 1932.^[21]^[22]

Iowa election^[8]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard L. Murphy	538,422	54.15%
	Republican	Henry Field	399,929	40.22%
	Progressive	Smith W. Brookhart (Incumbent)	43,174	4.34%
	Socialist	T. S. McCrill	11,076	1.11%
	Farmer–Labor	Roy M. Harrop	1,228	0.12%
	Communist	Peter Hunter	467	0.05%
Majority			138,493	13.93%
Turnout			994,296	40.24%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Murphy served only 3 years until his July 16, 1936 death.

Kansas

Kansas election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George McGill (incumbent)	328,992	45.67%
	Republican	Ben S. Paulsen	302,809	42.03%
	Independent	George A. Brown	65,583	9.10%
	Independent	J. F. W. Renker	14,550	2.02%
	Socialist	E. Haldeman-Julius	8,474	1.18%
Majority			26,183	3.64%
Turnout			720,408
	Democratic gain from Republican

Kentucky

Kentucky election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley (Incumbent)	575,077	59.15%
	Republican	Maurice H. Thatcher	393,865	40.51%
	Socialist	W. E. Sandefur	3,291	0.34%
Majority			181,212	18.64%
Turnout			972,233
	Democratic hold

Louisiana

Louisiana election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Overton (Incumbent)	249,189	100.00%
	None	Scattering	3	100.00%
Majority			249,186	100.00%
Turnout			249,192
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Maryland election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (Incumbent)	293,389	66.18%
	Republican	Wallace Williams	138,536	31.25%
	Socialist	William A. Toole	8,105	1.83%
	Socialist Labor	Noah S. Twigg	1,859	0.42%
	Communist	Carl Bradley	1,449	0.33%
Majority			154,843	34.93%
Turnout			443,338
	Democratic hold

Missouri

Missouri election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennett Champ Clark	1,017,046	63.26%
	Republican	Henry Kiel	575,174	35.77%
	Socialist	J. G. Hodges	11,441	0.71%
	Prohibition	Herman P. Faris	3,147	0.20%
	Communist	Julius Pollack	533	0.03%
	Socialist Labor	Karl L. Oberhue	417	0.03%
Majority			441,872	27.49%
Turnout			1,607,758
	Democratic hold

Nevada

Nevada election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat McCarran	21,398	52.06%
	Republican	Tasker Oddie (Incumbent)	19,706	47.94%
Majority			1,692	4.12%
Turnout			41,104
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Brown	98,766	50.35%
	Republican	George H. Moses (Incumbent)	96,649	49.27%
	Independent	Charles W. Greene	533	0.27%
	Independent	Fred B. Chase	228	0.12%
Majority			2,117	1.08%
Turnout			196,176
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Jersey (special)

New Jersey special election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Warren Barbour (incumbent)	741,734	49.61%
	Democratic	Percy Hamilton Stewart	725,511	48.52%
	Socialist	Herman F. Niessner	19,060	1.27%
	Prohibition	Esther Hill Elfeth	2,966	0.20%
	Communist	James L. Creekmur	2,256	0.15%
	Personal Choice	Russell Y. Page	2,110	0.14%
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,601	0.11%
Majority			16,223	1.09%
Turnout			1,495,238
	Republican hold

New York

1932 United States Senate election in New York^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert F. Wagner (incumbent)	2,532,905	55.77%
	Republican	George Z. Medalie	1,751,186	38.56%
	Socialist	Charles Solomon	143,282	3.16%
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	74,611	1.64%
	Communist	William Weinstone	29,052	0.64%
	Socialist Labor	Jeremiah D. Crowley	10,328	0.23%
Total votes			4,541,364	100.00%

North Carolina

Senator Robert Rice Reynolds

North Carolina had 2 elections for the same seat, due to the December 12, 1930 death of five-term Democrat Lee S. Overman.

North Carolina (special)

Democratic former-Governor of North Carolina Cameron A. Morrison was appointed December 13, 1930 to continue Overman's term, pending a special election. Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932^[25]^[26]^[27] Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

North Carolina special election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rice Reynolds	485,048	68.66%
	Republican	Jake F. Newell	221,392	31.34%
Majority			263,656	37.32%
Turnout				22.28%
	Democratic hold

Reynolds was seated December 5, 1932.

North Carolina (regular)

Primaries for both parties were held June 4, 1932^[28]^[29] and a Democratic run-off primary was held July 2, 1932.^[30] Interim appointee Cameron A. Morrison lost the primary run-off election.

North Carolina election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Rice Reynolds	482,133	68.62%
	Republican	Jake F. Newell	220,524	31.38%
Majority			261,609	37.24%
Turnout			702,657
	Democratic hold

Reynolds would be re-elected once and serve until his 1945 retirement.

North Dakota

North Dakota election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Nye (Incumbent)	172,796	72.30%
	Democratic	P. W. Lanier	65,612	27.45%
	Independent	Frank Witty	589	0.25%
Majority				107184%
Turnout			238,997
	Republican hold

Ohio

Ohio election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert J. Bulkley (Incumbent)	1,293,175	52.53%
	Republican	Gilbert Bettman	1,126,832	45.77%
	Prohibition	Frank M. Mecartney	34,760	1.41%
	Communist	I. O. Ford	7,227	0.29%
Majority			166,343	6.76%
Turnout			2,461,994
	Democratic hold

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer Thomas (Incumbent)	426,130	65.61%
	Republican	Wirt Franklin	218,854	33.70%
	Independent	James I. Whidden	1,395	0.21%
	Independent	J. W. Houchin	1,245	0.19%
	Independent	John Franing	1,061	0.16%
	Independent	Thomas P. Hopley	819	0.13%
Majority			207,276	31.91%
Turnout			649,504
	Democratic hold

Oregon

Oregon election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Steiwer (Incumbent)	186,210	52.72%
	Democratic	Walter B. Gleason	137,237	38.86%
	Socialist	Joe A. Thomas	12,266	3.47%
	Independent	F. E. Coulter	11,859	3.36%
	Socialist Labor	Sverre Jacobson	3,067	0.87%
	Communist	A. G. Krueger	2,555	0.72%
Majority			48,973	13.86%
Turnout			353,194
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania

General election results^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James J. Davis (Incumbent)	1,375,489	49.46%
	Democratic	Lawrence H. Rupp	1,200,760	43.18%
	Prohibition	Edwin J. Fithian	106,602	3.83%
	Socialist	William J. Van Essen	91,456	3.29%
	Communist	Harry M. Wicks	6,426	0.23%
	N/A	Others	145	0.01%
Majority			174,729	6.28%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,780,878		{{{change}}}
	Republican hold		Swing

South Carolina

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ellison D. Smith (Incumbent)	104,472	98.1%	-1.9%
	Republican	Clara Harrigal	1,976	1.9%	+1.9%
Majority			102,496	96.2%	-3.8%
Turnout			106,448
	Democratic hold

65+% won by Smith

South Dakota

South Dakota election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Norbeck (Incumbent)	151,845	53.83%
	Democratic	U. S. G. Cherry	125,731	44.57%
	Liberty	Howard Platt	3,873	1.37%
	Independent	Oscar Luttio	405	0.14%
	Independent	L. J. Manbeck	238	0.08%
Majority			26,114	9.26%
Turnout			282,092
	Republican hold

Utah

Utah election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elbert D. Thomas	116,889	56.66%
	Republican	Reed Smoot (Incumbent)	86,046	41.71%
	Socialist	John O. Watters	2,464	1.19%
	Communist	Joseph E. Watts	883	0.43%
Majority			30,843	14.94%
Turnout			206,282
	Democratic gain from Republican

Vermont

1932 United States Senate election in Vermont^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Porter H. Dale (Incumbent)	74,319	55.1%
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	60,455	44.9%
Total votes			134,774	100.0%
Majority			13,864	10.2%
	Republican hold

Washington

Washington election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Homer Bone	365,939	60.61%
	Republican	Wesley Livsey Jones (Incumbent)	197,450	32.70%
	Liberty	Frederick R. Burch	28,859	4.78%
	Socialist	Andrew T. Hunter	9,364	1.55%
	Communist	Alex Noral	2,183	0.36%
Majority			168,489	27.91%
Turnout			603,795
	Democratic gain from Republican

Wisconsin

Wisconsin election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	F. Ryan Duffy	610,236	56.97%
	Republican	John B. Chapple	387,668	36.19%
	Socialist	Emil Seidel	65,807	6.14%
	Prohibition	Harvey A. Knapp	4,364	0.41%
	Independent Communist	Ray Hansborough	2,921	0.27%
	None	Scattering	69	0.00%
Majority			222,568	20.78%
Turnout			1,071,065
	Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

^ ^a ^b Just after the beginning of the next Congress, a Republican senator died and a Democrat was appointed in his place.
^ ^a ^b Appointee elected
^ ^a ^b Karl C. Schuyler (R) won the special election for the term ending in March 1933, but Alva B. Adams (D) won the general for the term beginning thereafter.
^ Appointee defeated
^ Lost election challenge

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[partydivision-1] Just after the beginning of the next Congress, a Republican senator died and a Democrat was appointed in his place.

[Appointee_elected-4] Appointee elected

[Colorado_split-5] Karl C. Schuyler (R) won the special election for the term ending in March 1933, but Alva B. Adams (D) won the general for the term beginning thereafter.

[6] Appointee defeated

[11] Lost election challenge

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[3] Whaples, Robert (March 1995). "Where Is There Consensus Among American Economic Historians? The Results of a Survey on Forty Propositions". The Journal of Economic History. Cambridge University Press. 55 (1): 144. doi:10.1017/S0022050700040602. JSTOR 2123771. S2CID 145691938.

[Arkansas_Special-7] "AR US Senate Special" – via OurCampaigns.com.

[Colorado3-8] "CO US Senate Special" – via OurCampaigns.com.

[Georgia_special-9] "Our Campaigns – GA US Senate Race – Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

[NC3-10] "NC US Senate Special" – via OurCampaigns.com.

[NC-12] "Our Campaigns – NC US Senate Race – Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[Clerk-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

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[20] "Our Campaigns – CO US Senate – R Primary Race – Sep 13, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

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[22] "Our Campaigns – CO US Senate – Special Election Race – Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

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