1934 United States Senate election in Texas

The 1934 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 1934. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally was re-elected to a second term. Connally fended off a competitive primary challenge from U.S. Representative Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. on July 28 before facing only nominal opposition in the general election.

1934 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas

← 1928 July 28, 1934 1940 →

Nominee Tom Connally Joseph W. Bailey Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 567,139 355,963 Percentage 58.80% 36.91%

County Results^[1] Connally:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Fisher:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Tom Connally Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Tom Connally Democratic

The Republican Party, whose support had been devastated by the effects of the Great Depression, did field a candidate (El Paso attorney Ulysses S. Goen) but did not factor in the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr., U.S. Representative from Gainesville (representing Texas at-large) and son of former U.S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey
• Tom Connally, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1929
• Guy B. Fisher, attorney and sawmill operator from Bland Lake^[2]

Results

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Connally (incumbent)	567,139	58.80%
	Democratic	Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr.	355,963	36.91%
	Democratic	Guy B. Fisher	41,421	4.29%
Total votes			964,523	100.00%

General election

 

General election results by county.

Connally

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

  >90%

Connally won every county in the state with over 64% of the vote.

Results

1934 United States Senate election in Texas^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Connally (incumbent)	439,375	96.69%	15.45
	Republican	Ulysses S. Goen	12,895	2.84%	15.80
	Socialist	William Burr Starr	1,828	0.40%	0.30
	Communist	L. C. Keel	310	0.07%	0.05
Total votes			454,408	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1934 United States Senate elections

References

1. Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9780836955248.
2. "Three Candidates for U.S. Senator from Texas Discussed in Sketches". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 22, 1934. p. 7.
3. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – July 28, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
4. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1935). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1934" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
5. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 04, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.