1918 United States Senate election in Illinois

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1918 United States Senate election in Illinois

The 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1918.[1]

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1918 United States Senate election in Illinois

 1913 November 5, 1918 1924 
 
Nominee Medill McCormick J. Hamilton Lewis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 479,967 426,943
Percentage 50.50% 44.92%

Results by county
McCormick:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Lewis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

J. Hamilton Lewis
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Medill McCormick
Republican

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Incumbent Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis lost reelection to Republican Medill McCormick.

The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.[1] The primaries were held September 11, 1918.[1]

This was the first election for this U.S. Senate seat to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect, and was therefore the first time that this seat faced a popular election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Hamilton Lewis (incumbent) 169,552 81.37
Democratic James O. Monroe 21,288 10.22
Democratic James Traynor 17,523 8.41
Total votes 208,363 100
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Republican primary

Candidates

Results

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Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Medill McCormick 192,222 44.04
Republican William Hale Thompson 169,552 38.85
Republican George Edmund Foss 62,040 14.22
Republican Patrick H. O'Donnell 7,535 1.73
Republican Alfred E. Case 5,075 1.16
Total votes 436,424 100
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Socialist primary

Candidates

Results

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Socialist primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist William Bross Lloyd 1,801 100
Total votes 1,801 100
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General election

Candidates

  • John M. Francis (Socialist Labor)
  • J. Hamilton Lewis (Democrat), incumbent U.S. senator
  • William Bross Lloyd (Socialist), attorney and activist
  • Medill McCormick (Republican), U.S. congressman
  • Frank B. Vennum (Prohibition Party), activist, capitalist, philanthropist, and 1912 candidate for Illinois treasurer[3]

Results

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1918 United States Senate election in Illinois[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Medill McCormick 479,967 50.50
Democratic James Hamilton Lewis (incumbent) 426,943 44.92
Socialist William Bross Lloyd 37,167 3.91
Socialist Labor John M. Francis 3,268 0.34
Prohibition Frank B. Vennum 3,151 0.33
Majority 53,024 5.58
Turnout 950,496
Republican gain from Democratic
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