1934 United States Senate election in Vermont

The 1934 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican Warren Austin successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Fred C. Martin. Austin was elected in a 1931 special election to replace Frank C. Partridge, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Frank L. Greene. To date, Martin's 48.37% vote share remains the largest a Democrat has ever received for Vermont's Class I Senate seat.

1934 United States Senate election in Vermont

← 1931 (special) January 16, 1934 (1934-01-16) 1940 →

Nominee Warren Austin Fred C. Martin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 67,146 63,632 Percentage 51.0% 48.4%

County results Austin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Martin:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Warren Austin Republican Elected U.S. Senator Warren Austin Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

• Harry B. Amey, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and State Senator from Island Pond
• Warren Austin, incumbent Senator since 1931

Campaign

Senator Austin undertook an extensive advertising and letter-writing campaign but did not directly address his opponent, who was not considered a strong threat.^[1]

Results

1934 Republican Senate primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Austin (incumbent)	44,507	75.06%
	Republican	Harry B. Amey	14,731	24.84%
	Write-in		57	0.01%
Total votes			59,295	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Fred C. Martin, Collector of Internal Revenue for Vermont^[1] and nominee for Senate in 1928

Results

1934 Democratic Senate primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	7,870	99.80%
	Write-in		16	0.20%
Total votes			'7,886'	'100'

General election

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Vermont^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren Austin (incumbent)	67,146	51.04%	12.98
	Democratic	Fred C. Martin	63,632	48.37%	12.82
	Write-in		3	0.00%	0.42
Total votes			131,552	100.00%

References

1. Mazuzan 1971, p. 135.
2. "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
3. "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

Bibliography

• Mazuzan, George T. (Spring 1971). "Vermont's Traditional Republicanism vs. the New Deal: Warren R. Austin and the Election of 1934" (PDF). The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society. XXXIX (2).