1932 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1932 United States Senate election in Indiana
Template:Country data Indiana
← 1926 November 8, 1932 1938 →
  FVanNuys.jpg James Eli Watson.jpg
Nominee Frederick Van Nuys James E. Watson
Party Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States)
Popular vote 870,053 661,750
Percentage 55.57% 42.26%
1932 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
U.S. senator before election

James E. Watson
Republican Party (United States)

Elected U.S. Senator

Frederick Van Nuys
Democratic Party (United States)

Template:ElectionsIN The 1932 United States Senate elections in Indiana took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader James E. Watson ran for a third term in office, but was defeated by Frederick Van Nuys in a landslide.

General election[edit | edit source]

Candidates[edit | edit source]

  • Evartt E. Bailey (Socialist Labor)
  • Ralph Green (National)
  • William Townsend (Communist)
  • Frederick Van Nuys, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Indiana and State Senator (Democratic)
  • Forrest Wallace (Socialist)
  • James E. Watson, incumbent Senator since 1916 and Senate Majority Leader (Republican)
  • Alson E. Wrentmore (Prohibition)

Results[edit | edit source]

Template:Election box total
1932 United States Senate election in Indiana[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Frederick Van Nuys 870,053 55.57% Increase6.62
style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Republican Party (United States)|Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] James E. Watson (incumbent) 783,189 42.26% Decrease7.78
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Party (United States)|Template:Socialist Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Forrest Wallace 18,724 1.20% Increase0.71
style="background-color: Template:Prohibition Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Prohibition Party (United States)|Template:Prohibition Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Alson E. Wrentmore 9,406 0.60% Increase0.08
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Communist Party (United States)|Template:Communist Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] William Townsend 2,123 0.14% N/A
style="background-color: Template:National Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[National Party (United States)|Template:National Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Miles Blansett 1,869 0.12% N/A
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Labor Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Labor Party (United States)|Template:Socialist Labor Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Evartt E. Bailey 1,825 0.12% N/A
Democratic Party (United States) gain from Republican Party (United States) Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932".
  2. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1 Mar 1945). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16.

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