1920 Connecticut Senate election

The Connecticut Senate election, 1920 was held on November 2, 1920, to elect all 35 Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 1921 and ended in January 1923. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.

1920 Connecticut Senate election

← 1918 November 3, 1920 1922 →

All 35 seats in the Connecticut State Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader George W. Klett[1] Charles C. Hemenway [2]
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat District 6 District 2
(lost)
Last election 24 11
Seats won 34 1
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 10
Popular vote 227,033 123,857
Percentage 62.9% 34.3%


President pro tempore of the Senate before election

William H. Heald
Republican

Elected President pro tempore of the Senate

William H. Hall
Republican

The election saw 34 Republicans win election or re-election, and 1 Democrat win election. 10 seats flipped from Democratic to Republican.

Results

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Results of the 1920 Connecticut Senate election.[3] Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.

District Constituency Incumbent Senator Republican candidate
(percent won)
Democratic candidate
(percent won)[4]
1 Hartford Wards 8, 9, 10 Edward D. Broder (D) Clarence W. Seymour
59.3%
Josephine Maxim1
35.6%
2 Hartford Wards 3, 4, 5, 6 Charles C. Hemenway (D) F. Spencer Goodwin
54.2%
Saul Berman
39.7%
3 Hartford Wards 1, 2, 7 Herman P. Koppleman (D) Louis B. Rosenfeld
48.0%
Thomas F. Dignam
40.7%
4 East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, South Windsor, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield Arthur E. Bowers (R) Arthur E. Bowers
65.2%
Edward G. Dolan
34.8%
5 Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Farmington, Plainville, Southington, West Hartford Richard H. Deming (R) John H. Trumbull
68.6%
Charles H. Curtis
31.4%
6 New Britain George W. Klett (R) Edward F. Hall
67.9%
Abraham M. Gorbach
32.1%
7 Bloomfield, Canton, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks Albert H. House (R) Richard B. Eno
64.5%
Fred H. Thrall
35.5%
8 New Haven Wards 8, 9, 12, and 14 G. Herbert Bishop (D) Charles M. Bakewell
59.7%
Patrick F. O'Meara
35.4%
9 New Haven Wards 1, 2, 10, and 13 Harry A. Leonard (R) James H. MacDonald
72.7%
Fred D. Faulkner
24.3%
10 New Haven Wards 3, 4, and 5 Dennis J. Bailey (D) Hugh McCahey
49.2%
Daniel L. Bailey
42.4%
11 New Haven Wards 6, 7, 11, and 15 Dennis M. Clyne (D) Lorenzo C. Furcolo
47.0%
Dennis M. Clyne
38.2%
12 Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, Wallingford Arthur W. Marsden (R) John W. Sanford
69.3%
J.P. Craig
22.9%
13 Meriden Eugene P. Golden (R) Eugene P. Golden
62.5%
Harold C. Hall
35.1%
14 Bethany, Cheshire, Milford, Naugatuck, Orange2, Prospect, Woodbridge, Wolcott Watson R. Woodruff (R) Charles R. Treat
69.0%
Arthur H. Doolittle
27.1%
15 Waterbury Wards 1, 2, 3, and 6 Charles A. Templeton (R) Lancaster P. Clark
58.2%
Alfred Lachance
38.1%
16 Waterbury Wards 4 and 5 John Hurley (D) Arnold Rasmussen
35.3%
Daniel F. Pickett
62.1%
17 Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, Southbury Raymond T. French (D) Frederick M. Drew
56.0%
John W. Schumacher
42.0%
18 Groton, New London William C. Fox (D) Cornelius C. Costello
62.5%
William C. Fox
35.3%
19 Ledyard, Norwich, Preston William B. Wilcox (D) Allyn L. Brown
58.7%
Charles S. Avery
38.9%
20 Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Lyme, Lebanon, Lisbon, Montville, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford Elisha Waterman (R) James Graham
68.2%
John S. Sullivan
31.8%
21 Bridgeport Voting Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Frederic A. Bartlett (R) Earle E. Garlick
61.9%
John F. Mograin
30.3%
22 Bridgeport Voting Districts 6, 7, 8, and 11 Alexander L. DeLaney (R) Alexander L. DeLaney
61.8%
Lawrence T. Gallagher
33.6%
23 Bridgeport Voting Districts 9, 10, and 12 George B. Clark (D) Howard S. Challenger
62.3%
George B. Clark
32.8%
24 Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman Harvey P. Bissell (R) Edward H. Bailey
65.5%
George Taylor
34.5%
25 Easton, Fairfield, Shelton, Monroe, Newtown, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport John B. Dillon (R) Elmore S. Banks
70.9%
John W. Treadwell
29.1%
26 Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Norwalk Charles E. Williamson (R) Nehemiah Candee
68.5%
Edward J. Quinian
31.5%
27 Greenwich, Stamford James R. Mead (R) Matthew H. Kenealy
71.8%
William P. Mulville
28.2%
28 Ashford, Eastford, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock Archibald Macdonald (R) Archibald Macdonald
65.1%
John O. Fox
34.8%
29 Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Hampton, Plainfield, Pomfret, Scotland, Sterling, Windham Sessions L. Adams (R) Charles H. Blake
58.9%
Charles H. Williams
41.0%
30 Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield, New Hartford, Torrington John N. Brooks (R) John N. Brooks
68.0%
William P. Driscoll
32.0%
31 Barkhamsted, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Winchester Dwight B. Tiffany (R) Malcolm D. Rudd
65.5%
Edward D. Cartwright
34.4%
32 Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Morris, New Milford, Plymouth, Roxbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Woodbury Clifford E. Hough (R) Clarence B. Emery
65.8%
Charles T. Davis
34.2%
33 Cromwell, Middlefield, Middletown George F. Chapin (R) Dale D. Butler
60.1%
Maurice E. Miner
39.9%
34 Chester, Clinton, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, Portland, Saybrook3, Westbrook Edward W. Hazen (R) Mathewson W. Potter
70.3%
Horace E. Kelsey
29.7%
35 Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington William H. Heald (R) William H. Hall
69.7%
William S. Ellis
30.3%

Notes
1 Wife of Hiram Percy Maxim.
2 Includes West Haven, in 1920 it was a borough of Orange
3 Today known as Deep River.

References

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  1. ^ "Women in Small Towns Get voice in Nominations For Assembly, Under Special Act". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Governor Awaits Second Vote Before Certifying Suffrage; Soldiers Ask Bonus Referendum". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Secretary of the State of Connecticut. "Vote for Senators – November 2, 1920". State of Connecticut. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kenealy Has Record vote of Senators". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. November 4, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.