1934 United States Senate election in Vermont
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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.
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Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- 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
editSenator 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
editCandidates
edit- Fred C. Martin, Collector of Internal Revenue for Vermont[1] and nominee for Senate in 1928
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Fred C. Martin | 7,870 | 99.80% | |
Write-in | 16 | 0.20% | ||
Total votes | '7,886' | '100' |
General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
edit- ^ a b Mazuzan 1971, p. 135.
- ^ a b "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ "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
edit- 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).