United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1933

United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1933
Virginia
November 7, 1933

 
Nominee Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Henry A. Wise
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 119,377 44,648
Percentage 71.3% 26.7%

U.S. Senator before election

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Democratic

The 1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia was held on November 7, 1933. Democratic former Governor Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was elected after defeating Republican Henry A. Wise. Byrd had been appointed to fill the vacany left by Claude A. Swanson after Swanson became the U.S. Secretary of the Navy earlier in the year.

Results

United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1933[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (inc.) 119,377 71.31% -28.53%
Republican Henry A. Wise 44,648 26.67% +26.67%
Independent John M. Daniel 1,543 0.92%
Socialist Elizabeth L. Otey 1,130 0.68% +0.68%
Prohibition Hewman H. Raymond 704 0.42% +0.42%
Majority 74,729 44.64% -55.04%
Turnout 167,402
Democratic hold

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.