1934 United States Senate election in Maryland
November 5, 1934
 
Nominee George L. P. Radcliffe Joseph I. France
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 264,279 197,643
Percentage 56.10% 41.95%
County results
France:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Radcliffe:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

The 1934 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1934.

Incumbent Republican Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough did not seek re-election to a second term in office. In the open race to succeed him, Democratic Maryland Secretary of State George L. P. Radcliffe defeated former Senator Joseph I. France.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1934 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph I. France 34,644 38.70%
Republican John Philip Hill 28,032 31.31%
Republican C. Wilbur Miller 26,855 30.00%
Total votes 89,531 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George L. P. Radcliffe 150,072 71.44%
Democratic William Milnes Maloy 59,989 28.56%
Total votes 210,061 100.00%

General election

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic George L. P. Radcliffe 264,279 56.10% Increase10.86
Republican Joseph I. France 197,643 41.95% Decrease12.10
Socialist Elisabeth Gilman 6,067 1.29% Increase0.86
Labor Ada Smith Lang 1,935 0.41% Increase0.12
Communist Samuel Gale 1,188 0.25% N/A
Total votes 607,626 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

County George L. P. Radcliffe

Democratic

 Joseph I. France

Republican

 Elisabeth Gilman

Socialist

 Ada Smith Lang

Labor

 Samuel Gale

Communist

 Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 10397 43.39% 12758 53.25% 535 2.23% 54 0.23% 215 0.90% -2361 -9.85% 23959
Anne Arundel 8887 54.07% 7280 44.29% 184 1.12% 32 0.19% 53 0.32% 1607 9.78% 16436
Baltimore (City) 122522 59.36% 78413 37.99% 4101 1.99% 567 0.27% 809 0.39% 44109 21.37% 206412
Baltimore (County) 23317 58.72% 15818 39.83% 413 1.04% 48 1.04% 114 0.29% 7499 18.88% 39710
Calvert 1664 46.98% 1854 52.34% 10 0.28% 8 0.23% 6 0.17% -190 -5.36% 3542
Caroline 3325 59.58% 2202 39.46% 11 0.20% 25 0.45% 18 0.32% 1123 20.12% 5581
Carroll 5823 46.37% 6606 52.60% 56 0.45% 23 0.18% 50 0.40% 783 6.24% 12558
Cecil 3891 45.33% 4624 53.87% 21 0.24% 17 0.20% 31 0.36% -733 -8.54% 8584
Charles 1699 44.29% 2111 55.03% 6 0.16% 7 0.18% 13 0.34% -412 -10.74% 3836
Dorchester 5058 63.06% 2925 36.47% 9 0.11% 11 0.14% 18 0.22% -2133 -26.59% 8021
Frederick 9325 49.66% 9166 48.82% 122 0.65% 52 0.28% 111 0.59% 159 0.85% 18776
Garrett 1700 33.21% 3216 62.82% 102 1.99% 36 0.70% 65 1.27% -1516 -29.62% 5119
Harford 5665 55.30% 4485 43.78% 49 0.48% 16 0.16% 29 0.28% 1180 11.52% 10244
Howard 3771 60.52% 2399 38.50% 20 0.32% 21 0.34% 20 0.32% 1372 22.02% 6231
Kent 2831 56.67% 2134 42.71% 9 0.18% 10 0.20% 12 0.24% 697 13.95% 4996
Montgomery 12024 56.45% 9041 42.45% 119 0.56% 48 0.23% 68 0.32% 2983 14.00% 21300
Prince George's 10646 59.21% 7089 39.43% 88 0.49% 52 0.29% 105 0.58% 3557 19.78% 17980
Queen Anne's 3081 67.82% 1423 31.32% 9 0.20% 21 0.46% 9 0.20% 1658 36.50% 4543
St. Mary's 2204 51.97% 1978 46.64% 15 0.35% 21 0.50% 23 0.54% -226 -5.33% 4241
Somerset 3657 51.57% 3378 47.63% 13 0.18% 23 0.32% 21 0.30% 279 3.93% 7092
Talbot 3688 56.92% 2761 42.61% 10 0.15% 9 0.14% 11 0.17% 927 14.31% 6479
Washington 9570 49.21% 9617 49.45% 141 0.73% 40 0.21% 78 0.40% 47 0.24% 19446
Wicomico 5832 59.72% 3843 39.35% 16 0.16% 30 0.31% 44 0.45% 1989 20.37% 9765
Worcester 3702 59.13% 2522 40.28% 8 0.13% 17 0.27% 12 0.19% 1180 18.85% 6261
Total 262750 55.77% 199172 42.28% 6067 1.29% 1188 0.25% 1935 0.41% 63578 13.50% 471112

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0256 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 256. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0257 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 257. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0267 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 267. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ "1934 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

Notes

  1. ↑ The source appears to indicate that this race utilized instant run-off voting. However, it is not clear from the source material how the second choice votes were applied, if at all.
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