The 1928 United States Senate special election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1928.[1] The election was held due to the U.S. Senate's refusal to seat 1926 election winner, Republican Frank L. Smith, due to allegations of election fraud.[2][3][4] The election saw the election of Republican Otis F. Glenn.
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The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal elections (president and House) and those for state elections.[1] Primaries were held April 10, 1928.[1]
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Anton Cermak, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
- James O. Monroe, attorney and perennial candidate[5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | A. J. Cermak | 176,750 | 71.32 | |
| Democratic | James O. Monroe | 71,068 | 28.68 | |
| Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 247,821 | 100 | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Otis F. Glenn, former Illinois state senator
- Frank L. Smith, unseated winner of 1926 U.S. Senate election
Campaign
editThe Illinois Republican primaries of 1928 were plagued with electoral violence, and were dubbed the "Pineapple Primary".
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson backed Smith for Senate, while Charles S. Deneen, who held Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat, backed Glenn. Thompson and Deneen controlled rival factions of the state's Republican Party.[6][7] Thompson's faction was vastly dominant at the time.[8]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Otis F. Glenn | 611,897 | 63.26 | |
| Republican | Frank L. Smith | 355,356 | 36.74 | |
| Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 967,256 | 100 | ||
General election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Otis F. Glenn | 1,594,031 | 54.46 | |
| Democratic | A. J. Cermak | 1,315,338 | 44.94 | |
| Socialist | George Ross Kirkpatrick | 13,002 | 0.44 | |
| Workers | Max Bedacht | 3,177 | 0.11 | |
| Socialist Labor | G. A. Jenning | 1,463 | 0.05 | |
| Majority | 278,693 | 9.52 | ||
| Turnout | 2,927,011 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, November 6, 1928 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1927-1928 PRIMARY ELECTIONS GENERAL PRIMARY, April 10, 1928 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 10, 1928" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Frank Lloyd Wright Library Archived September 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Frank L. Smith photographs, US Senate campaign brochure, accessed September 16, 2017
- ^ Senate Historical Office, United States Senate. "The Election Case of Frank L. Smith of Illinois (1928)". senate.gov.
- ^ "Congressional Record - Senate" (PDF). govinfo.gov. January 19, 1927. pp. 1911–1982.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - James O. Monroe". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "Chicago's Primary Today". Washington Post. April 10, 1928. p. 6.
- ^ Wendt, Lloyd; Herman Kogan (1953). Big Bill of Chicago. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill. pp. 54–65.
- ^ "Machine Guns and Bombs May Decide the Chicago Primary Result Tuesday". Washington Post. April 8, 1928. p. M1.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 4, 2014.