u.s. senate election, 1934

The U.S. Senate election, 1934 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. In the middle of the Great Depression, voters strongly backed Roosevelt's New Deal and his allies in the Senate. The Democrats took nine Republican seats, including an open seat in Maryland and the seats of eight incumbents:

Frederic C. Walcott (R-CT)
Arthur R. Robinson (R-IN)
Roscoe C. Patterson (R-MO)
Hamilton F. Kean (R-NJ)
Simeon D. Fess (R-OH)
David A. Reed (R-PA)
Felix Hebert (R-RI)
Henry D. Hatfield (R-WV)

Further, Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R-WI) left the Republican Party to join the Progressive Party.

Senate contests in 1934

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gcolor="#cccccc"\|Incumbent	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Party	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Status	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Opposing Candidates
a href="/encyclopedia/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democrat	Re-elected, 72.0 - 25.6	J. E. Thompson (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/California" title="California">California	Hiram W. Johnson	Republican	Re-elected, 94.5 - 5.3	George R. Kirkpatrick (Socialist)
a href="/encyclopedia/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut	Frederic C. Walcott	Republican	Defeated, 51.8 - 48.3	Francis T. Maloney (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 53.3 - 46.2	Wilbur L. Adams (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Florida" title="Florida">Florida	Park Trammell	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana	Arthur R. Robinson	Republican	Defeated, 51.5 - 47.5	Sherman Minton (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Maine" title="Maine">Maine	Frederick Hale	Republican	Re-elected, 50.1 - 49.7	F. Harold Dubord (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland	Phillips Lee Goldsborough	Republican	Retired: Democrat victory, 56.1 - 42.0	George L. P. Radcliffe (Democrat) Joseph I. France (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democrat	Re-elected, 59.4 - 37.4	Robert M. Washburn (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Republican	Re-elected, 51.3 - 47.0	Frank A. Picard (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer-Labor	Re-elected, 49.9 - 29.2 - 19.8	Einar Holdale (Democrat) N. J. Holmberg (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi	Hubert D. Stephens	Democrat	Retired: Democrat victory, unopposed	Theodore G. Bilbo (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri	Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	Defeated, 59.5 - 39.7	Harry S. Truman (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Montana" title="Montana">Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Democrat	Re-elected, 70.1 - 28.7	George M. Bourquin (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Montana" title="Montana">Montana¹	John E. Erickson	Democrat	Defeated in primary: Democrat victory, 59.6 - 39.5	James E. Murray (Democrat) Scott Leavitt (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska	Richard C. Hunter	Democrat	Retired: Democrat victory, 55.3 - 42.9	Edward R. Burke (Democrat) Robert G. Simmons (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada	Key Pittman	Democrat	Re-elected, 64.5 - 33.4	George W. Malone (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey	Hamilton F. Kean	Republican	Defeated, 57.9 - 40.9	A. Harry Moore (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico	Bronson M. Cutting	Republican	Re-elected, 40.2 - 49.4	Dennis Chavez (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico²	Carl A. Hatch	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.5 - 45.0	Richard C. Dillon (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-York" title="New York">New York	Royal S. Copeland	Democrat	Re-elected, 55.3 - 36.9 - 5.3	E. Harold Cluett (Republican) Norman Thomas (Socialist)
a href="/encyclopedia/North-Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota	Lynn J. Frazier	Republican	Re-elected, 58.2 - 40.2	Henry Holt (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio	Simeon D. Fess	Republican	Defeated, 60.0 - 39.4	Vic Donahey (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania	David A. Reed	Republican	Defeated, 50.8 - 46.5	Joseph F. Guffey (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhode-Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island	Felix Hebert	Republican	Defeated, 57.1 - 42.9	Peter G. Gerry (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar	Democrat	Re-elected, 63.4 - 35.8	Ben W. Hooper (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee³	Nathan L. Bachman	Democrat	Re-elected, 80.1 - 19.9	John R. Neal (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Texas" title="Texas">Texas	Tom Connally	Democrat	Re-elected, 96.7
a href="/encyclopedia/Utah" title="Utah">Utah	William H. King	Democrat	Re-elected, 53.1 - 45.4	Don B. Colton (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont	Warren R. Austin	Republican	Re-elected, 51.0 - 48.4	Fred C. Martin (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont⁴	Ernest W. Gibson	Republican	Re-elected, 58.2 - 41.8	Harry W. Witters (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democrat	Re-elected, 76.0 - 20.9	Lawrence C. Page (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Washington" title="Washington">Washington	Clarence C. Dill	Democrat	Retired: Democrat victory, 60.9 - 34.0	Lewis B. Schwellenbach (Democrat) Reno Odlin (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/West-Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia	Henry D. Hatfield	Republican	Defeated, 55.1 - 44.4	Rush D. Holt (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette, Jr.	Progressive	Re-elected, 47.8 - 24.2 - 22.8	John M. Callahan (Democrat) John B. Chapple (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democrat	Re-elected, 56.6 - 43.0	Vincent Carter (Republican)

¹ special election held due to death of Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) ² special election held due to death of Sam G. Bratton (D-NM) ³ special election held due to resignation of Cordell Hull (D-TN), who was appointed Secretary of State ⁴ special election held due to death of Porter H. Dale (R-VT)