1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky
The 1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1932. Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Maurice H. Thatcher.
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General election
Candidates
- Alben W. Barkley, incumbent Senator since 1927 (Democratic)
- W. E. Sandefur (Socialist)
- Maurice H. Thatcher, U.S. Representative from Louisville (Republican)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Alben W. Barkley (incumbent) | 575,077 | 59.15% | ||
| Republican | Maurice H. Thatcher | 393,865 | 40.51% | ||
| Socialist | W. E. Sandefur | 3,291 | 0.34% | ||
| Majority | 181,212 | 18.64% | |||
| Total votes | 972,233 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
References
- Clerk of the House of Representatives (1933). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
Bibliography
- Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
- Finch, Glenn (July 1971). "The Election of United States Senators in Kentucky: The Barkley Period". Filson Club History Quarterly. 45 (3).
- Harrison, Lowell H.; Klotter, James C. (1997). A New History of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2008-X. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- Jewell, Malcolm E. (1963). Kentucky Votes. Vol. 1. University of Kentucky Press.
- Klotter, James C. (1996). Kentucky: Portraits in Paradox, 1900–1950. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-916968-24-3. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
- Libbey, James K. (1979). Dear Alben: Mr. Barkley of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0238-3. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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