1932 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1932 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Wallace Williams.

1932 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Millard Tydings Wallace Williams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 293,389 138,536
Percentage 66.18% 31.25%

County results
Tydings:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Williams:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Millard Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Millard Tydings
Democratic

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1932 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wallace Williams 24,150 58.66%
Republican Linwood Clark 17,021 41.34%
Total votes 41,171 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1932 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Millard Tydings (inc.) 293,389 66.18%
Republican Wallace Williams 138,536 31.25%
Socialist William A. Toole 8,105 1.83%
Socialist Labor Noah S. Twigg 1,859 0.42%
Communist Carl Bradley 1,449 0.33%
Total votes 443,338 100.00%
Democratic hold

Results by county

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County Millard E. Tydings

Democratic

Wallace Williams

Republican

William A. Toole

Socialist

Noah S. Twigg

Labor

Carl Bradley

Communist

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 11008 48.74% 10350 45.83% 813 3.60% 353 1.56% 60 0.27% 658 2.91% 22584
Anne Arundel 8945 68.35% 3872 29.58% 192 1.47% 48 0.37% 31 0.24% 5073 38.76% 13088
Baltimore (City) 150878 71.07% 54217 25.54% 5730 2.70% 628 0.30% 838 0.39% 96661 45.53% 212291
Baltimore (County) 23592 70.10% 9369 27.84% 500 1.49% 122 0.36% 72 0.21% 14223 42.26% 33655
Calvert 1495 50.52% 1439 48.63% 10 0.34% 6 0.20% 9 0.30% 56 1.89% 2959
Caroline 3172 63.85% 1758 35.39% 14 0.28% 12 0.24% 12 0.24% 1414 28.46% 4968
Carroll 5807 53.54% 4951 45.64% 35 0.32% 36 0.33% 18 0.17% 856 7.89% 10847
Cecil 4222 58.28% 2929 40.43% 43 0.59% 31 0.43% 19 0.26% 1293 17.85% 7244
Charles 1952 56.81% 1425 41.47% 15 0.44% 27 0.79% 17 0.49% 527 15.34% 3436
Dorchester 3905 58.02% 2766 41.09% 20 0.30% 16 0.24% 24 0.36% 1139 16.92% 6731
Frederick 9127 59.49% 5966 38.89% 111 0.72% 94 0.61% 44 0.29% 3161 20.60% 15342
Garrett 1393 41.12% 1885 55.64% 73 2.15% 30 0.89% 7 0.21% -492 -14.52% 3388
Harford 6106 67.11% 2887 31.73% 55 0.60% 29 0.32% 22 0.24% 3219 35.38% 9099
Howard 3582 68.59% 1576 30.18% 23 0.44% 25 0.48% 16 0.31% 2006 38.41% 5222
Kent 2988 62.91% 1711 36.02% 12 0.25% 31 0.65% 8 0.17% 1277 26.88% 4750
Montgomery 11860 63.18% 6694 35.66% 105 0.56% 73 0.39% 39 0.21% 5166 27.52% 18771
Prince George's 10514 67.81% 4782 30.84% 98 0.63% 73 0.47% 37 0.24% 5732 36.97% 15504
Queen Anne's 3337 69.45% 1416 29.47% 11 0.23% 29 0.60% 12 0.25% 1921 39.98% 4805
St. Mary's 2091 67.32% 970 31.23% 9 0.29% 17 0.55% 19 0.61% 1121 36.09% 3106
Somerset 3689 58.29% 2582 40.80% 19 0.30% 15 0.24% 24 0.38% 1107 17.49% 6329
Talbot 4026 62.94% 2321 36.28% 18 0.28% 17 0.27% 15 0.23% 1705 26.65% 6397
Washington 10431 56.97% 7574 41.36% 158 0.86% 86 0.47% 62 0.34% 2857 15.60% 18311
Wicomico 3154 64.12% 1724 35.05% 12 0.24% 16 0.33% 13 0.26% 1430 29.07% 4919
Worcester 6055 65.37% 3102 33.49% 29 0.31% 45 0.49% 31 0.33% 2953 31.88% 9262
Total 293329 66.21% 138266 31.21% 8105 1.83% 1859 0.42% 1449 0.33% 155063 35.00% 443008

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0266 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 266. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 02, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0150, Page 0274 - Maryland Manual, 1933". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 274. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "1932 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.