1928 United States Senate election in Missouri

1928 United States Senate election in Missouri

← 1922 November 6, 1928 1934 →

Nominee Roscoe Patterson Charles M. Hay Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 787,499 726,322 Percentage 51.91% 47.88%

U.S. senator before election James A. Reed Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Roscoe C. Patterson Republican

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The 1928 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James A. Reed did not run for re-election to a third term. Republican U.S. Representative Roscoe Patterson defeated Democrat Charles Hay to win the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• James A. Collet, Chariton County prosecutor
• Charles M. Hay, prohibitionist and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1920
• Robert I. Young

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• William O. Atkeson, former U.S. Representative from Butler (1921–23)
• Bernard Bogy, perennial candidate
• Henry Bundschu, Jackson County attorney
• Nathan Frank, former U.S. Representative from St. Louis (1889–91)
• Roscoe C. Patterson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri and former U.S. Representative from Springfield (1921–23)
• David M. Proctor, candidate for Senate in 1922 and 1926

Results

General election

Results

1928 U.S. Senate election in Missouri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roscoe C. Patterson	787,499	51.91%	4.59
	Democratic	Charles M. Hay	726,322	47.88%	3.97
	Socialist	Charles H. Harrison	2,845	0.19%	0.54
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	257	0.02%	0.08
Total votes			1,516,923	100.00%

See also

• 1928 United States Senate elections
• List of United States Senators from Missouri

References

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