1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

1914 United States Senate election in Indiana

Nominee Benjamin F. Shively Hugh Thomas Miller Albert J. Beveridge Party Democratic Republican Progressive Popular vote 272,249 226,766 108,581 Percentage 42.14% 35.10% 16.81%

County results Shively:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Miller:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60% Beveridge:      30-40%

U.S. senator before election Benjamin F. Shively Democratic Elected U.S. senator Benjamin F. Shively Democratic

The 1914 United States Senate special election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1914. Incumbent Senator Benjamin F. Shively was re-elected to a second term in office over Hugh Thomas Miller and Albert J. Beveridge. This was the first popular election for United States Senator held in Indiana, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

General election

Candidates

• Albert J. Beveridge, former Republican U.S. Senator (Progressive)
• Sumner W. Haynes (Prohibition)
• James Matthews (Socialist Labor)
• Hugh Thomas Miller, director of the Union Trust Company and former Lieutenant Governor (Republican)
• Stephen N. Reynolds (Socialist)
• Benjamin F. Shively, incumbent Senator since 1909 (Democratic)

Results

1914 U.S. Senate special election in Indiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin F. Shively (incumbent)	272,249	42.14%
	Republican	Hugh Thomas Miller	226,766	35.10%
	Progressive	Albert Beveridge	108,581	16.81%
	Socialist	Stephen N. Reynolds	21,719	3.36%
	Prohibition	Sumner W. Haynes	13,860	2.15%
	Socialist Labor	James Matthews	2,884	0.45%
Total votes			703,289	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1914 United States Senate elections