United States Senate election, 1924

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██ Republican holds ██ Republican pickups ██ Democratic holds ██ Democratic pickups

The U.S. Senate election, 1924 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the re-election of Republican President Calvin Coolidge. The strong economy and Coolidge's popularity helped Republican candidates increase their majority by four, although several interim appointments had worsened their numbers since the 1922 election anyway.

The Republicans took open seats in Colorado and Oklahoma, and defeated incumbents Augustus O. Stanley (D-KY), David I. Walsh (D-MA), and Magnus Johnson (FL-MN), but Democrats defeated Holm O. Bursum (R-NM).

[edit] Senate contests in 1924

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	J. Thomas Heflin	Democrat	Re-elected, 75.2 - 24.8	F. H. Lathrop (Republican)
Arkansas	Joseph T. Robinson	Democrat	Re-elected, 73.5 - 26.5	Charles F. Cole (Republican)
Colorado	Lawrence C. Phipps	Republican	Re-elected, 50.2 - 43.9 - 5.0	Alva B. Adams (Democrat) Morton Alexander (Independent)
Colorado¹	Alva B. Adams	Democrat	Retired: Republican victory, 50.2 - 43.7 - 5.5	Rice W. Means (Republican) Morrison Shafroth (Democrat) Charles T. Phelps (Independent)
Connecticut²	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	Died: Republican victory, 60.4 - 38.6	Hiram Bingham III (Republican) Hamilton Holt (Democrat)
Delaware	Lewis H. Ball	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 59.4 - 40.6	T. Coleman du Pont (Republican) James M. Tunnell (Democrat)
Georgia	William J. Harris	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Idaho	William E. Borah	Republican	Re-elected, 79.5 - 20.1	Frank Martin (Democrat)
Illinois	Medill McCormick	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 63.5 - 35.4	Charles S. Deneen (Republican) Albert A. Sprague (Democrat)
Iowa³	Smith W. Brookhart	Republican	Re-elected, 50.0 - 50.0	Daniel F. Steck (Democrat)
Kansas	Arthur Capper	Republican	Re-elected, 70.1 - 25.2	James Malone (Democrat)
Kentucky	Augustus O. Stanley	Democrat	Defeated, 51.6 - 48.4	Frederic M. Sackett (Republican)
Louisiana	Joseph E. Ransdell	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Maine	Bert M. Fernald	Republican	Re-elected, 60.4 - 28.2	Fulton J. Redman (Democrat)
Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democrat	Defeated, 50.3 - 48.6	Frederick H. Gillett (Republican)
Michigan	James Couzens	Republican	Re-elected, 74.3 - 24.6	Mortimer E. Cooley (Democrat)
Minnesota	Magnus Johnson	Farmer-Labor	Defeated, 46.5 - 45.5 - 6.4	Thomas D. Schall (Republican) John J. Farrell (Democrat)
Mississippi	Pat Harrison	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Montana	Thomas J. Walsh	Democrat	Re-elected, 52.8 - 42.4	Frank B. Linderman (Republican)
Nebraska	George W. Norris	Republican	Re-elected, 62.4 - 37.6	J. J. Thomas (Democrat)
New Hampshire	Henry W. Keyes	Republican	Re-elected, 59.8 - 40.2	George E. Farrand (Democrat)
New Jersey	Walter E. Edge	Republican	Re-elected, 61.8 - 33.7	Frederick W. Donnelly (Democrat)
New Mexico	Holm O. Bursum	Republican	Defeated, 49.9 - 47.4	Sam G. Bratton (Democrat)
North Carolina	Furnifold M. Simmons	Democrat	Re-elected, 61.6 - 38.5	A. A. Whitener (Republican)
Oklahoma	Robert L. Owen	Democrat	Retired: Republican victory, 61.6 - 35.4	William B. Pine (Republican) John C. Walton (Democrat)
Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican	Re-elected, 66.0 - 24.7 - 7.7	Milton A. Miller (Democrat) F. E. Coulter (Progressive)
Rhode Island	Jesse H. Metcalf	Republican	Re-elected, 57.6 - 41.8	William S. Flynn (Democrat)
South Carolina	Nathaniel B. Dial	Democrat	Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, unopposed	Coleman L. Blease (Democrat)
South Dakota	Thomas Sterling	Republican	Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 45.4 - 33.1 - 12.1 - 7.2	William H. McMaster (Republican) U. S. G. Cherry (Democrat) Tom Ayres (Farmer-Labor) George Egan (Independent)
Tennessee	John K. Shields	Democrat	Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 57.3 - 42.6	Lawrence D. Tyson (Democrat) H. B. Lindsay (Republican)
Texas	Morris Sheppard	Democrat	Re-elected, 85.4 - 14.6	T. M. Kennerly (Republican)
Virginia	Carter Glass	Democrat	Re-elected, 73.1 - 24.2	W. N. Noak (Republican)
West Virginia	Davis Elkins	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 50.9 - 47.7	Guy D. Goff (Republican) William E. Chilton (Democrat)
Wyoming	Francis E. Warren	Republican	Re-elected, 55.2 - 44.8	Robert R. Rose (Democrat)

¹ special election held due to death of Samuel D. Nicholson (R-CO). Interim Senator Alva B. Adams (D-CO) unsuccessfully ran for the other Senate seat.

² special election held due to death of Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT)

³ Steck contested the election, and although Brookhart was initially seated in the Senate, eventually he was unseated in favor of Steck. This is the only time a Senate election has been overturned after one candidate had already been seated.