United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934

November 6, 1934



Nominee	Harry S. Truman	Roscoe C. Patterson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	787,110	524,954
Percentage	59.55%	39.71%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Roscoe C. Patterson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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The 1934 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roscoe Patterson, first elected in 1928, sought reelection to a second term. He was defeated by the Democratic nominee, future President of the United States Harry Truman.^[1]

Candidates

Democratic

Harry S. Truman, presiding judge of the Jackson County Court^[2]
John J. Cochran, U.S. Representative^[3]
Jacob L. Milligan, U.S. Representative^[3]
James Longstreet Cleveland^[3]

Republican

Roscoe C. Patterson, incumbent U.S. Senator^[4]

Campaign

Harry Truman, having served as a judge, expressed an interest in running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934, but political boss Tom Pendergast had already selected another candidate for that race. After four other potential candidates had declined to run, Pendergast ultimately approached Truman to discuss a possible run for the United States Senate, to Truman's surprise. Truman, with backing from Pendergast, entered the Senate race. Truman said he would not, if elected, dictate to anyone, to the dismay of anti-Pendergast U.S. Senator Bennett Champ Clark.^[5]

Truman waged a statewide campaign and eventually won the largely three-way Democratic primary on August 7, 1934, by a significant margin, defeating U.S. Representatives John Cochran and Jacob Milligan.^[3] After winning the Democratic nomination, Truman defeated Republican opponent and incumbent U.S. Senator Roscoe Patterson by a landslide margin of about 20% of the vote.^[6]^[7]

Results

Missouri United States Senate election, 1934^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman	787,110	59.55
	Republican	Roscoe C. Patterson (incumbent)	524,954	39.71
	Socialist	W.C. Meyer	9,010	0.68
	Communist	Frank Brown	418	0.03
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	384	0.03
Total votes			1,321,876	100

References

1 2 Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States congressional elections, 1788-1997 : the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th congresses. Jefferson, NC [u.a.]: McFarland. ISBN 0786402830.
↑ "TRUMAN, Harry S., (1884 - 1972)". Biographical Directory of the U.S Congress. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
1 2 3 4 "MO US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "PATTERSON, Roscoe Conklin, (1876 - 1954)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "Harry S. Truman, 34th Vice President (1945)". United States Senate. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
1 2 "MO US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "Life Before the Presidency". American President: A Reference Resource. University of Virginia. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) 34th Vice President of the United States (1945) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935–1945)

Presidency	1945 inauguration 1949 inauguration Potsdam Conference Agreement on Europe Declaration to Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fair Deal Mental Health Act National Institute of Mental Health National School Lunch Act Employment Act of 1946 Council of Economic Advisers Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Loyalty Order National Security Act of 1947 Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council Department of the Air Force Central Intelligence Agency Key West Agreement Joint Long Range Proving Grounds Revolt of the Admirals Committee on Civil Rights Integration of the Armed Forces Housing Act of 1949 North Atlantic Treaty NATO Assassination attempt Korean War U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82, 83 Relief of General MacArthur Office of Defense Mobilization Science Advisory Committee 1952 steel strike Puerto Rican constitutional referendum, 1952 National Security Agency State of the Union Address (1946 1950 1952) Judicial appointments Supreme Court Cabinet Truman Balcony "The buck stops here"

Life	Early life and career Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Missouri Office and Courtroom Truman Committee Democratic vice presidential nomination of 1944

Books	Bibliography Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial and Hope

Homes	Birthplace Harry S. Truman Farm Home Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site Historic District Blair House Truman Little White House

Elections	United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934 1940 Democratic National Convention 1944 1948 United States presidential election, 1944 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" campaign song Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1952

Legacy	Truman Day Harry S Truman Building Truman Dam and Reservoir Harry S. Truman Scholarship Truman Sports Complex Postage stamps

Related	Give 'em Hell, Harry (1975 play and film) Truman (1995 film)

Family	Bess Wallace Truman (wife) Margaret Truman (daughter) John Anderson Truman (father) Martha Ellen Young Truman (mother) Clifton Daniel (son-in-law) Clifton Truman Daniel (grandson)

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