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1918 United States Senate election in Illinois
←  1913 November 5, 1918 1924 →
 
Nominee Medill McCormick J. Hamilton Lewis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 479,967 426,943
Percentage 50.50% 44.92%
Results by county
McCormick:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Lewis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

J. Hamilton Lewis
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Medill McCormick
Republican

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The 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1918. [1]

Incumbent Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis lost reelection to Republican Medill McCormick.

Election information

The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections. [1] The primaries were held September 11, 1918. [1]

This was the first election for this U.S. Senate seat to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect, and was therefore the first time that this seat faced a popular election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Hamilton Lewis (incumbent) 169,552 81.37
Democratic James O. Monroe 21,288 10.22
Democratic James Traynor 17,523 8.41
Total votes 208,363 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Medill McCormick 192,222 44.04
Republican William Hale Thompson 169,552 38.85
Republican George Edmund Foss 62,040 14.22
Republican Patrick H. O'Donnell 7,535 1.73
Republican Alfred E. Case 5,075 1.16
Total votes 436,424 100

Socialist primary

Candidates

Results

Socialist primary [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist William Bross Lloyd 1,801 100
Total votes 1,801 100

General election

Candidates

  • John M. Francis ( Socialist Labor)
  • J. Hamilton Lewis (Democrat), incumbent U.S. senator
  • William Bross Lloyd (Socialist), attorney and activist
  • Medill McCormick (Republican), U.S. congressman
  • Frank B. Vennum ( Prohibition Party), activist, capitalist, philanthropist, and 1912 candidate for Illinois treasurer [3]

Results

1918 United States Senate election in Illinois [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Medill McCormick 479,967 50.50
Democratic James Hamilton Lewis (incumbent) 426,943 44.92
Socialist William Bross Lloyd 37,167 3.91
Socialist Labor John M. Francis 3,268 0.34
Prohibition Frank B. Vennum 3,151 0.33
Majority 53,024 5.58
Turnout 950,496
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE General Election, November 5, 1918 Judicial Elections, 1917-1918, Primary Election, September 11, 1918" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 19, 2020.[ permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - James O. Monroe". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Frank B. Vennum". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
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