United States Senate election in Montana, 1924

November 4, 1924



Nominee	Thomas J. Walsh	Frank Bird Linderman
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	89,681	72,000
Percentage	52.81%	42.40%

U.S. Senator before election

Thomas J. Walsh
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thomas J. Walsh
Democratic

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The 1924 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924. Incumbent United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who was first elected to the Senate in 1912, and re-elected in 1918, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary uncontested, and faced former State Representative Frank Bird Linderman and several independent opponents in the general election, and he ultimately won re-election to his third term by a solid margin.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Thomas J. Walsh, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Democratic Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Walsh (inc.)	35,029	100.00
Total votes			35,029	100.00

Farmer-Labor primary

Candidates

J. W. Anderson

Results

Farmer-Labor Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmer-Labor	J. W. Anderson	2,827	100.00
Total votes			2,827	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Frank Bird Linderman, former State Representative, former Assistant Secretary of State of Montana
Wellington D. Rankin, Attorney General of Montana
John W. Allison
R. W. Kemp

Results

Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Bird Linderman	29,336	41.83
	Republican	Wellington D. Rankin	28,216	40.24
	Republican	John W. Allison	9,053	12.91
	Republican	R. W. Kemp	3,520	5.02
Total votes			70,125	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Montana, 1924^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Thomas J. Walsh (inc.)	89,681	52.81%	+11.74%
	Republican	Frank Bird Linderman	72,000	42.40%	+6.61%
	Farmer-Labor	J. W. Anderson	7,370	4.34%
	Socialist	Charles F. Juttner	522	0.31%
	Independent Party of Montana	Sam W. Teagarden	248	0.15%
Majority			17,681	10.41%	+5.13%
Turnout			169,821
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 "Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, Aug. 26, A. D. 1924". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 4, 1924" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

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