The 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1918.
Incumbent
Democrat
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Politics
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
lost reelection to
Republican Medill McCormick
Joseph Medill McCormick (May 16, 1877 – February 25, 1925) was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago. After working for some time and becoming part owner of the ''Chicago Tribune,'' which his maternal grandfath ...
.
Election information
The primaries and general election coincided with those for
House
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and those for state elections.
The primaries were held September 11, 1918.
This was the first election for this U.S. Senate seat to be held after the
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and2 of the Constitution, under wh ...
went into effect, and was therefore the first time that this seat faced a popular election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
James Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
, incumbent U.S. senator
*James O. Monroe, attorney and
perennial candidate
*James Traynor
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*Alfred E. Case
*
George Edmund Foss
George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.
Life and career
Foss was born on July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Fos ...
, U.S. congressman
*
Medill McCormick
Joseph Medill McCormick (May 16, 1877 – February 25, 1925) was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago. After working for some time and becoming part owner of the ''Chicago Tribune,'' which his maternal grandfath ...
, U.S. congressman
*Patrick H. O'Donnell
*
William Hale Thompson,
mayor of
Chicago
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
*
William Bross Lloyd
William Bross Lloyd (February 24, 1875 – June 30, 1946) was an American attorney and political activist. The oldest son of the muckraking journalist Henry Demarest Lloyd and Jessie Bross, daughter of ''Chicago Tribune'' founder William B ...
, attorney and activist
Results
General election
Candidates
*John M. Francis (
Socialist Labor
The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...
)
*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
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), activist, capitalist, philanthropist, and 1912 candidate for
Illinois treasurer
The Treasurer of Illinois is an elected official of the U.S. state of Illinois. The office was created by the Constitution of Illinois.
Current Occupant
The current Treasurer of Illinois is Democrat Mike Frerichs. He was first elected to head t ...
Results
See also
*
1918 United States Senate elections
The 1918 United States Senate elections were held throughout 1918, the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as President of the United States. Republicans gained a slim 2-seat control after picking up a net 6 seats (4 in general elections an ...
References
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1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
Illinois
United States Senate
William Hale Thompson