The 1924 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Robert Latham Owen Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925. Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...

declined to run for re-election. In a crowded Democratic primary, impeached former Governor

Jack C. Walton John Calloway Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth governor of Oklahoma. He served the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state's history to be removed from ...

won the party's nomination with a narrow plurality. In the general election, he faced businessman

William B. Pine William Bliss Pine (December 30, 1877August 25, 1942) was an American businessman who served as United States Senator from Oklahoma. Born in Illinois, he moved to Kansas and finally Oklahoma, where he became a prominent businessman and oil produce ...

, the Republican nominee. Though Democratic presidential nominee

John W. Davis John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ...

narrowly won the state over President

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...

, Walton's unpopularity and controversy caused Democrats to lose the seat; Pine defeated Walton in a landslide.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Sargent Prentiss Freeling, former Oklahoma Attorney General *

Thomas Gore Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for ...

, former U.S. Senator (190721) *

Everette B. Howard Everette Burgess Howard (September 19, 1873 – April 3, 1950) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Biography Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, Howard was the son of Addison A. and Addie P. Harreld Howard. He attende ...

, U.S. Representative from

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

, former Governor of Oklahoma * C. J. Wrightsman, member of the state board of regents

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

, businessman * Eugene Lorton, editor of the ''

Tulsa World The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 202 ...

'' * Hugh Scott, commander of the soldiers' memorial hospital * C. B. Leedy, State Senator * B. G. Bingham * John G. Lieber

Results

Farmer–Labor Primary

Candidates

* George Wilson * William L. Loe

Results

General election

Results

References

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Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

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