The 1926 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent
Republican
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Political ideology
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U.S. Senator
Ovington Weller
Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 – January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921 to 1927.
Early life
Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland, and attended the publi ...
ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was beaten badly by Democratic U.S. Representative
Millard Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 192 ...
of
Havre de Grace.
Republican primary
Candidates
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John Philip Hill
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (May 2, 1879 – May 23, 1941) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 3, 3rd Congressional district of Maryland, servi ...
, U.S. Representative from
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
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Ovington Weller
Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 – January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921 to 1927.
Early life
Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland, and attended the publi ...
, incumbent Senator since 1921
Results
General election
Results
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat
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Anne Arundel
Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (née Hon. Anne Arundell; c. 1615/1616G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, G ...
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Baltimore (City)
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Carroll
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Prince George's
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St. Mary's
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Washington
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See also
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1926 United States Senate elections
The 1926 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge's second term. The Republican majority was reduced by seven seats.
Gains and losses
Six Repu ...
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1926 United States elections
References
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1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...