The 1932 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Otis F. Glenn was unseated by Democrat

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Election information

The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal elections ( president and

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) and those for state elections. Primaries were held April 12, 1932.

Background

The economic downturn that was the

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was raging through the nation since the

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. Many voters laid blame for the downturn and its impacts on Republican president Herbert Hoover. The 1930 election for Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat saw the first instance after the

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(adopted in 1912) went into effect (instituting popular elections for U.S. senate) that a Republican lost a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, with Democrat

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winning that election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Thomas A. Cummings *

, U.S. congressman *Clarence H. Kavanaugh *Emmet Kennedy * Scott W. Lucas, former Mason County

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*John B. Monroe *Thomas F. O'Donnell *Edward Sullivan *William Young

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* Otis F. Glenn, incumbent U.S. senator *

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, candidate for U.S. Senate in

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and

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*T.B. Wright

Results

General election

References

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Illinois United States Senate

Election information

Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

See also

References