The 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1914.
Incumbent
Republican
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senator
Lawrence Yates Sherman
Lawrence Yates Sherman (November 8, 1858 – September 15, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representativ ...
, first elected to a partial term by the
Illinois General Assembly
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in a special election the previous year, was reelected to a full term as U.S. senator by a popular vote.
Election information
The primaries and general election coincided with those for
House
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and those for state elections.
Primaries were held September 9, 1914.
The
1914 United States Senate elections were the first to be held after the
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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went into effect, and this was therefore the first Illinois U.S. Senate election to be held by a popular vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Ran
*
Barratt O'Hara
Barratt O'Hara (April 28, 1882 – August 11, 1969) of Chicago was an American Democratic politician serving as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois and lieutenant governor of Illinois. He was the last Spanish–American War veteran to serve ...
,
lieutenant governor of Illinois
*
Lawrence B. Stringer, U.S. congressman
*
Roger Charles Sullivan
Roger Charles Sullivan (February 3, 1861 – April 14, 1920), was a member of the Cook County Democratic Organization during the early twentieth century.'A Biographical History, With Portraits, of Prominent Men of the Great West,' John A Campb ...
,
Cook County
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Democratic Party
political boss
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and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
*James Traynor
*
Harry Woods,
Illinois secretary of state
The Secretary of State of Illinois is one of the six elected executive state offices of the government of Illinois, and one of the 47 secretaries of states in the United States. The Illinois Secretary of State keeps the state records, laws, libr ...
Declined to run
*
Frank D. Comerford, former
Illinois state senator
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and candidate for lieutenant governor
in 1912"Judge Comerford Dies; Heart Attack: Death Comes Unexpectedly; 49 Years Old,"
''Chicago Tribune,'' Aug. 30, 1929; pp. 1, 4.
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*Frank Hall Childs
* William E. Mason, former U.S. senator
*Lawrence Yates Sherman
Lawrence Yates Sherman (November 8, 1858 – September 15, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representativ ...
, incumbent U.S. senator
*Myer J. Stein
Results
Progressive primary
Candidates
*Raymond Robins
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Biography
He was born on 17 S ...
, economist
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, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to:
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state committee
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
*Adolph Germer
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, trade union
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organizer
Results
General election
Candidates
*John M. Frances ( Socialist Labor)
*Adolph Germer (Socialist), trade union organizer
*Raymond Robins (Progressive), economist, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee
*Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican), incumbent U.S. senator
*Roger Charles Sullivan (Democratic), Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
*George W. Woolsey (Prohibition Party
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)
Results
See also
* 1914 United States Senate elections
References
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United States Senate
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