1922 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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The 1922 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent
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George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
was re-elected to a third term in office over Democratic attorney Thomas J. Spellacy.


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*George E. Carey (Independent) *
George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
, incumbent Senator since 1911 (Republican) *Isadore Polsky (Socialist and Farmer-Labor) * Thomas J. Spellacy, Wall Street attorney and former State Senator from
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(Democratic)


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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
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