1914 United States Senate election in Illinois explained

The 1914 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1914.^[1]

Incumbent Republican senator Lawrence Yates Sherman, first elected to a partial term by the Illinois General Assembly in a special election the previous year, was reelected to a full term as U.S. senator by a popular vote.

Background

The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.^[2] Primaries were held September 9, 1914.^[2]

The 1914 United States Senate elections were the first to be held after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 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, lieutenant governor of Illinois
• Lawrence B. Stringer, U.S. congressman
• Roger Charles Sullivan, Cook County Democratic Party political boss and former the clerk of the Cook County Probate Court
• James Traynor
• Harry Woods, Illinois secretary of state

Declined to run

• Frank D. Comerford, former Illinois state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 1912^[3]

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Frank Hall Childs
• William E. Mason, former U.S. senator
• Lawrence Yates Sherman, incumbent U.S. senator
• Myer J. Stein

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

• Raymond Robins, economist, writer, and chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party state committee

Results

Socialist primary

Candidates

• Adolph Germer, trade union 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)

Results

See also

• 1914 United States Senate elections

Notes and References

1. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 1914 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808050219/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1914/GE%201914.pdf . dead . August 8, 2021 . Illinois State Board of Elections . 19 December 2020 .
2. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 . Illinois State Board of Elections . 19 December 2020 .
3. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1929/08/30/page/1/article/judge-comerford-dies-heart-attack "Judge Comerford Dies; Heart Attack: Death Comes Unexpectedly; 49 Years Old,"