1914 United States Senate election in California
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The 1914 United States Senate election in California was held on November 6, 1914. Incumbent Republican Senator George Clement Perkins did not run for re-election.
In a three-way race, Democratic former Mayor of San Francisco James Duval Phelan defeated Progressive attorney Francis J. Heney and Republican U.S. Representative Joseph R. Knowland.
General election
Candidates
- Francis J. Heney (Progressive), former Attorney General for the Arizona Territory
- James Duval Phelan (Democratic), former Mayor of San Francisco
- Joseph R. Knowland (Republican), U.S. Representative from Oakland
- Ernest Untermann (Socialist), nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1908
- Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition), nominee for California's 7th congressional district in 1902
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Duval Phelan | 279,896 | 31.59% | |
Progressive | Francis J. Heney | 255,232 | 28.81% | |
Republican | Joseph R. Knowland | 254,159 | 28.69% | |
Socialist | Ernest Untermann | 56,805 | 6.41% | |
Prohibition | Frederick F. Wheeler | 39,921 | 4.51% | |
Total votes | 886,013 | 100.00% |
See also
References
- ^ "CA US Senate, 1914". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.