1934 United States Senate election in New York

1934 United States Senate election in New York

November 6, 1934

Nominee Royal S. Copeland E. Harold Cluett Norman Thomas Party Democratic Republican Socialist Popular vote 2,046,377 1,363,440 194,952 Percentage 55.34% 36.87% 5.27%

U.S. senator before election Royal S. Copeland Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Royal S. Copeland Democratic

The 1934 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 6, 1934, to elect a U.S. Senator. Incumbent Democratic Senator Royal Copeland was re-elected to a third term in office, though he would die in office in 1938.

Candidates

Democratic

• Royal S. Copeland, incumbent Senator

Republican

• Ernest Cluett, businessman

Independents and third parties

Communist

• Max Bedacht, revolutionary activist and journalist

Constitutional

• Henry Skillman Breckinridge, attorney for Charles Lindbergh and former Assistant Secretary of War

Law Preservation

• William S. Chase

Socialist

• Norman Thomas, Presbyterian minister and pacifist

Socialist Labor

• Olive Johnson, newspaper editor and activist

Result

1934 United States Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Royal S. Copeland	2,046,377	55.21%	6.13
	Republican	E. Harold Cluett	1,363,440	36.87%	11.02
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	194,952	5.27%	2.65
	Communist	Max Bedacht	45,396	1.23%	0.95
	Constitutional	Henry Skillman Breckinridge	24,241	0.66%	N/A
	Prohibition	Michael Bartell	16,769	0.45%	0.45
	Socialist Labor	Olive Johnson	6,622	0.18%	0.05
Total votes			3,727,797	100.00%

See also

• 1934 United States Senate elections
• New York state elections