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(Top) 1 Republican primary 1.1 Candidates 1.2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2.1 Candidates 2.2 Results 3 General election 3.1 Results 3.2 Results by county 3.2.1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat 4 See also 5 References 6 Notes

1934 United States Senate election in Maryland

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November 5, 1934

1940 →


Nominee	George L. P. Radcliffe	Joseph I. France
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	264,279	197,643
Percentage	56.10%	41.95%

County results
France: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Radcliffe: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

George L. P. Radcliffe
Democratic

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The 1934 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1934.

Incumbent Republican Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough did not seek re-election to a second term in office. In the open race to succeed him, Democratic Maryland Secretary of State George L. P. Radcliffe defeated former Senator Joseph I. France.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Joseph I. France, former U.S. Senator from 1917 to 1923
John Philip Hill, U.S. Representative from Baltimore
C. Wilbur Miller

Results[edit]

1934 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[2]^[3]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph I. France	34,644	38.70%
	Republican	John Philip Hill	28,032	31.31%
	Republican	C. Wilbur Miller	26,855	30.00%
Total votes			89,531	100.00%

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

William Milnes Maloy, candidate for governor in 1926
George L. P. Radcliffe, Maryland Secretary of State

Results[edit]

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George L. P. Radcliffe	150,072	71.44%
	Democratic	William Milnes Maloy	59,989	28.56%
Total votes			210,061	100.00%

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1934 U.S. Senate election in Maryland^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George L. P. Radcliffe	264,279	56.10%	10.86
	Republican	Joseph I. France	197,643	41.95%	12.10
	Socialist	Elisabeth Gilman	6,067	1.29%	0.86
	Labor	Ada Smith Lang	1,935	0.41%	0.12
	Communist	Samuel Gale	1,188	0.25%	N/A
Total votes			607,626	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county[edit]


County	George L. P. Radcliffe Democratic		Joseph I. France Republican		Elisabeth Gilman Socialist		Ada Smith Lang Labor		Samuel Gale Communist		Margin		Total Votes Cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast
Allegany	10397	43.39%	12758	53.25%	535	2.23%	54	0.23%	215	0.90%	-2361	-9.85%	23959
Anne Arundel	8887	54.07%	7280	44.29%	184	1.12%	32	0.19%	53	0.32%	1607	9.78%	16436
Baltimore (City)	122522	59.36%	78413	37.99%	4101	1.99%	567	0.27%	809	0.39%	44109	21.37%	206412
Baltimore (County)	23317	58.72%	15818	39.83%	413	1.04%	48	1.04%	114	0.29%	7499	18.88%	39710
Calvert	1664	46.98%	1854	52.34%	10	0.28%	8	0.23%	6	0.17%	-190	-5.36%	3542
Caroline	3325	59.58%	2202	39.46%	11	0.20%	25	0.45%	18	0.32%	1123	20.12%	5581
Carroll	5823	46.37%	6606	52.60%	56	0.45%	23	0.18%	50	0.40%	783	6.24%	12558
Cecil	3891	45.33%	4624	53.87%	21	0.24%	17	0.20%	31	0.36%	-733	-8.54%	8584
Charles	1699	44.29%	2111	55.03%	6	0.16%	7	0.18%	13	0.34%	-412	-10.74%	3836
Dorchester	5058	63.06%	2925	36.47%	9	0.11%	11	0.14%	18	0.22%	-2133	-26.59%	8021
Frederick	9325	49.66%	9166	48.82%	122	0.65%	52	0.28%	111	0.59%	159	0.85%	18776
Garrett	1700	33.21%	3216	62.82%	102	1.99%	36	0.70%	65	1.27%	-1516	-29.62%	5119
Harford	5665	55.30%	4485	43.78%	49	0.48%	16	0.16%	29	0.28%	1180	11.52%	10244
Howard	3771	60.52%	2399	38.50%	20	0.32%	21	0.34%	20	0.32%	1372	22.02%	6231
Kent	2831	56.67%	2134	42.71%	9	0.18%	10	0.20%	12	0.24%	697	13.95%	4996
Montgomery	12024	56.45%	9041	42.45%	119	0.56%	48	0.23%	68	0.32%	2983	14.00%	21300
Prince George's	10646	59.21%	7089	39.43%	88	0.49%	52	0.29%	105	0.58%	3557	19.78%	17980
Queen Anne's	3081	67.82%	1423	31.32%	9	0.20%	21	0.46%	9	0.20%	1658	36.50%	4543
St. Mary's	2204	51.97%	1978	46.64%	15	0.35%	21	0.50%	23	0.54%	-226	-5.33%	4241
Somerset	3657	51.57%	3378	47.63%	13	0.18%	23	0.32%	21	0.30%	279	3.93%	7092
Talbot	3688	56.92%	2761	42.61%	10	0.15%	9	0.14%	11	0.17%	927	14.31%	6479
Washington	9570	49.21%	9617	49.45%	141	0.73%	40	0.21%	78	0.40%	47	0.24%	19446
Wicomico	5832	59.72%	3843	39.35%	16	0.16%	30	0.31%	44	0.45%	1989	20.37%	9765
Worcester	3702	59.13%	2522	40.28%	8	0.13%	17	0.27%	12	0.19%	1180	18.85%	6261
Total	262750	55.77%	199172	42.28%	6067	1.29%	1188	0.25%	1935	0.41%	63578	13.50%	471112

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0256 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 256. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0257 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 257. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0152, Page 0267 - Maryland Manual, 1935". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 267. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

^ "1934 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

Notes[edit]

^ The source appears to indicate that this race utilized instant run-off voting. However, it is not clear from the source material how the second choice votes were applied, if at all.

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