The 1932 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator George McGill, who was first elected in a 1930 special election, ran for re-election to his first full term. McGill defeated former U.S. Representative Chauncey B. Little in the Democratic primary and faced former Governor Benjamin S. Paulen, the Republican nominee, in the general election, along with independent candidates George Alfred Brown and J. F. William Renker and Socialist nominee E. Haldeman-Julius. McGill ultimately won re-election, winning 46% of the vote to Paulen's 42% and Brown's 9%, marking what is to date the last Democratic victory in a U.S. Senate election in Kansas.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • George McGill, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Chauncey B. Little, former U.S. Representative from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Benjamin S. Paulen, former Governor of Kansas
  • Joe H. Mercer, State Livestock Commissioner
  • C. C. Isely, Dodge City lumber and grain dealer
  • James F. Getty, former State Senator, 1930 Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate
  • Tom Harley, Wichita attorney
  • E. P. Fuller, Iola real estate agent
  • D. E. Dunne, former Comanche County Clerk

Results

Socialist primary

Candidates

  • E. Haldeman-Julius, writer and publisher

Results

General election

Results

See also

  • 1932 United States Senate elections

References


IB History The July 1932 German Election Teaching Resources

Election of 1932 (AM) Speaking For A Change

Presidential Election of 1932 Facts and The History Junkie

Election Campaign 1932 (Last Election) (1932) MUBI

1932 ELECTION U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY