1916 United States Senate election in Texas

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1916 United States Senate election in Texas
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  1911 November 7, 1916 1922  
  Charles Allen Culberson.jpg 3x4.svg 3x4.svg
Nominee Charles Culberson Alex W. AtchesonThomas A. Hickey
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote303,03548,78818,616
Percentage81.30%13.09%4.99%

1916 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg
County Results [1]

Culberson:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Atcheson:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%

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No vote:      

U.S. senator before election

Charles Culberson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles Culberson
Democratic

The 1916 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Culberson was re-elected to a fourth term in office. Culberson survived a challenge from former Governor Oscar Colquitt in the Democratic primary, then easily won the general election. He was challenged by Republican Alex W. Atcheson and Socialist Thomas Hickey, publisher of The Rebel. [2]

This was the first U.S. Senate election in Texas held after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, which required all Senators be elected by a direct popular vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1916 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Oscar Branch Colquitt 119,598 29.95%
Democratic Charles Allen Culberson (incumbent)87,42121.89%
Democratic Samuel Palmer Brooks 78,64119.69%
Democratic Thomas Mitchell Campbell 65,72116.46%
Democratic Robert Lee Henry 37,7259.45%
Democratic John Davis9,9242.49%
Democratic G. W. Riddle3350.08%
Total votes399,366 100.00%

Runoff

1916 Democratic U.S. Senate runoff [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles Allen Culberson (incumbent) 163,182 63.43%
Democratic Oscar Branch Colquitt 94,09836.57%
Total votes257,280 100.00%

General election

Results

1916 United States Senate election in Texas [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles Allen Culberson (incumbent) 303,035 81.30%
Republican Alex W. Atcheson48,78813.09%
Socialist Thomas A. Hickey18,6164.99%
Prohibition Edward H. Conibear2,3190.62%
Total votes372,758 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Bartlett, C. J. (1917). Supplemental Biennial Report of the Secretary of State. Austin, Texas: A. C. Baldwin & Stone Printers. pp. 48–51.
  2. Boyd, Steven; Smith, David (2007). "Thomas Hickey, the Rebel, and Civil Liberties in Wartime Texas Thomas Hickey, the Rebel, and Civil Liberties in Wartime Texas". East Texas Historical Journal. 45 (1): 43.
  3. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – July 22, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – August 26, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  5. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1917). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1916" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 07, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com.