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1926 United States Senate election in New York

The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.


The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.

  • Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator from Herkimer
  • James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., incumbent Senator

Incumbent Senator Wadsworth was opposed by hard-line prohibitionists, who instead supported Franklin W. Cristman at the Republican Convention.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican1,23593.77%
Republican584.40%
NoneAbstaining231.75%
Republican10.08%
1,317100.00%
  • Robert F. Wagner, New York Supreme Court Justice and former State Senator
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  • Joseph Brandon (Socialist Labor)
  • Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator from Herkimer (Independent Republican)
  • William F. Dunne, editor of the Butte Bulletin (Workers)
  • James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., incumbent Senator (Republican)
  • Robert F. Wagner, New York Supreme Court Justice and former State Senator (Democratic)
  • Jessie Wallace Hughan, radical pacifist and activist (Socialist)

After failing to qualify for a primary election against Senator Wadsworth, Cristman announced his campaign as an independent Republican. He supported Prohibition and was opposed to Wadsworth's position as a "wet" (or anti-Prohibition) Republican.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic1,321,46346.48%
Republican1,205,24642.40%
Independent Republican231,9068.16%
Socialist73,4122.58%
Communist6,4440.23%
Socialist Labor3,0640.15%
2,842,813100.00%
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