1934 United States Senate election in Connecticut

1934 United States Senate election in Connecticut

November 6, 1934

Nominee Francis T. Maloney Frederic C. Walcott Roger Glennie Party Democratic Republican Union Popular vote 265,552 247,623 69,142 Percentage 40.41% 40.14% 12.37%

Maloney:      50–60%      60-70% Walcott:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Glennie:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Frederic C. Walcott Republican Elected U.S. Senator Francis T. Maloney Democratic

The 1934 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican Senator Frederic C. Walcott ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Francis T. Maloney. Union Party candidate Roger Glennie garnered more than 10% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• Devere Allen, activist and editor of The World Tomorrow (Socialist)
• Donald H. Loomis (Communist)
• Francis T. Maloney, U.S. Representative from Meriden (Democratic)
• Alfred Morley (Independent Citizens)
• Frederic C. Walcott, incumbent Senator since 1929 (Republican)
• Roger Glennie, activist (Union)

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Francis T. Maloney	265,552	40.41%	8.81
	Republican	Frederic C. Walcott (incumbent)	247,623	40.14%	12.72
	Union	Roger Glennie	69,142	12.37%	12.37
	Socialist	Devere Allen	32,562	5.94%	5.39
	Independent Citizens	Alfred Morley	1,511	0.08%	N/A
	Communist	Donald H. Loomis	1,277	0.23%	N/A
Total votes			548,525	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican