1916 United States Senate election in Florida

The 1916 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 7, 1916.

1916 United States Senate election in Florida

← 1911 November 7, 1916 1922 →
 
Nominee Park Trammell William R. O'Neal
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 58,391 8,774
Percentage 82.86% 12.45%

County results
Trammell:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Nathan Philemon Bryan
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Park Trammell
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Senator Nathan Philemon Bryan ran for re-election to a second term in office,[1] but lost the Democratic nomination to Governor of Florida Park Trammell. Trammell easily won the general election.

General election edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1916 U.S. Senate election in Florida[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Park Trammell 58,391 82.86%
Republican William R. O'Neal 8,774 12.45%
Socialist R. L. Goodwin 3,304 4.69%
Total votes 70,469 100.00%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ United States Congress. "1916 United States Senate election in Florida (id: B000992)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1917). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1916" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ "FL US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 10, 2020.