User:DukeOfDelTaco/sandbox/Electoral history of the Socialist Party of America

This is a list detailing the electoral history of the Socialist Party of America, sorted by office and year. The list consists of candidates who ran for partisan office and gained at least one percent of the popular vote.

Federal elections edit

President edit

Year Nominees Performance Best states
President Vice President Ballot access Popular vote Electoral vote Highest vote count Highest percentage
1904  
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana  
Ben Hanford
New York 44 states
467 EV
402,810
(2.98%)
0 Illinois
69,225
(6.43%)
California
29,535
(8.90%)
1908 45 states
479 EV
420,852
(2.83%)
0 New York
38,451
(2.35%)
Nevada
2,103
(8.57%)
1912  
Emil Seidel
Wisconsin 48 states
531 EV
901,551
(5.99%)
0 Ohio
90,144
(8.69%)
Nevada
3,313
(16.47%)
1916  
Allan L. Benson
New York  
George R. Kirkpatrick
New Jersey 48 states
531 EV
590,524
(3.19%)
0 Illinois
61,394
(2.80%)
Oklahoma
45,527
(15.55%)
1920  
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana  
Seymour Stedman
Illinois 42 states
498 EV
913,693
(3.41%)
0 New York
203,201
(7.01%)
Wisconsin
80,635
(11.50%)
1924 Endorsed the Progressive Party ticket of Robert M. La Follette (WI) and Burton K. Wheeler (MT)
1928  
Norman Thomas
New York  
James H. Maurer
Pennsylvania 40 states
481 EV
267,478
(0.73%)
0 New York
107,332
(2.44%)
1932 45 states
507 EV
884,885
(2.23%)
0 New York
177,397
(3.78%)
Wisconsin
53,379
(4.79%)
1936  
George A. Nelson
Wisconsin 38 states
477 EV
187,910
(0.41%)
0 New York
86,897
(1.55%)
1940  
Maynard C. Krueger
Illinois 29 states
375 EV
116,599
(0.23%)
0 New York
18,950
(0.30%)
Wisconsin
15,071
(1.07%)
1944  
Darlington Hoopes
Pennsylvania 29 states
379 EV
79,017
(0.16%)
0 Wisconsin
13,205
(0.99%)
1948  
Tucker P. Smith
Michigan 34 states
399 EV
139,569
(0.29%)
0 New York
40,879
(0.66%)
Wisconsin
12,547
(0.98%)
1952  
Darlington Hoopes
Pennsylvania Samuel H. Friedman New York 20,203
(0.03%)
0
1956 2,128
(0.00%)
0

Senate edit

Socialist Party results in United States Senate elections (1910s)
Year State Nominee Votes Percentage Place Notes
1912 Arizona (Class 1) E. Johnson 1,234
5.68 / 100
3rd of 3 [1]
Arizona (Class 3) E. B. Simonton 1,221
5.80 / 100
3rd of 3 [2]
Kansas Allan W. Ricker 25,610
7.32 / 100
3rd of 3 [3]
1913 Maryland (sp) Robert J. Fields 2,982
1.51 / 100
4th of 5 [4]
1914 Arizona Bert Davis 3,582
7.39 / 100
4th of 5 [5]
California Ernest Untermann 56,805
6.41 / 100
4th of 5 [6]
Colorado James C. Griffiths 13,943
5.51 / 100
4th of 5 [7]
Connecticut George Spiess 5,890
3.26 / 100
4th of 6 [8]
Idaho Calistus W. Cooper 7,888
7.29 / 100
4th of 5 [9]
Illinois Adolph Germer 39,889
3.93 / 100
4th of 6 [10]
Iowa I. S. McCullis 8,462
1.98 / 100
5th of 6 [11]
Kansas Christian B. Hoffman 24,502
4.82 / 100
4th of 5 [12]
Kentucky (sp) Frank E. Seeds 4,770
1.45 / 100
4th of 4 [13]
Kentucky H. J. Robertson 4,890
1.44 / 100
4th of 4 [14]
Maryland Charles E. Develin 3,255
1.51 / 100
4th of 6 [15]
1916 Arizona W. S. Bradford 2,827
5.24 / 100
3rd of 3 [16]
California Walter Thomas Mills 49,341
5.25 / 100
3rd of 4 [17]
Connecticut Martin F. Plunkett 5,279
2.47 / 100
3rd of 5 [18]
Florida R. L. Goodwin 3,304
4.69 / 100
3rd of 3 [19]
Indiana Joseph Zimmerman 21,558
3.06 / 100
3rd of 6 [20]
Maine James F. Carey 1,510
1.00 / 100
3rd of 4 [21]
Maryland Sylvester L. Young 2,590
1.12 / 100
4th of 5 [22]
1918 Delaware William H. Connor 420
1.00 / 100
3rd of 3 [23]
Illinois William Bross Lloyd 37,167
3.91 / 100
3rd of 5 [24]
Kansas Eva Harding 11,429
2.58 / 100
3rd of 3 [25]
Socialist Party results in United States Senate elections (1920s)
Year State Nominee Votes Percentage Place Notes
1920 Alabama (sp) W. H. Chichester 2,820
1.22 / 100
3rd of 3 [26]
California Elvina S. Beals 36,545
4.00 / 100
4th of 4 [27]
Connecticut Martin F. Plunkett 10,118
2.77 / 100
3rd of 6 [28]
Florida M. J. Martin 3,525
2.48 / 100
3rd of 4 [29]
Illinois Gustave T. Fraenckel 66,463
3.22 / 100
3rd of 7 [30]
Kansas Dan Beedy 13,417
2.63 / 100
3rd of 3 [31]
Maryland William A. Toole 6,559
1.68 / 100
4th of 6 [32]
1922 California Upton Sinclair 56,982
6.28 / 100
4th of 4 [33]
Connecticut Isadore Polsky[a] 6,161
1.90 / 100
4th of 4 [34]
Indiana William Henry 14,635
1.33 / 100
3rd of 3 [35]
1924 Connecticut (sp) Martin F. Plunkett 1,961
1.05 / 100
3rd of 3 [36]
1926 Connecticut Morris Rice 3,173
1.05 / 100
3rd of 3 [37]
Kansas M. L. Phillips 8,208
1.69 / 100
3rd of 3 [38]
Maryland William A. Toole 3,659
1.08 / 100
3rd of 3 [39]
1928 California Lena Morrow Lewis 26,624
1.72 / 100
4th of 4 [40]
Socialist Party results in United States Senate elections (1930s)
Year State Nominee Votes Percentage Place Notes
1930 Kansas (sp) H. M. Perkins 11,659
2.02 / 100
3rd of 3 [41]
1932 Arizona Lester B. Woolever 1,110
1.00 / 100
3rd of 4 [42]
Colorado (sp) Carle Whitehead 11,619
2.73 / 100
3rd of 3 [43]
Colorado Carle Whitehead 8,632
1.98 / 100
3rd of 5 [44]
Connecticut Devere Allen 19,774
3.33 / 100
3rd of 6 [45]
Illinois Charles Pogorelec 37,922
1.13 / 100
3rd of 6 [46]
Iowa T. S. McCrill 11,076
1.11 / 100
4th of 6 [47]
Kansas E. Haldeman-Julius 8,474
1.18 / 100
5th of 5 [48]
Maryland William A. Toole 8,105
1.83 / 100
3rd of 5 [49]
1934 Arizona Charles D. Pinkerton 1,591
1.69 / 100
3rd of 4 [50]
California George Ross Kirkpatrick 108,748
5.29 / 100
2nd of 2 [51]
Connecticut Devere Allen 32,562
5.94 / 100
3rd of 5 [52]
Maryland Elisabeth Gilman 6,067
1.29 / 100
3rd of 5 [53]
1938 Connecticut Bellani Trombley 99,282
15.75 / 100
3rd of 6 [54]
Socialist Party results in United States Senate elections (1940s)
Year State Nominee Votes Percentage Place Notes
1946 Connecticut (sp) Frederick C. Smedley 22,164
3.26 / 100
3rd of 3 [55]
Connecticut Frederick C. Smedley 22,013
3.22 / 100
3rd of 4 [56]
Socialist Party results in United States Senate elections (1950s)
Year State Nominee Votes Percentage Place Notes
1950 Connecticut (sp) John J. Gillespie 15,441
1.76 / 100
3rd of 3 [57]
Connecticut Anthony R. Martino 15,128
1.72 / 100
3rd of 3 [58]
1952 Connecticut Jasper McLevy 12,279
1.12 / 100
4th of 4 [59]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Cross-endorsed by the Farmer–Labor Party

References edit

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