United States Senate elections, 1922

United States Senate elections, 1922

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The U.S. Senate election, 1922 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. With the Republicans divided between conservative and progressive factions, the Democrats gained five net seats from the Republicans while the Farmer-Labor party gained one. The Republicans retained their Senate majority.

The Republicans defeated Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D-NE) and Atlee Pomerene (D-OH), but the Democrats took one open seat in Indiana and defeated seven Republican incumbents:
* T. Coleman du Pont (R-DE)
* Joseph I. France (R-MD)
* Charles E. Townsend (R-MI)
* Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
* William M. Calder (R-NY)
* Miles Poindexter (R-WA)
* Howard Sutherland (R-WV)

Henrik Shipstead (FL-MN) also defeated incumbent Frank B. Kellogg (R-MN).

enate contests in 1922


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