Election Name: | 1920 United States Senate election in Missouri |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1918 United States Senate special election in Missouri |
Previous Year: | 1918 (special) |
Next Election: | 1926 United States Senate special election in Missouri |
Next Year: | 1926 (special) |
Image1: | Selden Palmer Spencer.jpg |
Nominee1: | Selden P. Spencer |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 711,161 |
Percentage1: | 53.65% |
Nominee2: | Breckinridge Long |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 589,498 |
Percentage2: | 44.47% |
Map Size: | 270px |
U.S. senator | |
Before Election: | Selden P. Spencer |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Selden P. Spencer |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
The 1920 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1920 in Missouri. The incumbent Republican Senator, Selden P. Spencer, was re-elected to a full term, having won a special election in 1918. He defeated Breckinridge Long of the Democratic Party. Spencer underperformed Republican presidential nominee Warren G. Harding, who won 54.6% of the vote in the concurrent presidential election.
The Farmer–Worker Party nominated carpenter W. J. Mallett.[3]
The Socialist Labor Party nominated Andrew Trudell.