1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia explained

Election Name:United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1920
Country:Virginia
Flag Year:1861
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1918 United States Senate election in Virginia
Previous Year:1918
Next Election:1924 United States Senate election in Virginia
Next Year:1924
Election Date:November 2, 1920
Nominee1:Carter Glass
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:184,646
Percentage1:91.31%
Nominee2:J. R. Pollard
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:17,576
Percentage2:8.69%
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Carter Glass
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Carter Glass
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia was held on Tuesday November 2. Appointed Senator Carter Glass defeated Republican J. R. Pollard and was elected to finish the term of Democrat Thomas S. Martin, who died the previous year. Glass and fellow Senator Claude A. Swanson were the first U.S. senators to be elected by popular vote (Martin ran unopposed in 1918) following the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.