Election Name: | 1922 United States Senate election in New York |
Country: | New York |
Flag Year: | 1908 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1916 United States Senate election in New York |
Previous Year: | 1916 |
Next Election: | 1928 United States Senate election in New York |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1922 |
Image1: | File:Copeland.jpg |
Nominee1: | Royal S. Copeland |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,276,667 |
Percentage1: | 52.60% |
Nominee2: | William M. Calder |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 995,421 |
Percentage2: | 41.01% |
Map Size: | 270px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | William M. Calder |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Royal S. Copeland |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
The 1922 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Senator William Calder ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Royal Copeland.
Despite early opposition from the Anti-Saloon League and other discontents within the state party,[1] some of whom attempted to draft Theodore Roosevelt Jr. or William Hayward as an alternative candidate,[2] [3] no candidate materialized and Calder was seen as assured of renomination by August.[3] [4]
Calder was renominated at the Republican convention on September 29 along with the entire Republican ticket. His renomination was carried unopposed.[5]
It was suggested during the campaign that Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy might block Al Smith's third consecutive nomination for Governor, leaving him to accept the nomination for Senate as a compromise.[4] However, Smith carried the gubernatorial nomination unanimously, and the Senate nomination was given unanimously to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, the President of the New York City Board of Health who had gained attention for his handling of the Spanish flu pandemic.[6]