1922 United States Senate election in Delaware explained

Election Name:1922 United States Senate election in Delaware
Country:Delaware
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1916 United States Senate election in Delaware
Previous Year:1916
Next Election:1928 United States Senate election in Delaware
Next Year:1928
Election Date:November 7, 1922
Image1:BAYARD, THOMAS F. SENATOR LCCN2016861393 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Party1:Democratic Party (US)
Popular Vote1:37,304
Percentage1:49.81%
Party2:Republican Party (US)
Popular Vote2:36,979
Percentage2:49.38%
U.S. Senator
Before Party:Republican Party (US)
After Party:Democratic Party (US)

The 1922 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 7, 1922. This election pitted Delaware's two most powerful families, the Republican du Ponts and the Democratic Bayards, against each other.

Incumbent Democratic senator Josiah O. Wolcott resigned on July 2, 1921, to accept an appointment as Chancellor of Delaware. Governor William D. Denney appointed businessman and Republican National Committeeman T. Coleman du Pont to fill the vacancy until a successor could be duly elected. Democrat Thomas F. Bayard Jr. narrowly won both the special election to complete Wolcott's term and the regularly scheduled election, both held on November 7. Because Bayard won both elections on the same day, he became a two-term senator, with his second term beginning March 4, 1923.

du Pont would later be elected to Delaware's other Senate seat and served from 1925 to 1928.

General election

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