Election Name: | 1926 United States Senate election in New York |
Country: | New York |
Flag Image: | Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1920 United States Senate election in New York |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1932 United States Senate election in New York |
Next Year: | 1932 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1926 |
Image1: | File:WAGNER, ROBERT. SENATOR LCCN2016862639 (croppedmore).jpg |
Nominee1: | Robert F. Wagner |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,321,463 |
Percentage1: | 46.48% |
Nominee2: | James W. Wadsworth |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,205,246 |
Percentage2: | 42.40% |
Image3: | File:Franklin W. Cristman Crop.png |
Nominee3: | Franklin W. Cristman |
Party3: | Independent Republican (United States) |
Alliance3: | Prohibition Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 231,906 |
Percentage3: | 8.16% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | James W. Wadsworth |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Robert F. Wagner |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.
Incumbent Senator Wadsworth was opposed by hard-line prohibitionists, who instead supported Franklin W. Cristman at the Republican Convention.[1]
After failing to qualify for a primary election against Senator Wadsworth, Cristman announced his campaign as an independent Republican. He supported Prohibition and was opposed to Wadsworth's position as a "wet" (or anti-Prohibition) Republican.