Election Name: | 1928 United States Senate election in Wisconsin |
Country: | Wisconsin |
Flag Year: | 1913 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin |
Previous Year: | 1925 (special) |
Next Election: | 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin |
Next Year: | 1934 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1928 |
Image1: | File:RMLaFolletteJr.jpg |
Nominee1: | Robert La Follette Jr. |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 635,376 |
Percentage1: | 85.57% |
Party2: | Independent Republican (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 81,302 |
Percentage2: | 10.92% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Map Size: | 250px |
The 1928 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1928.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr., who had won a special election to finish his late father's term in 1925, was elected to a full term in office.
La Follette had to fend off two challenges from his own party, defeating George W. Mead in the party primary and Republican State Senator William H. Markham in the general election. Markham ran as a pro-Hoover "Regular Republican."
Democratic nominee M.K. Reilly dropped out of the race on October 8.[1]