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The Connecticut Senate election, 1920 was held on November 2, 1920, to elect all 35 Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 1921 and ended in January 1923. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.
The election saw 34 Republicans win election or re-election, and 1 Democrat win election. 10 seats flipped from Democratic to Republican.
Results
Results of the 1920 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.
| District | Constituency | Incumbent Senator | Republican candidate (percent won) |
Democratic candidate (percent won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford Wards 8, 9, 10 | Edward D. Broder (D) | Clarence W. Seymour 59.3% |
Josephine Maxim 35.6% |
| 2 | Hartford Wards 3, 4, 5, 6 | Charles C. Hemenway (D) | F. Spencer Goodwin 54.2% |
Saul Berman 39.7% |
| 3 | Hartford Wards 1, 2, 7 | Herman P. Koppleman (D) | Louis B. Rosenfeld 48.0% |
Thomas F. Dignam 40.7% |
| 4 | East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, South Windsor, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield | Arthur E. Bowers (R) | Arthur E. Bowers 65.2% |
Edward G. Dolan 34.8% |
| 5 | Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Farmington, Plainville, Southington, West Hartford | Richard H. Deming (R) | John H. Trumbull 68.6% |
Charles H. Curtis 31.4% |
| 6 | New Britain | George W. Klett (R) | Edward F. Hall 67.9% |
Abraham M. Gorbach 32.1% |
| 7 | Bloomfield, Canton, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks | Albert H. House (R) | Richard B. Eno 64.5% |
Fred H. Thrall 35.5% |
| 8 | New Haven Wards 8, 9, 12, and 14 | G. Herbert Bishop (D) | Charles M. Bakewell 59.7% |
Patrick F. O'Meara 35.4% |
| 9 | New Haven Wards 1, 2, 10, and 13 | Harry A. Leonard (R) | James H. MacDonald 72.7% |
Fred D. Faulkner 24.3% |
| 10 | New Haven Wards 3, 4, and 5 | Dennis J. Bailey (D) | Hugh McCahey 49.2% |
Daniel L. Bailey 42.4% |
| 11 | New Haven Wards 6, 7, 11, and 15 | Dennis M. Clyne (D) | Lorenzo C. Furcolo 47.0% |
Dennis M. Clyne 38.2% |
| 12 | Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, Wallingford | Arthur W. Marsden (R) | John W. Sanford 69.3% |
J.P. Craig 22.9% |
| 13 | Meriden | Eugene P. Golden (R) | Eugene P. Golden 62.5% |
Harold C. Hall 35.1% |
| 14 | Bethany, Cheshire, Milford, Naugatuck, Orange, Prospect, Woodbridge, Wolcott | Watson R. Woodruff (R) | Charles R. Treat 69.0% |
Arthur H. Doolittle 27.1% |
| 15 | Waterbury Wards 1, 2, 3, and 6 | Charles A. Templeton (R) | Lancaster P. Clark 58.2% |
Alfred Lachance 38.1% |
| 16 | Waterbury Wards 4 and 5 | John Hurley (D) | Arnold Rasmussen 35.3% |
Daniel F. Pickett 62.1% |
| 17 | Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, Southbury | Raymond T. French (D) | Frederick M. Drew 56.0% |
John W. Schumacher 42.0% |
| 18 | Groton, New London | William C. Fox (D) | Cornelius C. Costello 62.5% |
William C. Fox 35.3% |
| 19 | Ledyard, Norwich, Preston | William B. Wilcox (D) | Allyn L. Brown 58.7% |
Charles S. Avery 38.9% |
| 20 | Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Lyme, Lebanon, Lisbon, Montville, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford | Elisha Waterman (R) | James Graham 68.2% |
John S. Sullivan 31.8% |
| 21 | Bridgeport Voting Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 | Frederic A. Bartlett (R) | Earle E. Garlick 61.9% |
John F. Mograin 30.3% |
| 22 | Bridgeport Voting Districts 6, 7, 8, and 11 | Alexander L. DeLaney (R) | Alexander L. DeLaney 61.8% |
Lawrence T. Gallagher 33.6% |
| 23 | Bridgeport Voting Districts 9, 10, and 12 | George B. Clark (D) | Howard S. Challenger 62.3% |
George B. Clark 32.8% |
| 24 | Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman | Harvey P. Bissell (R) | Edward H. Bailey 65.5% |
George Taylor 34.5% |
| 25 | Easton, Fairfield, Shelton, Monroe, Newtown, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport | John B. Dillon (R) | Elmore S. Banks 70.9% |
John W. Treadwell 29.1% |
| 26 | Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Norwalk | Charles E. Williamson (R) | Nehemiah Candee 68.5% |
Edward J. Quinian 31.5% |
| 27 | Greenwich, Stamford | James R. Mead (R) | Matthew H. Kenealy 71.8% |
William P. Mulville 28.2% |
| 28 | Ashford, Eastford, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock | Archibald Macdonald (R) | Archibald Macdonald 65.1% |
John O. Fox 34.8% |
| 29 | Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Hampton, Plainfield, Pomfret, Scotland, Sterling, Windham | Sessions L. Adams (R) | Charles H. Blake 58.9% |
Charles H. Williams 41.0% |
| 30 | Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield, New Hartford, Torrington | John N. Brooks (R) | John N. Brooks 68.0% |
William P. Driscoll 32.0% |
| 31 | Barkhamsted, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Winchester | Dwight B. Tiffany (R) | Malcolm D. Rudd 65.5% |
Edward D. Cartwright 34.4% |
| 32 | Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Morris, New Milford, Plymouth, Roxbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Woodbury | Clifford E. Hough (R) | Clarence B. Emery 65.8% |
Charles T. Davis 34.2% |
| 33 | Cromwell, Middlefield, Middletown | George F. Chapin (R) | Dale D. Butler 60.1% |
Maurice E. Miner 39.9% |
| 34 | Chester, Clinton, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, Portland, Saybrook, Westbrook | Edward W. Hazen (R) | Mathewson W. Potter 70.3% |
Horace E. Kelsey 29.7% |
| 35 | Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington | William H. Heald (R) | William H. Hall 69.7% |
William S. Ellis 30.3% |
Notes
Wife of Hiram Percy Maxim.
Includes West Haven, in 1920 it was a borough of Orange
Today known as Deep River.
References
- "Women in Small Towns Get voice in Nominations For Assembly, Under Special Act". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- "Governor Awaits Second Vote Before Certifying Suffrage; Soldiers Ask Bonus Referendum". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- Secretary of the State of Connecticut. "Vote for Senators – November 2, 1920". State of Connecticut. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- "Kenealy Has Record vote of Senators". The Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant. November 4, 1920. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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