United States Senate election in Vermont, 1914

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1914

November 3, 1914

Candidate William P. Dillingham Charles A. Prouty Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 35,137 26,766 Percentage 56.0% 42.6%

U.S. Senator before election William P. Dillingham Republican Elected U.S. Senator William P. Dillingham Republican

The 1914 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Republican William P. Dillingham successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Charles A. Prouty. This was the first United States Senate direct election to take place in Vermont following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1914[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William P. Dillingham (inc.)	35,137	56.0
	Democratic	Charles A. Prouty	16,306	26.0
	Progressive	Charles A. Prouty	7,339	11.7
	Non-partisan	Charles A. Prouty	1,592	2.5
	Prohibition	Charles A. Prouty	1,526	26.0
	Republican	Charles A. Prouty	3	0.0
	Total	Charles A. Prouty	26,766	42.6
	Socialist	James Canfield	772	1.2
	N/A	Other	20	0.0
Total votes			62,695	100

References

1. "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 17 June 2015.