United States Senate election in Vermont, 1916

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1916

November 7, 1916

Candidate Carroll S. Page Oscar C. Miller Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 47,362 14,956 Percentage 74.4% 23.5%

U.S. Senator before election Carroll S. Page Republican Elected U.S. Senator Carroll S. Page Republican

The 1916 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican Carroll S. Page successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Oscar C. Miller. This was the second United States Senate direct election to take place in Vermont following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the first for Vermont's Class I seat.

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carroll S. Page (inc.)	27,213	62.0
	Republican	Allen M. Fletcher	8,912	20.3
	Republican	Charles W. Gates	7,753	17.7
	Republican	Other	7	0.0
Total votes			43,885	100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Oscar C. Miller	3,816	99.8
	Democratic	Other	6	0.2
Total votes			3,822	100

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1916[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Carroll S. Page (inc.)	47,362	74.4
	Democratic	Oscar C. Miller	14,956	23.5
	Socialist	Norman E. Greenslet	1,336	2.1
Total votes			63,654	100

References

1. "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
2. "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 16 June 2015.