1936 United States Senate election in Mississippi

1936 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi

August 25, 1936

Nominee Pat Harrison Martin S. Conner Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 128,729 65,296 Percentage 65.51% 33.23%

County results Harrison:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Conner:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Pat Harrison Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Pat Harrison Democratic

The 1936 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Pat Harrison was re-elected to a fourth term in office.

Because Harrison faced no opposition in the general election, his victory in the August 25 primary was tantamount to election.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Senator Pat Harrison received a primary challenge from Martin S. Conner, the Governor of Mississippi. Conner's campaign was supported by Theodore G. Bilbo, the other U.S. Senator from Mississippi. Stuart C. Broom, a former ally and law partner of Bilbo, supported Harrison's reelection.

Time reported that support from Broom, who was nicknamed "Clean Sweep", was important to the Harrison campaign, with Broom routinely making a speech "which brought down the house wherever he delivered it.^[1]

Candidates

• Martin S. Conner, Governor of Mississippi
• Frank S. Harper
• Pat Harrison, incumbent Senator since 1919

Results

1936 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Harrison (incumbent)	128,729	65.51%
	Democratic	Martin S. Conner	65,296	33.23%
	Democratic	Frank H. Harper	2,472	1.26%
Total votes			196,497	100.00%

General election

Results

1936 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Harrison	140,570	100.00%
	Democratic	Martin S. Conner	1	0.00%	N/A
	Democratic	Frank H. Harper	1	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			140,572	100.00%

See also

• 1936 United States Senate elections

Notes

References

1. "Broom or Bilbo". Time. August 24, 1936. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
2. "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 25, 1936".
3. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
4. "Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1954".