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 Results by county Deneen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Sprague: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1924 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1924.[1]
IncumbentRepublicanMedill McCormick was unseated in the Republican primary byCharles S. Deneen, who went on to win the general election.
The primaries and general election coincided with those for other federal elections (president andHouse) and those for state elections.[1] The primaries were held April 8, 1924.[1]
This was the first election for this U.S. Senate seat to be held after theNineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granted women suffrage.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albert A. Sprague | 169,285 | 62.67 | |
| Democratic | William McKinley | 100,859 | 37.34 | |
| Write-in | Others | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 270,150 | 100 | ||
Deneen won by a mere 0.69% margin of just 5,944 votes.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles S. Deneen | 357,545 | 41.70 | |
| Republican | Medill McCormick (incumbent) | 351,601 | 41.01 | |
| Republican | Newton Jenkins | 114,239 | 13.32 | |
| Republican | Gilbert Gile Ogden | 18,002 | 2.10 | |
| Republican | Adelbert McPherson | 15,973 | 0.19 | |
| Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 857,361 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | George Koop | 946 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 946 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles S. Deneen | 1,449,180 | 63.54 | |
| Democratic | Albert A. Sprague | 806,702 | 35.37 | |
| Socialist | George Koop | 18,708 | 0.82 | |
| Socialist Labor | Albert Wirth | 2,966 | 0.13 | |
| Workers | J. Louis Engdahl | 2,518 | 0.11 | |
| Commonwealth Land | Lewis D. Spaulding | 391 | 0.02 | |
| Independent | Parke Longworth | 382 | 0.02 | |
| Majority | 642,478 | 28.17 | ||
| Turnout | 2,280,847 | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
On February 25, 1925, as he was preparing to leave office, McCormick died in what is considered to have been asuicide (though the suicidal nature of his death was not known to the public, contemporarily). His reelection loss is believed to have contributed to his suicide.[6][7][8][9][10] McCormick'swidowRuth Hanna McCormick would go on to defeat Deneen in the1930 Republican primary.[9]
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