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> United States > Illinois > Senate Class II

Office

Senate

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

June 01, 1918 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

November 05, 1918 - 06:00am

Polls Close

November 05, 1918 - 11:00pm

Term Start

March 04, 1919 - 12:00pm

Term End

February 25, 1925 - 12:00pm

Turnout

16.86% Total Population

Contributor

Thomas Walker

Last Modified

Thomas Walker February 11, 2005 04:08pm

Data Sources

United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997 The Official Results Michael J. Dubin p429

Description

Term end due to death (suicide).

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	03/26/1913
	Name	James Hamilton Lewis	Votes	164 (80.39%)
	Term	03/27/1913 - 03/04/1919	Margin	142 (+69.61%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/04/1924
	Name	Charles Samuel Deneen	Votes	1,449,180 (63.54%)
	Term	03/04/1925 - 03/04/1931	Margin	642,478 (+28.17%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 11, 1918	IL US Senate-D Primary	James Hamilton Lewis
Sep 11, 1918	IL US Senate-R Primary	Joseph Medill McCormick
Sep 11, 1918	IL US Senate-S Primary	William Bross Lloyd

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Rep. Joseph Medill McCormick

(I) Sen. James Hamilton Lewis

William Bross Lloyd

John M. Francis

Frank B. Vennum

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Uncertified Votes

479,983 (50.50%)

426,943 (44.92%)

37,167 (3.91%)

3,268 (0.34%)

3,151 (0.33%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-53,040 (-5.58%)

-442,816 (-46.59%)

-476,715 (-50.15%)

-476,832 (-50.17%)

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0.00%

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