1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky
| country = Kentucky
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| 1blank = {{Nowrap|Senate ballot}}
| 2blank = {{Nowrap|House ballot}}
| previous_election = 1900 United States Senate election in Kentucky
| previous_year = 1900
| next_election = 1912 United States Senate election in Kentucky
| next_year = 1912
| election_date = January 16, 1906
| image1 = File:Thomas-Paynter.jpg
| image_size = 150x150px
| nominee1 = Thomas H. Paynter
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| 1data1 = 22 (78.6%)
| 2data1 = 57 (72.2%)
| image2 = File:William-H.-Cox.jpg
| nominee2 = William H. Cox
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| 1data2 = 5 (17.9%)
| 2data2 = 22 (27.8%)
| map_image = {{switcher |300px |Senate ballot |300px |House ballot |default=1}}
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Blue denotes members voting for Paynter and red denotes those voting for Cox. Orange denotes Cox himself, who voted for another Republican.
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = J. C. S. Blackburn
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Thomas H. Paynter
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsKY}}
The 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on January 16, 1906, after an initial election on January 9, 1906. Democratic candidate Thomas H. Paynter was elected by the Kentucky General Assembly to the United States Senate. The election was held twice due to ambiguity in the law setting the election date.
Democratic nomination
File:The Kentucky Post 1905 1906 Kentucky Senate election.jpg
The Democratic Party chose to select its candidate by legislative caucus. Incumbent senator J. C. S. Blackburn was defeated for renomination on January 2, 1906, by judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and former congressman Thomas H. Paynter.
= Candidates =
- J. C. S. Blackburn, U.S. senator (1885–1897, 1901–1907)
- William Birch Haldeman
- Thomas H. Paynter, judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1895–1906) and U.S. representative for {{ushr|KY|9}} (1889–1895)
= Results =
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| direction = vertical
| width = 300
| header =
| image1 = 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky Democratic nominating caucus vote (Senate).svg
| caption1 = Caucus vote of Democratic senators
| image2 = 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky Democratic nominating caucus vote (House).svg
| caption2 = Caucus vote of Democratic representatives
{{legend|#698ec6ff|Paynter}}
{{legend|#483737ff|Blackburn}}
{{legend|#008000ff|Haldeman}}
{{legend|#ffcc00ff|Smith}}
{{legend|#f07863ff|Republicans}}
}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Democratic caucus results{{cite news |date=January 3, 1906 |title=Paynter nominated on first ballot |work=The Courier-Journal |page=1}}{{cite news |date=January 3, 1906 |title=Judge Paynter nominated on first ballot for United States Senator |work=The Kentucky Advocate |page=1 |location=Danville, Kentucky}} ! scope="col" | Candidate ! scope="col" | Senate ! scope="col" | House ! scope="col" | Total ! scope="col" | % |
| Thomas H. Paynter
| 17 | 42 | 59 | 56.2 |
| J. C. S. Blackburn
| 10 | 24 | 34 | 32.4 |
| William Birch Haldeman
| 3 | 7 | 10 | 9.5 |
| David Highbaugh Smith{{efn|Smith was not an announced candidate for the nomination.}}
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| scope="row" style=text-align:right| Total votes
| 31 | 74 | 105 | 100.0 |
|---|
Republican nominatiom
The Republican Party chose to select its candidate by legislative caucus, with senator William H. Cox winning the nomination unanimously on January 3, 1906.{{cite news |date=January 4, 1906 |title=W. H. Cox for Senator |work=The Lexington Leader |page=1}}
= Candidates =
- William H. Cox, member of the Kentucky Senate (1900–1907)
Elections
= First election =
== Senate ==
{{Election box begin no change | title=1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky (first Senate ballot){{Sfn|Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky|page=235}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas H. Paynter
|votes = 31
|percentage = 83.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William H. Cox
|votes = 5
|percentage = 13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Curtis F. Burnam
|votes = 1
|percentage = 2.7
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 37
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
== House of Representatives ==
{{Election box begin no change | title=1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky (first House ballot){{Sfn|Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky|page=235}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas H. Paynter
|votes = 70
|percentage = 73.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William H. Cox
|votes = 25
|percentage = 26.3
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 95
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Second election =
== Senate ==
{{Election box begin no change | title=1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky (Senate){{Sfn|Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky|page=291}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas H. Paynter
|votes = 22
|percentage = 78.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William H. Cox
|votes = 5
|percentage = 17.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Curtis F. Burnam
|votes = 1
|percentage = 3.6
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 28
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
== House of Representatives ==
{{Election box begin no change | title=1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky (House of Representatives){{Sfn|Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky|page=291}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas H. Paynter
|votes = 55
|percentage = 72.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William H. Cox
|votes = 22
|percentage = 27.8
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 79
|percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Sources
- {{Cite journal |title=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1906 |journal=Journals of the Kentucky General Assembly |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2882613 |ref={{sfnRef|Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky}} |location=Frankfort, Kentucky |via=HathiTrust}}
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