1918 United States Senate election in Texas

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1918 United States Senate election in Texas

| country = Texas

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1913 United States Senate election in Texas

| previous_year = 1913

| next_election = 1924 United States Senate election in Texas

| next_year = 1924

| election_date = November 5, 1918

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = File:Senator Morris Sheppard (cropped).jpg

| nominee1 = Morris Sheppard

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 155,178

| percentage1 = 86.69%

| image2 = Webster Flanagan (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = Webster Flanagan

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 22,214

| percentage2 = 12.41%

| title = U.S. Senator

| before_election = Morris Sheppard

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Morris Sheppard

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| map_image = 1918 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg

| map_caption = County Results{{Cite book |last=Howard|first=George F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNdLAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA3 |title=Supplemental Biennial Report of the Secretary of State |publisher=A. C. Baldwin & Stone Printers |year=1919 |location=Austin, Texas |pages=27–28 |language=en}}

Sheppard: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}} {{legend0|#0d056c|>90%}}

Flanagan: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}

No vote: {{legend0|#656565ff|}}

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The 1918 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard was re-elected to a second term in office easily.

General election

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change| title=1918 United States Senate election in Texas{{Cite web |last=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |date=1919 |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1918 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1918election.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36607|title=Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1918|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Morris Sheppard (incumbent)

|votes = 155,178

|percentage = 86.69%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = J. Webster Flanagan

|votes = 22,214

|percentage = 12.41%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Socialist Party (United States)

|candidate = M. A. Smith

|votes = 1,608

|percentage = 0.90%

}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 179,000

|percentage = 100.00%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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See also

References

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Texas

1918

Senate

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