1926 United States Senate election in New York

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1926 United States Senate election in New York

| country = New York

| flag_image = Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1920 United States Senate election in New York

| previous_year = 1920

| next_election = 1932 United States Senate election in New York

| next_year = 1932

| election_date = November 2, 1926

| image_size = x160px

| image1 = File:WAGNER, ROBERT. SENATOR LCCN2016862639 (croppedmore).jpg

| nominee1 = Robert F. Wagner

| party1 = Democratic Party (US)

| popular_vote1 = 1,321,463

| percentage1 = 46.48%

| image2 = File:James W. Wadsworth, Jr.jpg

| nominee2 = James W. Wadsworth

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 1,205,246

| percentage2 = 42.40%

| image3 = File:Franklin W. Cristman Crop.png

| nominee3 = Franklin W. Cristman

| party3 = Independent Republican (United States)

| alliance3 = Prohibition Party (United States)

| popular_vote3 = 231,906

| percentage3 = 8.16%

| map_image = 1926 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = County Results
Wagner: {{legend0|#7996E2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674DE|60–70%}}
Wadsworth: {{legend0|#FFC8CD|30–40%}} {{legend0|#FFB2B2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend0|#D75D5D|60–70%}}

| title = Senator

| before_election = James W. Wadsworth

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Robert F. Wagner

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

The United States Senate election of 1926 in New York was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Robert F. Wagner.

Republican convention

=Candidates=

Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator from Herkimer
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., incumbent Senator

=Campaign=

Incumbent Senator Wadsworth was opposed by hard-line prohibitionists, who instead supported Franklin W. Cristman at the Republican Convention.[https://www.nytimes.com/1926/09/29/archives/58-drys-balk-at-senator-vote-for-cristman-as-garden-hisses-one-vote.html "58 Drys Balk at Senator; ...13 Votes Also Fail Mills"]. The New York Times. September 29, 1926. {{subscription required}}

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change| title=1926 Republican Convention{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=239256 |title=NY US Senate - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=11 March 2020}}}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (incumbent)

|votes = 1,235

|percentage = 93.77%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Franklin W. Cristman

|votes = 58

|percentage = 4.40%

}}

{{Election box candidate no change|

|party = None

|candidate = Abstaining

|votes = 23

|percentage = 1.75%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Charles Evans Hughes

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.08%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 1,317

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

Democratic nomination

=Candidates=

Robert F. Wagner, New York Supreme Court Justice and former State Senator

{{Missing information|the Democratic nomination|date=March 2020}}

General election

=Candidates=

Joseph Brandon (Socialist Labor)
Franklin W. Cristman, State Senator from Herkimer (Independent Republican)
William F. Dunne, editor of the Butte Bulletin (Workers)
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., incumbent Senator (Republican)
Robert F. Wagner, New York Supreme Court Justice and former State Senator (Democratic)
Jessie Wallace Hughan, radical pacifist and activist (Socialist)

After failing to qualify for a primary election against Senator Wadsworth, Cristman announced his campaign as an independent Republican. He supported Prohibition and was opposed to Wadsworth's position as a "wet" (or anti-Prohibition) Republican.

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change| title=1920 United States Senate election in New York{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36435 |title=NY US Senate|publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=11 March 2020}}}}

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

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert F. Wagner

|votes = 1,321,463

|percentage = 46.48%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = James Wadsworth (incumbent)

|votes = 1,205,246

|percentage = 42.40%

}}