1924 United States Senate election in Michigan

1924 United States Senate election in Michigan

November 4, 1924

Nominee James J. Couzens Mortimer Cooley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 858,934 284,609 Percentage 74.27% 24.61%

County results Couzens:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

U.S. senator before election James J. Couzens Republican Elected U.S. Senator James J. Couzens Republican

The 1924 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James J. Couzens, who was appointed following the resignation of Truman Newberry, was elected to a full term in a landslide. He also won the concurrent special election to serve out the remainder of Newberry's term (for the remainder of the 68th Congress).

General election

Candidates

• Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, professor at University of Michigan and former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Democratic)
• James J. Couzens, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1922 and former Mayor of Detroit (Republican)
• Logan M. Cunningham (Socialist Labor)
• Albert L. Day (Socialist)
• Frank E. Titus (Prohibition)

Results

1924 U.S. Senate election in Michigan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James J. Couzens (incumbent)	858,934	74.27%	24.08
	Democratic	Mortimer Elwyn Cooley	284,609	24.61%	23.86
	Prohibition	Frank E. Titus	8,330	0.72%	0.46
	Socialist Labor	Logan M. Cunningham	3,080	0.27%	N/A
	Socialist	Albert L. Day	1,619	0.14%	0.95
Total votes			1,156,572	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1924 United States Senate elections