United States Senate elections, 1932

United States Senate elections, 1932 and 1933

← 1930 November 8, 1932 (And other dates for special elections) 1934 →
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Joseph Robinson James Watson Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Arkansas Indiana (defeated) Seats before 47 48 Seats won 27 5 Seats after 58 36 Seat change 11 11 Seats up 16 16   Third party   Party Farmer–Labor Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0
Republican hold   Democratic hold   Democratic gain
Majority Leader before election James Watson Republican Elected Majority Leader Joseph Robinson Democratic

James Watson
Republican

Joseph Robinson
Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1932 (and subsequent special elections in 1933) coincided with Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt's crushing defeat of incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. With the administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republicans lost twelve seats and control of the chamber. This became the first time since 1920 that the victorious party defended all of their own seats and achieved a pickup in the double-digits.

This was the first election in history that a Senate leader (in this case the Majority Leader) from either party lost re-election.

Democrats took open seats in California, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and defeated eight incumbents:

Democrat George McGill won re-election in Kansas. As of 2014, he is the last Democrat to win a U.S. Senate election in Kansas.

Hattie Caraway (D-AR) was the first woman to be elected to a full term in the Senate.

At the beginning of February 1932.

All races are general elections for class 3 seats, unless noted.

In these elections, the winners were seated during 1932 or in 1933 before March 4; ordered by election date.

All elections are for Class 3 seats.

In this special election, the winner was elected in 1933 after March 4.

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