United States Senate elections, 1932 and 1933

United States Senate elections, 1932 and 1933

← 1930 / 1931 November 8, 1932 1934 →
32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Joseph Robinson Charles McNary Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Arkansas Oregon Seats before 47 48 Seats after 59 36 Seat change 12 12 Seats up 16 16 Races won 28 5   Third party   Party Farmer–Labor Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Seats up 0 Races won 0
Results including special elections      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
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 coincided with Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt's crushing defeat of incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republicans lost twelve seats and control of the chamber.

This was the first time since the 1920 elections that the victorious party defended all of their own seats and achieved a pickup in the double-digits. Senator Reed Smoot (R-UT) lost re-election: his Hawley-Smoot tariff is often cited by economists as one of the factors contributing to the depression.

Democrats took three seats from Republican incumbents:

Democrats defeated eight Republican incumbents:

Going into the November 1932 elections.

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.

Democratic former Governor Harry F. Byrd was elected after defeating Republican Henry A. Wise.

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