1934 United States Senate election in Florida

The 1934 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6, 1934.

1934 Florida U.S. Senate Democratic primary

November 6, 1934

Nominee Park Trammell Claude Pepper Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 156,232 98,978 Percentage 51.00% 49.00%

U.S. senator before election Park Trammell Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Park Trammell Democratic

Incumbent Senator Park Trammell ran for a fourth term in office. Trammell failed to achieve a majority in the June 5 primary election, but he narrowly defeated Claude Pepper in a run-off on June 26. Trammell won the November general election without an opponent.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Charles A. Mitchell, attorney
• Claude Pepper, attorney and former State Representative
• James F. Sikes, State Senator
• Park Trammell, incumbent Senator since 1917
• Hortense K. Wells, Florida Democratic Committeewoman

Results

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Park Trammell (incumbent)	81,321	38.02%
	Democratic	Claude Pepper	79,396	37.12%
	Democratic	Charles A. Mitchell	30,455	14.24%
	Democratic	James F. Sikes	14,558	6.81%
	Democratic	Hortense K. Wells	8,167	3.82%
Total votes			213,897	100.00%

Runoff

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate runoff[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Park Trammell (incumbent)	103,028	51.00%
	Democratic	Claude Pepper	98,978	49.00%
Total votes			202,006	100.00%

General election

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Florida[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Park Trammell (incumbent)	131,780	100.00%	21.47
Total votes			131,780	100.00%

Aftermath

Senator Trammell died during his fourth term in 1936.

Pepper ran for Florida's other Senate seat in 1936 and won without an opponent.

See also

• 1934 United States Senate elections

References

1. "FL US Senate - D Primary". Retrieved 10 August 2020.
2. "FL US Senate - D Runoff". Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "FL US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 10, 2020.