1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky

1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky
January 16, 1906
 
Nominee Thomas H. Paynter William H. Cox
Party Democratic Republican
Senate ballot 22 (78.6%) 5 (17.9%)
House ballot 57 (72.2%) 22 (27.8%)
Blue denotes members voting for Paynter and red denotes those voting for Cox. Orange denotes Cox himself, who voted for another Republican.
U.S. senator before election

J. C. S. Blackburn
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Thomas H. Paynter
Democratic

The 1906 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on January 16, 1906, after an initial election on January 9, 1906. Democratic candidate Thomas H. Paynter was elected by the Kentucky General Assembly to the United States Senate. The election was held twice due to ambiguity in the law setting the election date.

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