1912 United States Senate election in Kentucky

1912 United States Senate election in Kentucky
January 16, 1912
 
Nominee Ollie Murray James Edwin P. Morrow
Party Democratic Republican
Senate ballot 31 (83.8%) 6 (16.2%)
House ballot 74 (76.3%) 23 (23.7%)
Blue denotes members voting for James and red denotes those voting for Morrow.
U.S. senator before election

Thomas H. Paynter
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ollie Murray James
Democratic

The 1912 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on January 16, 1912, after an initial election on January 9, 1912. Democratic representative Ollie Murray James 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. This was the last senate election in Kentucky before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which mandated the election of senators by popular vote.

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