1930 United States Senate special election in Kansas

1930 United States Senate special election in Kansas
November 4, 1930
 
Nominee George McGill Henry Justin Allen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 288,889 276,833
Percentage 50.03% 47.95%
County results
McGill:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Allen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Henry Justin Allen
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

George McGill
Democratic

The 1930 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held on November 4, 1930. After Republican Senator Charles Curtis was re-elected in 1926, he was elected Vice President on a ticket with Herbert Hoover in 1928 and resigned his seat in the Senate. Governor Clyde M. Reed, a Republican, appointed former Governor Henry J. Allen to the seat. At the ensuing special election, Allen won a contested Republican primary and then faced former Sedgwick County Attorney George McGill, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. In a nationwide Democratic landslide, McGill narrowly defeated Allen.

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