1920 Connecticut Senate election


The Connecticut Senate election, 1920 was held on November 2, 1920, to elect all 35 Senators to the Connecticut State Senate for the term which began in January 1921 and ended in January 1923. It occurred on the same date as other federal and state elections, including the state's gubernatorial election.
The election saw 34 Republicans win election or re-election, and 1 Democrat win election. 10 seats flipped from Democratic to Republican.

Results

Results of the 1920 Connecticut Senate election. Party shading denotes winner of Senate seat.
DistrictConstituencyIncumbent SenatorRepublican candidate
Democratic candidate
1Hartford Wards 8, 9, 10Edward D. Broder Clarence W. Seymour
59.3%
Josephine Maxim1
35.6%
2Hartford Wards 3, 4, 5, 6Charles C. Hemenway F. Spencer Goodwin
54.2%
Saul Berman
39.7%
3Hartford Wards 1, 2, 7Herman P. Koppleman Louis B. Rosenfeld
48.0%
Thomas F. Dignam
40.7%
4East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, South Windsor, Rocky Hill, WethersfieldArthur E. Bowers Arthur E. Bowers
65.2%
Edward G. Dolan
34.8%
5Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Farmington, Plainville, Southington, West HartfordRichard H. Deming John H. Trumbull
68.6%
Charles H. Curtis
31.4%
6New BritainGeorge W. Klett Edward F. Hall
67.9%
Abraham M. Gorbach
32.1%
7Bloomfield, Canton, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor LocksAlbert H. House Richard B. Eno
64.5%
Fred H. Thrall
35.5%
8New Haven Wards 8, 9, 12, and 14G. Herbert Bishop Charles M. Bakewell
59.7%
Patrick F. O'Meara
35.4%
9New Haven Wards 1, 2, 10, and 13Harry A. Leonard James H. MacDonald
72.7%
Fred D. Faulkner
24.3%
10New Haven Wards 3, 4, and 5Dennis J. Bailey Hugh McCahey
49.2%
Daniel L. Bailey
42.4%
11New Haven Wards 6, 7, 11, and 15Dennis M. Clyne Lorenzo C. Furcolo
47.0%
Dennis M. Clyne
38.2%
12Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, WallingfordArthur W. Marsden John W. Sanford
69.3%
J.P. Craig
22.9%
13MeridenEugene P. Golden Eugene P. Golden
62.5%
Harold C. Hall
35.1%
14Bethany, Cheshire, Milford, Naugatuck, Orange2, Prospect, Woodbridge, WolcottWatson R. Woodruff Charles R. Treat
69.0%
Arthur H. Doolittle
27.1%
15Waterbury Wards 1, 2, 3, and 6Charles A. Templeton Lancaster P. Clark
58.2%
Alfred Lachance
38.1%
16Waterbury Wards 4 and 5John Hurley Arnold Rasmussen
35.3%
Daniel F. Pickett
62.1%
17Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, SouthburyRaymond T. French Frederick M. Drew
56.0%
John W. Schumacher
42.0%
18Groton, New LondonWilliam C. Fox Cornelius C. Costello
62.5%
William C. Fox
35.3%
19Ledyard, Norwich, PrestonWilliam B. Wilcox Allyn L. Brown
58.7%
Charles S. Avery
38.9%
20Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Lyme, Lebanon, Lisbon, Montville, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, WaterfordElisha Waterman James Graham
68.2%
John S. Sullivan
31.8%
21Bridgeport Voting Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5Frederic A. Bartlett Earle E. Garlick
61.9%
John F. Mograin
30.3%
22Bridgeport Voting Districts 6, 7, 8, and 11Alexander L. DeLaney Alexander L. DeLaney
61.8%
Lawrence T. Gallagher
33.6%
23Bridgeport Voting Districts 9, 10, and 12George B. Clark Howard S. Challenger
62.3%
George B. Clark
32.8%
24Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, Redding, Ridgefield, ShermanHarvey P. Bissell Edward H. Bailey
65.5%
George Taylor
34.5%
25Easton, Fairfield, Shelton, Monroe, Newtown, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, WestportJohn B. Dillon Elmore S. Banks
70.9%
John W. Treadwell
29.1%
26Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, NorwalkCharles E. Williamson Nehemiah Candee
68.5%
Edward J. Quinian
31.5%
27Greenwich, StamfordJames R. Mead Matthew H. Kenealy
71.8%
William P. Mulville
28.2%
28Ashford, Eastford, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, WoodstockArchibald Macdonald Archibald Macdonald
65.1%
John O. Fox
34.8%
29Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Hampton, Plainfield, Pomfret, Scotland, Sterling, WindhamSessions L. Adams Charles H. Blake
58.9%
Charles H. Williams
41.0%
30Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield, New Hartford, TorringtonJohn N. Brooks John N. Brooks
68.0%
William P. Driscoll
32.0%
31Barkhamsted, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, WinchesterDwight B. Tiffany Malcolm D. Rudd
65.5%
Edward D. Cartwright
34.4%
32Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Morris, New Milford, Plymouth, Roxbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Watertown, WoodburyClifford E. Hough Clarence B. Emery
65.8%
Charles T. Davis
34.2%
33Cromwell, Middlefield, MiddletownGeorge F. Chapin Dale D. Butler
60.1%
Maurice E. Miner
39.9%
34Chester, Clinton, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, Portland, Saybrook3, WestbrookEdward W. Hazen Mathewson W. Potter
70.3%
Horace E. Kelsey
29.7%
35Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, WillingtonWilliam H. Heald William H. Hall
69.7%
William S. Ellis
30.3%

Notes

1 Wife of Hiram Percy Maxim.

2 Includes West Haven, in 1920 it was a borough of Orange

3 Today known as Deep River.