The 1932 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Otis F. Glenn was unseated by Democrat William H. Dieterich. Election information The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal elections (president and House) and those for state elections. Primaries were held April 12, 1932. Background The economic downturn that was the Great Depression was raging through the nation since the 1929 Wall Street crash. Many voters laid blame for the downturn and its impacts on Republican president Herbert Hoover. The 1930 election for Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat saw the first instance after the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (adopted in 1912) went into effect (instituting popular elections for U.S. senate) that a Republican lost a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, with Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis winning that election. Democratic primary Candidates Thomas A. Cummings William H. Dieterich, U.S. congressman Clarence H. Kavanaugh Emmet Kennedy Scott W. Lucas, former Mason County state's attorney John B. Monroe Thomas F. O'Donnell Edward Sullivan William Young Results Republican primary Candidates Otis F. Glenn, incumbent U.S. senator Newton Jenkins, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1924 and 1930 T.B. Wright Results General election See also 1932 United States Senate elections References 1932 Illinois United States Senate