The 1914 United States Senate election in California was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Republican Senator George Clement Perkins did not run for re-election.
In a three-way race, Democratic former mayor of San Francisco James Duval Phelan defeated Progressive attorney Francis J. Heney and Republican U.S. Representative Joseph R. Knowland.
Republican primary Candidates Joseph R. Knowland, U.S. Representative from Oakland Samuel Morgan Shortridge, attorney Francis J. Heney (Progressive), former Attorney General for the Arizona Territory (cross-filing) Chester Harvey Rowell (Progressive), member of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition Commission (cross-filing) James Duval Phelan (Democratic), former mayor of San Francisco (cross-filing) Thomas F. Griffin (Democratic), State Assemblyman (cross-filing)
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Democratic primary Candidates James Duval Phelan (Democratic), former mayor of San Francisco Thomas F. Griffin (Democratic), State Assemblyman Francis J. Heney (Progressive), former Attorney General for the Arizona Territory (cross-filing) Joseph R. Knowland, U.S. Representative from Oakland (cross-filing) Samuel Morgan Shortridge, attorney (cross-filing) Chester Harvey Rowell (Progressive), member of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition Commission (cross-filing)
Results
Progressive primary Candidates Francis J. Heney (Progressive), former Attorney General for the Arizona Territory Chester Harvey Rowell (Progressive), member of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition Commission Joseph R. Knowland, U.S. Representative from Oakland (cross-filing) Samuel Morgan Shortridge, attorney (cross-filing) James Duval Phelan (Democratic), former mayor of San Francisco (cross-filing) Thomas F. Griffin (Democratic), State Assemblyman (cross-filing)
Results
General election Candidates Francis J. Heney (Progressive), former Attorney General for the Arizona Territory James Duval Phelan (Democratic), former mayor of San Francisco Joseph R. Knowland (Republican), U.S. Representative from Oakland Ernest Untermann (Socialist), nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1908 Frederick F. Wheeler (Prohibition), nominee for California's 7th congressional district in 1902
Results
See also 1914 United States Senate elections
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