1936 United States Senate election in Texas

1936 United States Senate election in Texas
	County Results; Sheppard: 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Watson: 40–50% 50–60%; No vote:
U.S. senator before election; Morris Sheppard; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Morris Sheppard; Democratic

The 1936 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard was re-elected to a fifth term in office, easily dispatching his challengers.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Richard C. Bush
Joe Eagle, U.S. Representative from Houston
Guy B. Fisher
J. Ed Glenn
Joseph H. Price
Morris Sheppard, incumbent Senator since 1913

Results

1936 United States Senate election in Texas^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Morris Sheppard (incumbent)	616,293	64.56%
	Democratic	Joe Eagle	136,718	14.32%
	Democratic	Guy B. Fisher	89,215	9.35%
	Democratic	Joseph H. Price	45,919	4.81%
	Democratic	Richard C. Bush	37,842	3.96%
	Democratic	J. Ed Glenn	28,641	3.00%
Total votes			954,628	100.00%

General election

Results

1936 United States Senate election in Texas^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Morris Sheppard (incumbent)	774,975	92.56%	5.65
	Republican	Carlos G. Watson	59,491	7.11%	5.62
	Union	Gertrude Wilson	1,836	0.22%	N/A
	Socialist	William Burr Starr	958	0.11%	0.15
Total votes			837,260	100.00%
	Democratic hold