Electoral history of William Edgar Borah, United States Senator from Idaho (1907–1940)
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1924–1933)Dean of the Senate (1933–1940)Candidate for 1936 Republican presidential nominationIdaho's At-large congressional district, 1896:
James Gunn (D/Populist) - 13,787 (47.75%)William Borah (Silver Republican) - 9,034 (31.29%)John T. Morrison (R) - 6,054 (20.97%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1902 (by legislature, January 14, 1903):
Republican nomination (Legislative caucus, January 7, 1903)
Weldon B. Heyburn (R) - 28 (56%) nominated and elected over Democrat James HawleyWilliam Borah (R) - 22 (44%)George L. Shoup (R)D.W. Standrod (R)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1906 (by legislature, January 15, 1907):
William Borah (R) - 53 (74.6%) - electedFred Dubois (D) (inc.) - 18 (25.4%)1912 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):
James S. Sherman (inc.) - 596 (55.29%)Abstaining - 424 (39.33%)William Borah - 21 (1.95%)Charles H. Merriam - 20 (1.86%)Herbert S. Hadley - 14 (1.30%)Albert J. Beveridge - 2 (0.19%)Howard F. Gillette - 1 (0.09%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1912 (by legislature, January 14, 1913):
William Borah (R) (inc.) - 75 (91.5%) - electedGeorge Tannahill (D) - 5 (6.1%)Kirtland Perky (D) - 2 (2.4%)1916 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):
Charles E. Hughes - 950 (55.01%)John Weeks - 105 (6.08%)Elihu Root - 103 (5.96%)Charles W. Fairbanks - 89 (5.15%)Albert B. Cummins - 85 (4.92%)Theodore Roosevelt - 81 (4.69%)Theodore E. Burton - 78 (4.52%)Lawrence Yates Sherman - 66 (3.82%)Philander Knox - 36 (2.09%)Henry Ford - 32 (1.85%)Martin G. Brumbaugh - 29 (1.68%)Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25 (1.45%)William Howard Taft - 14 (0.81%)Thomas Coleman DuPont - 13 (0.75%)Henry Cabot Lodge - 7 (0.41%)John Wanamaker - 5 (0.29%)Frank B. Willis - 4 (0.23%)William Borah - 2 (0.12%)Warren G. Harding - 1 (0.06%)Samuel McCall - 1 (0.06%)Leonard Wood - 1 (0.06%)1916 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):
Charles W. Fairbanks - 863 (87.44%)Elmer Burkett - 108 (10.94%)William Borah - 8 (0.81%)Abstaining - 4 (0.41%)William Grant Webster - 2 (0.20%)Theodore E. Burton - 1 (0.10%)Hiram W. Johnson - 1 (0.10%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1918:
William Borah (R) (inc.) - 63,587 (67.21%)Frank L. Moore (D) - 31,018 (32.79%)1920 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):
1st ballot:
Leonard Wood - 287.5 (29.3%)Frank Lowden - 211.5 (21.5%)Hiram Johnson - 133.5 (13.6%)William C. Sproul - 83.5 (8.5%)Nicholas Murray Butler - 69 (7.0%)Warren G. Harding - 65.5 (6.7%)Calvin Coolidge - 34 (3.5%)Robert M. La Follette - 24 (2.4%)Jeter C. Pritchard - 21 (2.1%)Miles Poindexter - 20 (2.0%)Howard Sutherland - 17 (1.7%)T. Coleman Dupont - 7 (0.7%)Herbert Hoover - 5.5 (0.6%)William Borah - 2 (0.2%)Charles B. Warren - 1 (0.1%)2nd ballot:
Leonard Wood - 289.5 votes (29.4%)Frank Lowden - 259.5 votes (26.4%)Hiram Johnson - 146 votes (14.8%)William C. Sproul - 78.5 (8.0%)Warren G. Harding - 59 (6.0%)Nicholas Murray Butler - 41 (4.2%)Calvin Coolidge - 32 (3.3%)Robert M. La Follette - 24 (2.4%)Miles Poindexter - 15 (1.5%)Howard Sutherland - 15 (1.5%)Jeter C. Pritchard - 10 (1.0%)T. Coleman Dupont - 7 (0.7%)Herbert Hoover - 5.5 (0.6%)William Borah - 1 (0.1%)Philander C. Knox - 1 vote (0.1%)3rd ballot:
Leonard Wood - 303 (30.8%)Frank Lowden - 282.5 (28.7%)Hiram Johnson - 148 (15.0%)William C. Sproul - 79.5 (8.1%)Warren G. Harding - 58.5 (5.9%)Calvin Coolidge - 27 (2.7%)Nicholas Murray Butler - 25 (2.5%)Robert M. La Follette - 24 (2.4%)Miles Poindexter - 15 (1.5%)Howard Sutherland - 9 (0.9%)Herbert Hoover - 5.5 (0.6%)T. Coleman Dupont - 2 (0.2%)Philander C. Knox - 2 (0.2%)James E. Watson - 2 (0.2%)William Borah - 1(0.1%)4th ballot:
Leonard Wood - 314.5 (32.0%)Frank Lowden - 289 (29.4%)Hiram Johnson - 140.5 (14.3%)William C. Sproul - 79.5 (8.1%)Warren G. Harding - 61.5 (6.3%)Calvin Coolidge - 25 (2.5%)Robert M. La Follette - 22 (2.2%)Nicholas Murray Butler 20 (2.0%)Miles Poindexter - 15 (1.5%)Herbert Hoover - 5 (0.5%)James E. Watson - 4 (0.4%)Howard Sutherland - 3 (0.3%)T. Coleman Dupont - 2 (0.2%)Philander C. Knox - 2 (0.2%)William Borah - 1 (0.1%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1924:
William Borah (R) (inc.) - 99,846 (79.50%)Frank Martin (D) - 25,199 (20.06%)Eugene F. Gary (Socialist) - 554 (0.44%)1928 Republican presidential primaries:
Herbert Hoover - 2,045,928 (49.73%)Frank O. Lowden - 1,317,799 (32.03%)George W. Norris - 259,548 (6.31%)James Eli Watson - 228,795 (5.56%)Guy D. Goff - 128,429 (3.12%)Frank B. Willis - 84,461 (2.05%)Calvin Coolidge (inc.) - 12,985 (0.32%)Charles G. Dawes - 12,297 (0.30%)Olin J. Ross - 8,280 (0.20%)Unpledged - 5,426 (0.13%)Al Smith - 3,249 (0.08%)Alvan Fuller - 1,686 (0.04%)William Borah - 206 (0.01%)Others - 5,185 (0.13%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1930:
William Borah (R) (inc.) - 94,938 (72.42%)Joseph M. Tyler (D) - 36,162 (27.58%)1936 Republican presidential primaries:
William Borah - 1,478,676 (44.45%)Alf Landon - 729,908 (21.94%)Frank Knox - 527,054 (15.84%)Earl Warren - 350,917 (10.55%)Stephen A. Day - 155,732 (4.68%)Warren Green - 44,518 (1.34%)Leo J. Chassee - 18,986 (0.57%)Herbert Hoover - 7,750 (0.23%)1936 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):
Alf Landon - 984 (98.11%)William Borah - 19 (1.89%)United States Senate election in Idaho, 1936:
William Borah (R) (inc.) - 128,723 (63.36%)C. Ben Ross (D) - 74,444 (36.64%)
