Electoral history of William Borah

Elections

Idaho'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 Hawley

William 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%) - elected

Fred 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%) - elected

George 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%)