title: Electoral history of William Borah
text: # Electoral history of William Borah
  
  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 nomination
  
  ## 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%)
  