Almanac
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four year term. U.S. Senators are popularly elected and take office January 3 for a six year term.
| Public Offices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 15, 1929 | January 16, 1933 | ||
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 16, 1933 | January 19, 1937 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1949 | ||
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1943–1944 | 78th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | District of Columbia | class 2 |
| 1945–1946 | 79th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
District of Columbia | class 2 |
| 1947–1948 | 80th | U.S. Senate | Republican | Harry S. Truman | District of Columbia | class 2 |
| Election results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1928 | Governor | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | 63,716 | 61% | Charles M. Wharton | Democratic | 40,346 | 39% | ||
| 1932 | Governor | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | 60,903 | 54% | Landreth L. Layton | Democratic | 50,401 | 45% | ||
| 1942 | U.S. Senator | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | 46,210 | 54% | E. Ennalls Berl | Democratic | 38,322 | 45% | ||
| 1948 | U.S. Senator | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | 68,246 | 48% | J. Allen Frear, Jr. | Democratic | 71,888 | 51% | ||
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