1916 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Blair Lee I ran for election to a full term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative David John Lewis. Lewis went on to lose the general election to Republican Joseph I. France, a professor of medicine and former State Senator.

Candidates

 * William Cabell Bruce, historian and former State Delegate
 * Blair Lee I, incumbent Senator since 1913
 * David John Lewis, U.S. Representative from Cumberland

Results
Lee received more raw votes than Lewis did, but Lewis received a higher share of the unit vote at the State Convention.

Candidates

 * Joseph I. France, professor of medicine and former State Senator
 * Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Governor of Maryland

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

 * Baltimore (City)
 * Baltimore (County)
 * Cecil
 * Dorchester

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

 * Washington