1952 United States Senate elections

The 1952 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency by a large margin. The Republicans took control of the senate by managing to make a net gain of two seats, which was reduced to one when Wayne Morse (R-OR) became an independent. The Republicans still held a majority after Morse's switch. This election was the second time in history (after 1932) that the party in power lost their majority and the Senate Majority Leader lost his own re-election bid. (In addition, this was the second consecutive election in which a sitting Senate leader lost his seat.)

This was the last time the senate changed hands in a presidential election year until 1980.

Retirements

Democrat who was replaced by a Republican

1. Maryland: Herbert O'Conor was replaced by James Glenn Beall.

Democratic hold

1. Texas: Tom Connally was replaced by Price Daniel.

Republican holds

Both Republican holds were in special elections.

1. Connecticut: Appointee William A. Purtell retired to run for the Class 1 seat and was replaced by Prescott Bush.
2. Nebraska: Appointee Fred Andrew Seaton retired and was replaced by Dwight Griswold.

Incumbent losses

Renomination

Democratic hold

1. Tennessee: Kenneth D. McKellar lost to Albert Gore, Sr., who later won the general election.

Republican hold

1. Maine: Ralph O. Brewster lost to Frederick G. Payne, who later won the general election.

Re-election

Democrats who lost to Republicans

1. Arizona: Ernest W. McFarland, the Majority Leader, lost to Barry Goldwater.
2. Connecticut: William Benton lost to William A. Purtell.
3. Kentucky: Appointee Thomas R. Underwood lost to John S. Cooper in a special election.
4. Michigan: Blair Moody lost to Charles E. Potter in a special election.
5. Wyoming: Joseph C. O'Mahoney lost to Frank A. Barrett.

Republicans who lost to Democrats

1. Massachusetts: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. lost to John F. Kennedy.
2. Missouri: James P. Kem lost to Stuart Symington.
3. Montana: Zales N. Ecton lost to Mike Mansfield.
4. Washington: Harry P. Cain lost to Henry M. Jackson.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

Going into the November elections.

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Ran	D37 Ran	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 Ran	D40 Ran	D41 Ran	D42 Ran	D43 Ran	D44 Ran	D45 Ran	D46 Ran	D47 Ran	D48 Retired
Majority →									D49 Retired
R39 Ran	R40 Ran	R41 Ran	R42 Ran	R43 Ran	R44 Ran	R45 Ran	R46 Ran	R47 Ran
R38 Ran	R37 Ran	R36 Ran	R35 Ran	R34 Ran	R33 Ran	R32 Ran	R31 Ran	R30 Ran	R29 Ran
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Results of the general elections

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38 Re-elected	D37 Re-elected	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39 Re-elected	D40 Re-elected	D41 Re-elected	D42 Re-elected	D43 Hold	D44 Hold	D45 Gain	D46 Gain	D47 Gain	D48 Gain
Majority, with VP's vote ↑
R39 Re-elected	R40 Re-elected	R41 Re-elected	R42 Re-elected	R43 Hold	R44 Gain	R45 Gain	R46 Gain	R47 Gain	R48 Gain
R38 Re-elected	R37 Re-elected	R36 Re-elected	R35 Re-elected	R34 Re-elected	R33 Re-elected	R32 Re-elected	R31 Re-elected	R30 Re-elected	R29 Re-elected
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28 Re-elected
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Results of the special elections

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39	D40	D41	D42	D43	D44	D45	D46	D47	R49 Gain
Majority →
R39	R40	R41	R42	R43	R44	R45	R46 Hold	R47 Hold	R48 Gain, same as general
R38	R37	R36	R35	R34	R33	R32	R31	R30	R29
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Beginning of the next Congress

		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D38	D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
D39	D40	D41	D42	D43	D44	D45	D46	D47	I1 Changed
Majority using VP's vote ↓
R39	R40	R41	R42	R43	R44	R45	R46	R47	R48
R38	R37	R36	R35	R34	R33	R32	R31	R30	R29
R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28
R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11	R10	R9
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8

Key:	D# Democratic I# Independent R# Republican

Race summaries

Special elections during the 82nd Congress

In these special elections, the winners were seated during 1952 or before January 3, 1953; ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Connecticut (Class 3)	William A. Purtell	Republican	1952 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired to run for the Class 1 seat. New senator elected November 4, 1952. Republican hold.	√ Prescott Bush (Republican) 51.2% Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democratic) 48.5%
Kentucky (Class 2)	Thomas R. Underwood	Democratic	1951 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1952. Republican gain.	√ John S. Cooper (Republican) 51.5% Thomas R. Underwood (Democratic) 48.5%
Michigan (Class 1)	Blair Moody	Democratic	1951 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 4, 1952. Republican gain. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below.	√ Charles E. Potter (Republican) 51.2% Blair Moody (Democratic) 48.7%[3]
Nebraska (Class 2)	Fred Andrew Seaton	Republican	1951 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 4, 1952. Republican hold.	√ Dwight Griswold (Republican) 63.6% William Ritchie (Democratic) 36.4%

Races leading to the 83rd Congress

In these general elections, the winner was seated on January 3, 1953; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Ernest McFarland	Democratic	1940 1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Barry Goldwater (Republican) 51.3% Ernest McFarland (Democratic) 48.7%
California	William F. Knowland	Republican	1945 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William F. Knowland (Republican) 87.7% Reuben W. Borough (Independent Progressive) 11.9%
Connecticut	William Benton	Democratic	1949 (Appointed) 1950 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ William A. Purtell (Republican) 52.5% William Benton (Democratic) 44.4%
Delaware	John J. Williams	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John J. Williams (Republican) 54.5% Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (Democratic) 45.5%
Florida	Spessard Holland	Democratic	1946 (Appointed) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Spessard Holland (Democratic) 99.8%
Indiana	William E. Jenner	Republican	1944 (Special) 1944 (Retired) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William E. Jenner (Republican) 52.4% Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 46.8%
Maine	Owen Brewster	Republican	1940 1946	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold. Incumbent resigned December 31, 1952.	√ Frederick G. Payne (Republican) 58.7% Roger P. Dube (Democratic) 34.9% Earl S. Grant (Independent) 6.4%
Maryland	Herbert O'Conor	Democratic	1946	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ James Glenn Beall (Republican) 52.5% George P. Mahoney (Democratic) 47.5%
Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	Republican	1936 1942 1944 (Resigned) 1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 51.4% Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Republican) 48.4%[4]
Michigan	Blair Moody	Democratic	1951 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Republican gain Winner was also elected to finish the term, see above.	√ Charles E. Potter (Republican) 50.6% Blair Moody (Democratic) 49.0%[3]
Minnesota	Edward John Thye	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edward John Thye (Republican) 56.6% William E. Carlson (Democratic) 42.5%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John C. Stennis (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	James P. Kem	Republican	1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Stuart Symington (Democratic) 54.0% James P. Kem (Republican) 45.9%
Montana	Zales N. Ecton	Republican	1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Mike Mansfield (Democratic) 50.8% Zales N. Ecton (Republican) 48.6%
Nebraska	Hugh Butler	Republican	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Butler (Republican) 69.1% Stanley D. Long (Democratic) 27.8%
Nevada	George W. Malone	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George W. Malone (Republican) 51.7% Thomas B. Mechling (Democratic) 48.3%
New Jersey	H. Alexander Smith	Republican	1944 (Special) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ H. Alexander Smith (Republican) 55.5% Archibald S. Alexander (Democratic) 43.6%
New Mexico	Dennis Chavez	Democratic	1935 (Appointed) 1936 (Special) 1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dennis Chavez (Democratic) 51.1% Patrick J. Hurley (Republican) 48.9%
New York	Irving M. Ives	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Irving M. Ives (Republican) 55.2% John Cashmore (Democratic) 36.1% George Counts (Liberal) 7.0%
North Dakota	William Langer	Republican	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Langer (Republican) 66.4% Harold A. Morrison (Democratic) 23.3% Fred G. Aandahl (Independent) 10.4%
Ohio	John W. Bricker	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John W. Bricker(Republican) 54.6% Michael V. DiSalle (Democratic) 45.4%
Pennsylvania	Edward Martin	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edward Martin (Republican) 51.6% Guy K. Bard (Democratic) 48.0%
Rhode Island	John O. Pastore	Democratic	1950 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John O. Pastore (Democratic) 54.8% Bayard Ewing (Republican) 45.2%
Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar	Democratic	1916 1922 1928 1934 1940 1946	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator re-elected. Democratic hold.	√ Albert Gore, Sr. (Democratic) 74.2% Hobart F. Atkins (Republican) 20.9%
Texas	Tom Connally	Democratic	1928 1934 1940 1946	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Price Daniel (Democratic) Unopposed
Utah	Arthur V. Watkins	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arthur V. Watkins (Republican) 54.3% Walter K. Granger (Democratic) 45.7%
Vermont	Ralph E. Flanders	Republican	1946 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ralph E. Flanders (Republican) 72.3% Allan R. Johnston (Democratic) 27.7%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1933 (Special) 1934 1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) 73.4% H. M. Vise, Sr. (Independent) 12.7% Clarke T. Robb (Independent) 12.4%
Washington	Harry P. Cain	Republican	1946 1946 (Appointed)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 56.2% Harry P. Cain (Republican) 43.5%
West Virginia	Harley M. Kilgore	Democratic	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harley M. Kilgore (Democratic) 53.6% Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 46.4%
Wisconsin	Joseph R. McCarthy	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican) 54.2% Thomas E. Fairchild (Democratic) 45.6%
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934 1940 1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 51.6% Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 48.4%

Special elections during the 83rd Congress

There were no elections in 1953 to the 83rd Congress.

Complete list of races

Arizona

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	132,063	51.31%
	Democratic	Ernest McFarland (incumbent)	125,338	48.69%
Majority			6,725	2.62%
Turnout			257,401
	Republican gain from Democratic

California

United States Senate election in California, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Knowland (incumbent)	3,982,448	87.67%
	Democratic	Reuben W. Borough	542,270	11.94%
	Write-In	Helen Gahagan Douglas	11,812	0.26%
	None	Scattering	5,910	0.13%
Majority			3,440,178	75.73%
Turnout			4,542,440
	Republican hold

Connecticut

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Purtell	573,854	52.48%
	Democratic	William Benton (incumbent)	485,066	44.36%
	Independent Republican	Vivien Kellems	22,268	2.04%
	Socialist	Jasper McLevy	12,279	1.12%
Majority			88,788	8.12%
Turnout			1,093,467
	Republican gain from Democratic

Connecticut (Special)

United States Senate special election in Connecticut, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Prescott Bush	559,465	51.17%
	Democratic	Abraham A. Ribicoff (incumbent)	530,505	48.52%
	Socialist	William J. Taft	3,298	0.30%
Majority			28,960	2.65%
Turnout			1,093,268
	Republican gain from Democratic

Delaware

United States Senate election in Delaware, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Williams (incumbent)	93,020	54.49%
	Democratic	Alexis I. DuPont Bayard	77,685	45.51%
Majority			15,335	8.98%
Turnout			170,705
	Republican hold

Florida

United States Senate election in Florida, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spessard L. Holland (incumbent)	616,665	99.82%
	None	Scattering	1,135	0.18%
Majority			615,530	99.64%
Turnout			617,800
	Democratic hold

Indiana

United States Senate election in Indiana, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Jenner (incumbent)	1,020,605	52.44%
	Democratic	Henry F. Schriker	911,169	46.82%
	Prohibition	Carl W. Thompson	12,734	0.65%
	Progressive	Carl Leon Eddy	891	0.05%
	Socialist Labor	John Marion Morris	719	0.04%
Majority			109,436	5.62%
Turnout			1,946,118
	Republican hold

Kentucky (Special)

United States Senate special election in Kentucky, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sherman Cooper	494,576	51.51%
	Democratic	Thomas R. Underwood	465,652	48.49%
Majority			28,924	3.02%
Turnout			960,228
	Republican gain from Democratic

Maine

United States Senate election in Maine, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick G. Payne	139,205	58.70%
	Democratic	Roger P. Dube	82,665	34.86%
	Independent Democratic	Earl S. Grant	15,294	6.45%
Majority			56,540	23.84%
Turnout			237,164
	Republican hold

Maryland

United States Senate election in Maryland, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Glenn Beall	449,823	52.54%
	Democratic	George P. Mahoney	406,370	47.46%
Majority			43,453	5.08%
Turnout			856,193
	Republican gain from Democratic

Massachusetts

General election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	1,211,984	51.34
	Republican	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (incumbent)	1,141,247	48.35
	Socialist Labor	Thelma Ingersoll	4,683	0.20
	Prohibition	Mark R. Shaw	2,508	0.11
	None	Scattering	3	0.00%	{{{change}}}
Majority			70,737	3.0
Turnout			2,360,425
	Democratic gain from Republican

Michigan

United States Senate election in Michigan, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Potter	1,428,352	50.63%
	Democratic	Blair Moody (incumbent)	1,383,416	49.04%
	Prohibition	LeRoy M. Lowell (Proh.)	7,435	0.26%
	Socialist Labor	James Sim	1,202	0.04%
	Socialist Workers	Genora Dollinger	726	0.03%
	None	Scattering	2	0.00%
Majority			44,936	1.59%
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

Michigan (Special)

United States Senate special election in Michigan, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Potter	1,417,032	51.24%
	Democratic	Blair Moody (incumbent)	1,347,705	48.73%
	Socialist Workers	Genora Dollinger (SW)	819	0.03%
	None	Scattering	160	0.01%
Majority			69,327	2.51%
Turnout			2,765,716
	Republican gain from Democratic

Minnesota

Democratic primary election results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward J. Thye (incumbent)	785,649	56.63%
	DFL	Bill Carlson	590,011	42.53%
	Progressive	Marian LeSueur	7,917	0.57%
	Socialist Workers	Vincent R. Dunne	3,842	0.28%
Majority			195,638	14.10%
Turnout			1,387,419
	Republican gain from [[|N/A]]

Mississippi

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (incumbent)	233,919	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Missouri

United States Senate election in Missouri, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stuart Symington	1,008,521	53.99%
	Republican	James P. Kem (incumbent)	858,170	45.94%
	Progressive	Haven P. Perkins	883	0.05%
	Socialist	Joseph G. Hodges	219	0.01%
	Christian Nationalist	Christian Frederick	161	0.01%
	Socialist Labor	Henry W. Genck	145	0.01%
Majority			150,351	8.05%
Turnout			1,868,099
	Democratic gain from Republican

Montana

United States Senate election in Montana, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield	133,109	50.75%
	Republican	Zales N. Ecton (incumbent)	127,360	48.56%
	Progressive	Lawrence J. ‘Larry’ Price	1,828	0.70%
Majority			5,749	2.19%
Turnout			262,297
	Democratic gain from Republican

Nebraska

United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Butler (incumbent)	408,971	69.11%
	Democratic	Stanley D. Long	164,660	27.83%
	By Petition	Dwight Dell	18,087	3.06%
	None	Scattering	31	0.01%
Majority			244,311	41.28%
Turnout			59,179
	Republican hold

Nevada

United States Senate election in Nevada, 1952^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George W. Malone (incumbent)	41,906	51.68%
	Democratic	Thomas B. Mechling	39,184	48.32%
Majority			2,722	3.36%
Turnout			81,090
	[[|N/A]] hold

New Jersey

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Alexander Smith (incumbent)	1,286,782	55.51%
	Democratic	Archibald S. Alexander	1,011,187	43.62%
	Progressive	Katharine A. Van Orden	7,195	0.31%
	Prohibition	A. N. Smith	6,815	0.29%
	Socialist Workers	George Breitman	5,088	0.22%
	Socialist Labor	Albert Ronis	1,165	0.05%
Majority			275,595	11.89%
Turnout			2,318,232
	Republican hold

New Mexico

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Chavez (incumbent)	122,543	51.12%
	Republican	Patrick J. Hurley	117,168	48.88%
Majority			5,375	2.24%
Turnout			239,711
	Democratic hold

New York

In New York, the Liberal State Committee met on August 28, and nominated Dr. George S. Counts, Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, for the U.S. Senate.^[6] The Republican State Committee re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Irving M. Ives. The Democratic State Committee met on August 28, and nominated Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore for the U.S. Senate.^[7]

The Republican incumbent Ives was re-elected with the then largest plurality^[8] in state history.

Republican	Irving M. Ives	3,853,934
Democratic	John Cashmore	2,521,736
Liberal	George S. Counts	489,775
American Labor	Corliss Lamont	104,702
Socialist Workers	Michael Bartell[9]	4,263
Socialist	Joseph G. Glass[10]	3,382
Industrial Government	Nathan Karp[11]	2,451

United States Senate election in New York, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Irving M. Ives (incumbent)	3,853,934	55.21%
	Democratic	John Cashmore	2,521,736	36.13%
	Liberal	George S. Counts	489,775	7.02%
	American Labor	Corliss Lamont	104,702	1.50%
	Socialist Workers	Michael Bartell	4,263	0.06%
	Socialist	Joseph S. Glass	3,382	0.05%
	Industrial Government	Nathan Karp	2,451	0.04%
Majority			1,332,198	19.08%
Turnout			6,980,259
	Republican hold

North Dakota

United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Langer (incumbent)	157,907	66.35%
	Democratic	Harold A. Morrison	55,347	23.26%
	Republican	Fred G. Aandahl	24,741	10.40%
Majority			102,560	43.09%
Turnout			237,995
	Republican hold

Ohio

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Bricker (incumbent)	1,878,961	54.58%
	Democratic	Michael V. DiSalle	1,563,330	45.42%
Majority			295,631	9.16%
Turnout			3,442,291
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward Martin (incumbent)	2,331,034	51.58%
	Democratic	Guy Kurtz Bard	2,168,546	47.98%
	Prohibition	Ira S. Sassaman	12,150	0.27%
	Socialist	William J. Van Essen	3,538	0.08%
	Militant Workers	Anna Chester	2,258	0.05%
	Independent Government	Frank Knotek	1,897	0.04%
Majority			162,488	3.60%
Turnout			4,519,423
	Republican hold

Rhode Island

United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John O. Pastore (incumbent)	225,128	54.78%
	Republican	Bayard Ewing	185,850	45.22%
Majority			39,278	9.56%
Turnout			410,978
	Democratic hold

Tennessee

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Gore, Sr.	545,432	74.19%
	Republican	Hobart F. Atkins	153,479	20.88%
	Independent	Richard M. Barber	22,169	3.02%
	Good Government and Clean Elections	John Randolph Neal	14,132	1.92%
	None	Write-Ins	7	0.00%
Majority			391,953	53.31%
Turnout			735,219
	Democratic hold

Texas

United States Senate election in Texas, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel	1,895,192	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Utah

United States Senate election in Utah, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur V. Watkins (incumbent)	177,435	54.26%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger	149,598	45.74%
Majority			27,837	8.52%
Turnout			327,033
	Republican hold

Vermont

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph E. Flanders (incumbent)	111,406	72.32%
	Democratic	Allan R. Johnston	42,630	27.67%
	None	Scattering	16	0.01%
Majority			68,776	44.65%
Total votes			154,052
	Republican hold

Virginia

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd (incumbent)	398,677	73.35%
	Independent Democratic	H. M. Vise, Sr.	69,133	12.72%
	Social Democratic	Clarke T. Robb	6,721	12.38%
	None	Scattering	8,425	1.55%
Majority			329,544	60.63%
Turnout			543,516
	Democratic hold

Washington

United States Senate election in Washington, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson	595,288	56.23%
	Republican	Harry P. Cain (incumbent)	460,884	43.53%
	Progressive	Thomas C. Rabbitt	1,912	0.18%
	Socialist Labor	Henry Killman	651	0.06%
Majority			134,404	12.70%
Turnout			1,058,735
	Democratic gain from Republican

West Virginia

United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harley M. Kilgore (incumbent)	470,019	53.62%
	Republican	Chapman Revercomb	406,554	46.38%
Majority			63,465	7.24%
Turnout			876,573
	Democratic hold

Wisconsin

United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph McCarthy (incumbent)	870,444	54.23%
	Democratic	Thomas E. Fairchild	731,402	45.56%
	Independent	Alfred L. Easterday	1,879	0.12%
	Independent	James E. Boulton	1,442	0.09%
	None	Scattering	61	0.00%
Majority			139,042	8.67%
Turnout			1,605,228
	Republican hold

Wyoming

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 1952 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank A. Barrett	67,176	51.64%
	Democratic	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (incumbent)	62,921	48.36%
Majority			4,255	3.28%
Turnout			130,097
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• United States elections, 1952
  • 1952 United States presidential election
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1952
• 82nd United States Congress
• 83rd United States Congress

Notes

References

• "FINAL STATE COUNT GIVES RECORD VOTE; Eisenhower Carried New York by 848,214 Margin as Total of 7,216,054 Cast Ballots". The New York Times. December 9, 1952.