1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

← 1950 November 6, 1956 1962 →

Nominee Homer Capehart Claude Wickard Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,084,262 871,781 Percentage 55.21% 44.39%

U.S. senator before election Homer Capehart Republican Elected U.S. Senator Homer Capehart Republican

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The 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer Capehart was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard.

General election

Candidates

• Homer Capehart, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
• Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor)
• Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
• Claude Wickard, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1940–45) (Democratic)

Results

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Homer Capehart (incumbent)	1,084,262	55.21%	2.40
	Democratic	Claude R. Wickard	871,781	44.39%	1.96
	Prohibition	Carl W. Thompson	6,685	0.34%	0.50
	Socialist Labor	Gordon A. Long	1,258	0.06%	N/A
Total votes			1,963,986	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 1956 United States Senate elections

References

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