1952 United States Senate elections

Results summary

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Gains, losses and holds

Retirements

One Republican and one Democrat retired instead of seeking re-election. One Republican and one Democrat also retired instead of finishing the unexpired term.

Defeats

Four Republicans and five Democrats sought re-election, and one Republican and one Democrat also sought election to run to finish the unexpired term or in the six-year term but lost in the primary or general election.

Post-election changes

Change in composition

Before the elections

Going into the November elections.

Results of the elections

Beginning of the next Congress

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Race summaries

Special elections during the 82nd Congress

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

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.

Closest races

Twenty races had a margin of victory under 10%:

Arizona

Goldwater: McFarland:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Arizona

California

Knowland:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in California

Connecticut

There were two elections on the same day due to the July 28, 1952 death of two-term Democrat Brien McMahon.

Republican businessman William Purtell was appointed August 29, 1952 to continue the class 3 term, pending a special election in which he was not a candidate. Purtell was already the Republican nominee in the regular election for the class 1 seat, a race he then won.

Connecticut (special)

|County results |220px |Municipality results}} Ribicoff:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut

Connecticut (regular)

Benton:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Connecticut

Delaware

Williams: Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Delaware

Florida

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Florida

Holland:

Indiana

Jenner:
Schricker:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Indiana

Kentucky (special)

Main article: 1952 United States Senate special election in Kentucky

Cooper:
Underwood:

Maine

Payne:
Dube: Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Maine

Maryland

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Maryland

Beall:
Mahoney:

Massachusetts

|[[File:1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg|250px]] |County Results |[[File:1952 United States Senate Election in Massachusetts by Municipality.svg|250px|]] |Municipality Results Kennedy Lodge

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

Michigan

There were two elections to the same seat on the same day due to the April 18, 1951 death of five-term Republican Arthur Vandenberg. Democratic journalist Blair Moody was appointed April 23, 1951 to continue the term pending a special election. The primary elections were held August 5, 1952. Moody lost both the special and the regular elections to Republican congressman Charles E. Potter.

Michigan (special)

Potter:
Moody:

Michigan (regular)

Potter:
Moody:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate elections in Michigan

Minnesota

Thye:
Carlson:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Minnesota

Mississippi

Stennis:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Mississippi

Missouri

Symington:
Kem:

Montana

Mansfield:

Ecton:

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Montana

Nebraska

Nebraska (special)

Main article: 1952 United States Senate special election in Nebraska

Griswold:

Nebraska (regular)

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Nebraska

Butler:

Nevada

Malone:
Mechling:

New Jersey

Smith:
Alexander: Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey

As of 2020, this was the last time that Republicans have won the Class 1 U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey.

New Mexico

Chevez:
Hurley:

New York

Ives:
Cashmore: Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in 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. 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.

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

North Dakota

Langer:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in North Dakota

Ohio

Bricker:
DiSalle:

Pennsylvania

Martin:
Bard:
Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

|[[File:1952 United States Senate election in Rhode Island results map by municipality.svg|250px]]|Municipality results}} Ewing:

Tennessee

Gore:

Atkins:

Texas

(special) Daniel:

Daniel:
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally did not run for re-election to a fifth term.

Attorney General Price Daniel won the open race to succeed him, defeating U.S. Representative Lindley Beckworth in the Democratic primary on July 26. Daniel was unopposed in the general election, as the Texas Republican Party chose to endorse the Democratic ticket for all but one statewide offices to maximize votes for their presidential nominee Dwight Eisenhower.

Utah

Watkins:
Granger:

Vermont

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Vermont

Virginia

Byrd: Vise:

Main article: 1952 United States Senate election in Virginia

Washington

Jackson:
Cain:

West Virginia

Kilgore: Revercomb:

Wisconsin

McCarthy:
Fairfield:

Wyoming

Barrett:
O'Mahoney:

Notes

References

Sources

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