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1948 U.S. Senate election results

32 races · 32 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1948 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1948 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJohn SparkmanD185,534 votes · +150,193 over Paul G. Parsons
ArkansasJohn L. McClellanD216,401 votes · +200,580 over R. Walter Tucker
ColoradoEdward C. JohnsonD340,719 votes · +175,650 over William F. Nicholson
DelawareJ. Allen FrearD71,888 votes · +3,642 over C. Douglas. Buck
GeorgiaRichard B. RussellD362,104 votes · +361,716 over Larkin Marshall
IdahoBert H. MillerD107,000 votes · +3,132 over Henry C. Dworshak
IllinoisPaul H. DouglasD2,147,754 votes · +407,728 over C. Wayland Brooks
IowaGuy M. GiletteD578,226 votes · +162,448 over George A. Wilson
KansasAndrew F. SchoeppelR393,412 votes · +87,425 over George McGill
KentuckyVirgil ChapmanD408,256 votes · +24,480 over John Sherman Cooper
LouisianaAllen J. EllenderD330,115 votes
MaineMargaret C. SmithR159,182 votes · +95,108 over Adrian H. Scolten
MassachusettsLeverett SaltonstallR1,088,475 votes · +134,077 over John F. Fitzgerald
MichiganHomer FergusonR1,045,156 votes · +44,827 over Frank E. Hook
MinnesotaHubert HumphreyF729,494 votes · +243,693 over Joseph H. Ball
MississippiJames O. EastlandD151,478 votes
MontanaJames E. MurrayD125,193 votes · +30,735 over Tom J. Davis
NebraskaKenneth S. WherryR267,575 votes · +63,255 over Terry Carpenter
New HampshireH. Styles BridgesR129,600 votes · +37,840 over Alfred E. Fortin
New JerseyRobert C. HendricksonR934,720 votes · +50,306 over Archibald S. Alexander
New MexicoClinton P. AndersonD108,269 votes · +28,043 over Patrick J. Hurley
North CarolinaJ. Melville BroughtonD540,762 votes · +320,455 over John A. Wilkinson
OklahomaRobert S. KerrD441,654 votes · +176,485 over Ross Rizley
OregonGuy CordonR299,295 votes · +100,020 over Manley J. Wilson
Rhode IslandTheodore F. GreenD190,284 votes · +59,616 over Thomas P. Hazard
South CarolinaBurnet R. MaybackD135,998 votes · +130,990 over J. Bates Gerald
South DakotaKarl E. MundtR144,084 votes · +45,335 over John A. Engel
TennesseeEstes KefauverD326,032 votes · +159,085 over B. Carroll Reece
TexasLyndon B. JohnsonD702,985 votes · +353,320 over Jack Porter
VirginiaA. Willis RobertsonD253,865 votes · +134,499 over Robert H. Woods
West VirginiaMatthew M. NeelyD435,354 votes · +106,820 over Chapman Revercomb
WyomingLester C. HuntD57,953 votes · +14,426 over Edward Robertson V