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1956 U.S. Senate election results

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

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1956 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1956 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaLister HillD330,182 votes
ArizonaCarl HaydenD170,816 votes · +63,369 over Ross F. Jones
ArkansasJ. William FulbrightD331,689 votes · +263,673 over Ben C. Henley
CaliforniaThomas H. KuchelR2,892,918 votes · +447,102 over Richard Richards
ColoradoJohn A. CarrollD319,872 votes · +2,770 over Daniel I. J. Thornton
ConnecticutPrescott BushR610,829 votes · +131,369 over Thomas J. Dodd
FloridaGeorge A. SmathersD655,418 votes
GeorgiaHerman E. TalmadgeD541,094 votes
IdahoFrank ChurchD149,096 votes · +46,315 over Herman Welker
IllinoisEverett M. DirksenR2,307,352 votes · +357,469 over Richard Stengel
IndianaHomer E. CapehartR1,084,262 votes · +212,481 over Claude R. Wickard
IowaBourke B. HickenlooperR635,499 votes · +92,343 over R. M. Evans
KansasFrank CarlsonR477,822 votes · +143,883 over George Hart
KentuckyThurston B. MortonR506,903 votes · +6,981 over Earle C. Clements
LouisianaRussell B. LongD335,564 votes
MarylandJohn M. ButlerR473,059 votes · +53,951 over George P. Mahoney
MissouriThomas C. HenningsD1,015,936 votes · +230,888 over Herbert Douglas
NevadaAlan BibleD50,677 votes · +4,965 over Cliff Young
New HampshireNorris CottonR161,424 votes · +70,905 over Laurence M. Pickett
New YorkJacob K. JavitsR3,723,933 votes · +458,774 over Robert F. Wagner
North CarolinaSamuel J. ErvinD731,353 votes · +363,878 over Joel A. Johnson
North DakotaMilton R. YoungR155,305 votes · +67,386 over Quentin N. Burdick
OhioFrank J. LauscheD1,864,589 votes · +203,679 over George H. Bender
OklahomaA. Mike MonroneyD459,996 votes · +88,850 over Douglas McKeever
OregonWayne MorseD396,849 votes · +61,444 over Howard Latourette
PennsylvaniaJoseph S. ClarkD2,268,641 votes · +17,970 over James H. Duff
South CarolinaOlin D. JohnstonD230,150 votes · +180,455 over Leon P. Crawford
South DakotaFrancis CaseR147,621 votes · +4,620 over Kenneth Holum
UtahWallace F. BennettR178,261 votes · +26,141 over Alonzo F. Hopkin
VermontGeorge D. AikenR103,101 votes · +50,917 over Bernard G. O'Shea
WashingtonWarren G. MagnusonD685,565 votes · +248,913 over Arthur B. Langlie
WisconsinAlexander WileyR892,473 votes · +264,570 over Henry W. Maier