1952 United States Senate elections

California election
	County Results ; Knowland: 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; William F. Knowland; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; William F. Knowland; Republican

Arizona election
Turnout	82.28% (registered voters)[4]
McFarland—50-60% McFarland—60-70% McFarland—70-80%	Goldwater—50-60%
U.S. senator before election; Ernest McFarland; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Barry Goldwater; Republican

1952 United States Senate elections
	September 8[lower-alpha 1] & November 4, 1952
	September 8[lower-alpha 1] & November 4, 1952
35 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate; 49 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; No election
Majority Leader before election; Ernest McFarland; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Robert A. Taft; Republican

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 Democratic Senate leader lost his seat.)

This was the last time the Senate changed hands in a presidential election year until 1980 as well as the last time the GOP won control of the senate until that same year.

Results summary

↓
47	49
Democratic	Republican

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Parties		Democratic	Republican	Other	Total
Parties					Total
Last elections (1950) Before these elections		49	47	0	96
Not up		35	26	0	61
Up		14	21	—	35
	Class 1 (1946→1952)	13	19	—	32
	Special: Class 2	1	1	—	2
	Special: Class 3	0	1	—	1

Incumbent retired		2	2	—	4
	Held by same party	1	2	—	3
	Replaced by other party	1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican		—	1
	Result	1	3	0	4
Incumbent ran		12	19	—	31
	Won re-election	6	14	—	20
	Lost re-election	4 Republicans replaced by 4 Democrats 5 Democrats replaced by 5 Republicans		—	9
	Lost renomination but held by same party	1	1	—	2
	Result	11	20	0	31

Total elected		12	23	0	35
Net change		2	2		2

Nationwide vote		21,236,793	24,665,569	1,534,837	47,437,199
	Share	44.77%	52.00%	3.24%	100%
Result		47	49	0	96

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives[1]

Retirements

Democrat who was replaced by a Republican

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

Democratic hold

Texas: Tom Connally was replaced by Price Daniel.

Republican holds

Both Republican holds were in special elections.

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

Incumbent losses

Democratic hold

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

Republican hold

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

Democrats who lost to Republicans

Arizona: Ernest McFarland, the Majority Leader, lost to Barry Goldwater.
Connecticut: William Benton lost to William A. Purtell.
Kentucky: Appointee Thomas R. Underwood lost to John Sherman Cooper in a special election.
Michigan and Michigan: Blair Moody lost to Charles E. Potter in a pair of special and general elections.
Wyoming: Joseph C. O'Mahoney lost to Frank A. Barrett.

Republicans who lost to Democrats

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

Change in 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 Fla. Ran	D₃₇ Conn. (reg) Ran	D₃₆ Ariz. Ran	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉ Ky. (sp) Ran	D₄₀ Md. Ran	D₄₁ Mich. (sp) Mich. (reg) Ran	D₄₂ Miss. Ran	D₄₃ N.M. Ran	D₄₄ R.I. Ran	D₄₅ Tenn. Ran	D₄₆ Texas Retired	D₄₇ Va. Ran	D₄₈ W.Va. Ran
Majority →									D₄₉ Wyo. Ran
R₃₉ N.J. Ran	R₄₀ N.Y. Ran	R₄₁ N.D. Ran	R₄₂ Ohio Ran	R₄₃ Pa. Ran	R₄₄ Utah Ran	R₄₅ Vt. Ran	R₄₆ Wash. Ran	R₄₇ Wis. Ran	D₄₉ Wyo. Ran
R₃₈ Nev. Ran	R₃₇ Neb. (sp) Retired	R₃₆ Neb. (reg) Ran	R₃₅ Mont. Ran	R₃₄ Mo. Ran	R₃₃ Minn. Ran	R₃₂ Mass. Ran	R₃₁ Maine Ran	R₃₀ Ind. Ran	R₂₉ Del. Ran
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇ Calif. Ran	R₂₈ Conn. (sp) Retired
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Results of the 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 N.M. Re-elected	D₃₇ Miss. Re-elected	D₃₆ Fla. Re-elected	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉ R.I. Re-elected	D₄₀ Tenn. Hold	D₄₁ Texas Hold	D₄₂ Va. Re-elected	D₄₃ W.Va. Re-elected	D₄₄ Mass. Gain	D₄₅ Mo. Gain	D₄₆ Mont. Gain	D₄₇ Wash. Gain	R₄₉ Wyo. Gain
Majority →									R₄₉ Wyo. Gain
R₃₉ Ohio Re-elected	R₄₀ Pa. Re-elected	R₄₁ Utah Re-elected	R₄₂ Vt. Re-elected	R₄₃ Wis. Re-elected	R₄₄ Ariz. Gain	R₄₅ Conn. (reg) Gain	R₄₆ Ky. (sp) Gain	R₄₇ Md. Gain	R₄₈ Mich. (sp) Mich. (reg) Gain
R₃₈ N.D. Re-elected	R₃₇ N.Y. Re-elected	R₃₆ N.J. Re-elected	R₃₅ Nev. Re-elected	R₃₄ Neb. (sp) Hold	R₃₃ Neb. (reg) Re-elected	R₃₂ Minn. Re-elected	R₃₁ Maine Hold	R₃₀ Ind. Re-elected	R₂₉ Del. Re-elected
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇ Calif. Re-elected	R₂₈ Conn. (sp) Hold
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 Ore. 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 before January 3, 1953; ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
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.	Y 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.	Y 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.	Y Charles E. Potter (Republican) 51.2% Blair Moody (Democratic) 48.7%[2]
Nebraska (Class 2)	Fred A. Seaton	Republican	1951 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 4, 1952. Republican hold.	Y 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
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arizona	Ernest McFarland	Democratic	1940 1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Barry Goldwater (Republican) 51.3% Ernest McFarland (Democratic) 48.7%
California	William Knowland	Republican	1945 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William 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.	Y William A. Purtell (Republican) 52.5% William Benton (Democratic) 44.4%
Delaware	John J. Williams	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John J. Williams (Republican) 54.5% Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (Democratic) 45.5%
Florida	Spessard Holland	Democratic	1946 (Appointed) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Spessard Holland (Democratic) 99.8%
Indiana	William E. Jenner	Republican	1944 (Special) 1944 (Retired) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y 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.	Y 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.	Y 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.	Y John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 51.4% Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican) 48.4%[3]
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.	Y Charles E. Potter (Republican) 50.6% Blair Moody (Democratic) 49.0%[2]
Minnesota	Edward John Thye	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward John Thye (Republican) 56.6% William E. Carlson (Democratic) 42.5%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John C. Stennis (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	James P. Kem	Republican	1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Stuart Symington (Democratic) 54.0% James P. Kem (Republican) 45.9%
Montana	Zales Ecton	Republican	1946	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Mike Mansfield (Democratic) 50.8% Zales Ecton (Republican) 48.6%
Nebraska	Hugh A. Butler	Republican	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Hugh A. Butler (Republican) 69.1% Stanley D. Long (Democratic) 27.8%
Nevada	George W. Malone	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George W. Malone (Republican) 51.7% Thomas B. Mechling (Democratic) 48.3%
New Jersey	Howard Alexander Smith	Republican	1944 (Special) 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Howard Alexander Smith (Republican) 55.5% Archibald S. Alexander (Democratic) 43.6%
New Mexico	Dennis Chávez	Democratic	1935 (Appointed) 1936 (Special) 1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dennis Chávez (Democratic) 51.1% Patrick J. Hurley (Republican) 48.9%
New York	Irving Ives	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Irving Ives (Republican) 55.2% John Cashmore (Democratic) 36.1% George Counts (Liberal) 7.0%
North Dakota	William Langer	Republican	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y 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.	Y John W. Bricker (Republican) 54.6% Michael DiSalle (Democratic) 45.4%
Pennsylvania	Edward Martin	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward Martin (Republican) 51.6% Guy K. Bard (Democratic) 48.0%
Rhode Island	John Pastore	Democratic	1950 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Pastore (Democratic) 54.8% Bayard Ewing (Republican) 45.2%
Tennessee	Kenneth McKellar	Democratic	1916 1922 1928 1934 1940 1946	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y 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.	Y Price Daniel (Democratic) Unopposed
Utah	Arthur Vivian Watkins	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Arthur Vivian Watkins (Republican) 54.3% Walter K. Granger (Democratic) 45.7%
Vermont	Ralph Flanders	Republican	1946 (Appointed) 1946 (Special) 1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ralph 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.	Y 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.	Y Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 56.2% Harry P. Cain (Republican) 43.5%
West Virginia	Harley M. Kilgore	Democratic	1940 1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harley M. Kilgore (Democratic) 53.6% Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 46.4%
Wisconsin	Joseph McCarthy	Republican	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph 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.	Y Frank A. Barrett (Republican) 51.6% Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 48.4%

Arizona

1952 United States Senate election in Arizona[1]
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	82.28
	Republican gain from Democratic

California

1952 United States Senate election in California[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William Knowland (Incumbent)	3,982,448	87.79	+33.69%
	Progressive	Reuben W. Borough	542,270	11.95	N/A
	Write-in	Helen Gahagan Douglas	11,812	0.26	N/A
Total votes			4,536,530	100.00
	Republican hold		Swing

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)

Connecticut special election

Turnout

54.47%


Nominee	Prescott Bush	Abraham A. Ribicoff
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	559,465	530,505
Percentage	51.17%	48.52%

U.S. senator before election

William A. Purtell
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Prescott Bush
Republican

Connecticut special election[1][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Prescott Bush	559,465	51.17
	Democratic	Abraham A. Ribicoff	530,505	48.52
	Socialist	William J. Taft	3,298	0.30
Majority			28,960	2.65
Turnout			1,093,268	54.47
	Republican hold

Connecticut (Regular)

Connecticut regular election


Nominee	William A. Purtell	William Benton
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	573,854	485,066
Percentage	52.48%	44.36%

U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes those won by Purtell.
Blue denotes counties won by Benton.

Benton—40-50%

Purtell—50-60%

Purtell—60-70%

U.S. senator before election

William Benton
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

William A. Purtell
Republican

Connecticut general election[1]
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

Delaware

Delaware election


Nominee	John J. Williams	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	93,020	77,685
Percentage	54.49%	45.51%

U.S. senator before election

John J. Williams
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John J. Williams
Republican

1952 United States Senate election in Delaware[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Williams (Incumbent)	93,020	54.49
	Democratic	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	77,685	45.51
Majority			15,335	8.98
Turnout			170,705
	Republican hold

Florida

1952 United States Senate election in Florida

November 4, 1952


Nominee	Spessard Holland	Write-ins
Party	Democratic
Popular vote	616,665	1,135
Percentage	99.82%	0.18%

County Results
Holland: >90%

U.S. senator before election

Spessard Holland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Spessard Holland
Democratic

Results

General election results[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spessard Holland (incumbent)	616,665	99.82%
		Write-ins	1,135	0.18%
Total votes			617,800	100.00%

Indiana

Indiana election


Nominee	William E. Jenner	Henry F. Schricker
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,020,605	911,169
Percentage	52.44%	46.82%

U.S. senator before election

William E. Jenner
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William E. Jenner
Republican

1952 United States Senate election in Indiana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William E. Jenner (Incumbent)	1,020,605	52.44
	Democratic	Henry F. Schricker	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)

1952 United States Senate special election in Kentucky[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sherman Cooper	494,576	51.51
	Democratic	Thomas R. Underwood (incumbent)	465,652	48.49
Majority			28,924	3.02
Turnout			960,228
	Republican gain from Democratic

Maine

Maine election

September 8, 1952


Nominee	Frederick G. Payne	Roger P. Dube
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	139,205	82,665
Percentage	58.70%	34.86%


Nominee	Earl S. Grant
Party	Independent Democratic
Popular vote	15,294
Percentage	6.45%

U.S. senator before election

Owen Brewster
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Frederick G. Payne
Democratic

1952 United States Senate election in Maine[1]
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

Maryland election


Nominee	James Glenn Beall	George P. Mahoney
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	449,823	406,370
Percentage	52.54%	47.46%

U.S. senator before election

Herbert O'Conor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

James Glenn Beall
Republican

1952 United States Senate election in Maryland[1]
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

Massachusetts election


Nominee	John F. Kennedy	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,211,984	1,141,247
Percentage	51.34%	48.35%

Municipal results

U.S. senator before election

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

General election[3]
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
Majority			70,737	3.0
Turnout			2,360,425
	Democratic gain from Republican

Michigan

Senator Charles E. Potter

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.[7] Moody lost both the special and the regular elections to Republican congressman Charles E. Potter.

Michigan (Special)

Michigan special election[1][8]
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	819	0.03
	None	Scattering	160	0.01
Majority			69,327	2.51
Turnout			2,765,716	43.40
	Republican gain from Democratic

Michigan (Regular)

Michigan general election[1][9]
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	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				44.28
	Republican gain from Democratic

Minnesota

Minnesota election


Nominee	Edward J. Thye	Bill Carlson
Party	Republican	Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote	785,649	590,011
Percentage	56.63%	42.53%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Edward J. Thye
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward J. Thye
Republican

Minnesota election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward J. Thye (Incumbent)	785,649	56.63
	Democratic (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 hold

Mississippi

1952 United States Senate election in Mississippi[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (Incumbent)	233,919	100.00
	Democratic hold

Missouri

1952 United States Senate election in Missouri[1]
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

Montana election


Nominee	Mike Mansfield	Zales Ecton
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	133,109	127,360
Percentage	50.75%	48.56%

U.S. senator before election

Zales Ecton
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

1952 United States Senate election in Montana[1]
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

Nebraska (Special)

1952 United States Senate special election in Nebraska[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight Griswold	369,841	63.57
	Democratic	William Ritchie	164,660	36.42
	None	Scattering	11	<0.01
Majority			157,943	27.15
Turnout			581,750
	Republican hold

Nebraska (Regular)

1952 United States Senate election in Nebraska[1]
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

1952 United States Senate election in Nevada[1]
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
	Republican hold

New Jersey

New Jersey election


Nominee	Howard Smith	Archibald S. Alexander
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,286,782	1,011,187
Percentage	55.51%	43.62%

County Results
Smith: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Alexander: 50–60%

Senator before election

Howard Smith
Republican

Elected Senator

Howard Smith
Republican

1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard 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

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

New Mexico

1952 United States Senate election in New Mexico[1]
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

New York election


Nominee	Irving Ives	John Cashmore
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	3,853,934	2,521,736
Percentage	55.21%	36.13%


Nominee	George S. Counts
Party	Liberal
Popular vote	489,775
Percentage	7.02%

U.S. senator before election

Irving M. Ives
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Irving M. Ives
Republican

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.[10] 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.[11]

The Republican incumbent Ives was re-elected with the then largest plurality[lower-alpha 3] in state history.

New York election[1]
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[lower-alpha 4]	4,263	0.06
	Socialist	Joseph S. Glass[lower-alpha 5]	3,382	0.05
	Industrial Government	Nathan Karp[lower-alpha 6]	2,451	0.04
Majority			1,332,198	19.08
Turnout			6,980,259
	Republican hold

North Dakota

North Dakota election


Nominee	William Langer	Harold Morrison
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	157,907	55,347
Percentage	66.35%	23.26%


Nominee	Fred G. Aandahl
Party	Independent
Popular vote	24,741
Percentage	10.40%

U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes those won by Langer.

Langer—50-60%

Langer—60-70%

Langer—70-80%

Langer—80-90%

Senator before election

William Langer
Republican

Elected Senator

William Langer
Republican

North Dakota election[1][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Langer (Incumbent)	157,907	66.35
	Democratic	Harold A. Morrison	55,347	23.26
	Independent	Fred G. Aandahl (Write-in)	24,741	10.40
Majority			102,560	43.09
Turnout			204,635	38.41
	Republican hold

Ohio

1952 United States Senate election in Ohio[1]
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

Pennsylvania election


Nominee	Edward Martin	Guy K. Bard
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,331,034	2,168,546
Percentage	51.6%	48.0%

U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes those won by Martin.
Blue denotes counties won by Bard.

Bard—40-50%

Bard—50-60%

Bard—60-70%

Martin—40-50%

Martin—50-60%

Martin—60-70%

Martin—70-80%

U.S. senator before election

Edward Martin
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward Martin
Republican

1952 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[1]
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

1952 United States Senate election in Rhode Island[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John O. Pastore (Incumbent)	225,128	54.78
	Republican	Bayard Ewing[13]	185,850	45.22
Majority			39,278	9.56
Turnout			410,978
	Democratic hold

Tennessee

Democratic primary, August 7, 1952[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Gore Sr.	334,957	56.54
	Democratic	Kenneth D. McKellar (Incumbent)	245,054	41.36
	Democratic	John Randolph Neal Jr.	7,181	1.21
	Democratic	Herman H. Ross	4,950	0.84
	Democratic	James Patrick Sutton (Write-In)	293	0.05
Majority			89,903	15.18
Turnout				18.00

1952 United States Senate election in Tennessee[1]
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 Jr.	14,132	1.92
	None	Write-Ins	7	0.00
Majority			391,953	53.31
Turnout			735,219
	Democratic hold

Texas

1952 United States Senate election in Texas[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Price Daniel	1,895,192	100.00
	Democratic hold

Utah

1952 United States Senate election in Utah[1]
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

Vermont election


Nominee	Ralph Flanders	Allan R. Johnston
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	111,406	42,630
Percentage	72.3%	27.7%

U.S. senator before election

Ralph Flanders
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ralph Flanders
Republican

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1952[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Flanders (Incumbent)	111,406	72.3
	Democratic	Allan R. Johnston	42,630	27.7
	N/A	Other	16	0.0
Total votes			154,052	100
	Republican hold

Virginia

Virginia election


Nominee	Harry F. Byrd Sr.	H.M. Vise Sr.
Party	Democratic	Independent Democratic
Popular vote	398,677	69,133
Percentage	73.4%	12.7%


Nominee	Clarke T. Robb
Party	Social Democratic
Popular vote	67,281
Percentage	12.4%

County and Independent City Results

Byrd: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%

Vise: 40-50%

U.S. senator before election

Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Democratic

1952 United States Senate election in Virginia[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Incumbent)	398,677	73.35	+8.51%
	Independent Democratic	H.M. Vise Sr.	69,133	12.72	+12.72%
	Social Democratic	Clarke T. Robb	67,281	12.38	+11.75%
	Write-ins		8,425	1.55	+1.54%
Majority			329,544	60.63
Turnout			543,516
	Democratic hold		Swing

Washington

1952 United States Senate election in Washington[1]
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

1952 United States Senate election in West Virginia[1]
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

1952 United States Senate election in Wisconsin[1]
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

1952 United States Senate election in Wyoming[1]
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

Notes

In Maine
At the time of these elections, Styles Bridges was the Republican leader. When the new congress began, Bridges became President pro tempore of the United States Senate, while Robert A. Taft of Ohio became majority leader.
In the New York election, "largest plurality" in this case means: difference between first and second placed candidate, considering the absolute number of votes
Michael Bartell also ran for Governor of New York in 1950.
Joseph G. Glass also ran for New York Attorney General in 1942.
Nathan Karp (b. ca. 1915), clothing cutter of Queens, also ran for lieutenant governor in 1950, Mayor of New York in 1953; and Governor of New York in 1954.

References

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (May 12, 1953). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 6–7, 14–15, 24–25, 55.
"Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
"Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
"AZ US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7716
"FL US Senate".
"Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 05, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"DR. COUNTS TO STAY AS LIBERAL CHOICE". The New York Times. September 6, 1952.
"LIBERALS ADAMANT AGAINST CASHMORE". The New York Times. September 3, 1952.
"Our Campaigns - ND US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.
Lambert, Bruce (November 1, 1991). "Bayard Ewing, 75, Ex-U.S. Chairman Of the United Way". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=384625
"General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
"Our Campaigns - VT US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

Sources

"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.

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[Maine-1] In Maine

[2] At the time of these elections, Styles Bridges was the Republican leader. When the new congress began, Bridges became President pro tempore of the United States Senate, while Robert A. Taft of Ohio became majority leader.

[14] In the New York election, "largest plurality" in this case means: difference between first and second placed candidate, considering the absolute number of votes

[15] Michael Bartell also ran for Governor of New York in 1950.

[16] Joseph G. Glass also ran for New York Attorney General in 1942.

[17] Nathan Karp (b. ca. 1915), clothing cutter of Queens, also ran for lieutenant governor in 1950, Mayor of New York in 1953; and Governor of New York in 1954.

[Clerk-3] Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (May 12, 1953). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 6–7, 14–15, 24–25, 55.

[Michigan-4] "Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

[Massachusetts-5] "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[ArizonaOurCampaign-6] "AZ US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

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[8] "FL US Senate".

[9] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 05, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[10] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[11] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[12] "DR. COUNTS TO STAY AS LIBERAL CHOICE". The New York Times. September 6, 1952.

[13] "LIBERALS ADAMANT AGAINST CASHMORE". The New York Times. September 3, 1952.

[18] "Our Campaigns - ND US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[19] Lambert, Bruce (November 1, 1991). "Bayard Ewing, 75, Ex-U.S. Chairman Of the United Way". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

[20] ttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=384625

[results-21] "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

[22] "Our Campaigns - VT US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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1952 United States Senate elections

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