1957 United States Senate special election in Texas

1957 United States Senate special election in Texas
	April 2, 1957
	April 2, 1957
U.S. senator before election; William Blakley; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Ralph Yarborough; Democratic

The 1957 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on April 2, 1957 to complete the unexpired term of Senator Price Daniel, who resigned to become Governor of Texas. Interim Senator William Blakley did not run for re-election. The race was won by Ralph Yarborough with a plurality of the vote; no majority was required.

Background

In November 1956, incumbent Senator Price Daniel was elected Governor of Texas. He resigned from the Senate before taking office in January 1957. Outgoing Governor Allan Shivers appointed William Blakley to fill the seat until a successor could be duly elected, with the election scheduled for April 2. The winner would finish Daniel's term ending in 1959.

Candidates

Major candidates

Searcy Bracewell (Democratic), State Senator from Houston and President pro tempore of the Texas Senate
Martin Dies Jr. (Democratic), U.S. Representative from Lufkin (representing Texas at-large)
James P. Hart (Democratic), former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Thad Hutcheson (Republican), Houston attorney
John Coyle White (Democratic), Texas Agriculture Commissioner since 1951
Ralph Yarborough (Democratic), Travis County District Judge and candidate for Governor in 1952, 1954, and 1956

Minor candidates

None of these candidates received more than 0.25% of the popular vote.

Elmer Adams
H.J. Antoine
M. T. Banks
Jacob Bergolofsky
John C. Burns
H. Frank Connally
Frank G. Cortez
J. Cal Courtney
R. Waire Currin
Charles O. Foerster, Jr.
Curtis Ford
Charles W. Hill
Walter S. McNutt
J. Perrin Willis
Hugh Wilson

Results

1957 U.S. Senate special election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph W. Yarborough	364,605	38.09%
	Democratic	Martin Dies Jr.	290,803	30.38%
	Republican	Thad Hutcheson	219,591	22.94%
	Democratic	Searcy Bracewell	33,384	3.49%
	Democratic	James P. Hart	19,739	2.06%
	Democratic	John C. White	19,739	1.24%
	Various	Minor candidates	17,300	1.81%
Total votes			957,298	100.00%

References

"TX US Senate – Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved 28 Nov 2020.

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[1] "TX US Senate – Special Election". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved 28 Nov 2020.