u.s. senate election, 1952

The U.S. Senate election, 1952 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 managed to make a net gain of two seats, which was reduced to one when Wayne L. Morse (R-OR) became an independent after his pro-New Deal positions and support for Adlai Stevenson alienated Republican leaders. Republicans defeated incumbents Ernest W. McFarland (D-AZ and the Majority Leader), William Benton (D-CT), Thomas R. Underwood (D-KY), Blair Moody (D-MI), and Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY), as well as taking the open seat in Maryland. Democrats defeated incumbents Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-MA), James P. Kem (R-MO), Zales N. Ecton (R-MT), and Harry P. Cain (R-WA).

Senate contests in 1952

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gcolor="#cccccc"\|Incumbent	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Party	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Status	bgcolor="#cccccc"\|Opposing Candidates
a href="/encyclopedia/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona	Ernest W. McFarland	Democrat	Defeated, 51.3 - 48.7	Barry Goldwater (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/California" title="California">California	William F. Knowland	Republican	Re-elected, 87.7 - 11.9	Reuben W. Borough (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut	William Benton	Democrat	Defeated, 52.5 - 44.4	William A. Purtell (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut¹	William A. Purtell	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 51.2 - 48.5	Prescott S. Bush (Republican) Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware	John J. Williams	Republican	Re-elected, 54.5 - 45.5	A. I. du Pont Bayard (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Florida" title="Florida">Florida	Spessard L. Holland	Democrat	Re-elected, 99.8
a href="/encyclopedia/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana	William E. Jenner	Republican	Re-elected, 52.4 - 46.8	Henry F. Schrecker (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky²	Thomas R. Underwood	Democrat	Defeated, 51.5 - 48.5	John S. Cooper (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Maine" title="Maine">Maine	Ralph O. Brewster	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 58.7 - 34.9 - 6.4	Frederick G. Payne (Republican) Roger P. Dube (Democrat) Earl S. Grant (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland	Herbert R. O'Conor	Democrat	Retired: Republican victory, 52.5 - 47.5	James Glenn Beall (Republican) George P. Mahoney (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.	Republican	Defeated, 51.4 - 48.4	John F. Kennedy (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan	Blair Moody	Democrat	Defeated, 50.6 - 49.0	Charles E. Potter (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota	Edward J. Thye	Republican	Re-elected, 56.6 - 42.5	William E. Carlson (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri	James P. Kem	Republican	Defeated, 54.0 - 45.9	Stuart Symington (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Montana" title="Montana">Montana	Zales N. Ecton	Republican	Defeated, 50.8 - 48.6	Mike Mansfield (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska	Hugh Butler	Republican	Re-elected, 69.1 - 27.8	Stanley D. Long (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska³	Fred Andrew Seaton	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 63.6 - 36.4	Dwight Griswold (Republican) William Ritchie (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada	George W. Malone	Republican	Re-elected, 51.7 - 48.3	Thomas B. Mechling (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey	H. Alexander Smith	Republican	Re-elected, 55.5 - 43.6	Archibald S. Alexander (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico	Dennis Chavez	Democrat	Re-elected, 51.1 - 48.9	Patrick J. Hurley (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-York" title="New York">New York	Irving M. Ives	Republican	Re-elected, 55.2 - 36.1 - 7.0	John Cashmore (Democrat) George S. Counts (Liberal)
a href="/encyclopedia/North-Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota	William Langer	Republican	Re-elected, 66.4 - 23.3 - 10.4	Harold A. Morrison (Democrat) Fred G. Aandahl (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio	John W. Bricker	Republican	Re-elected, 54.6 - 45.4	Michael V. DiSalle (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania	Edward Martin	Republican	Re-elected, 51.6 - 48.0	Guy K. Bard (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhode-Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island	John O. Pastore	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.8 - 45.2	Bayard Ewing (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar	Democrat	Defeated in primary: Democrat victory, 74.2 - 20.9	Albert Gore, Sr. (Democrat) Hobart F. Atkins (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Texas" title="Texas">Texas	Tom Connally	Democrat	Retired: Democrat victory, unopposed	Price Daniel (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Utah" title="Utah">Utah	Arthur V. Watkins	Republican	Re-elected, 54.3 - 45.7	Walter K. Granger (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont	Ralph E. Flanders	Republican	Re-elected, 72.3 - 27.7	Allan R. Johnston (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democrat	Re-elected, 73.4 - 12.7 - 12.4	H. M. Vise, Sr. (Independent) Clarke T. Robb (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/Washington" title="Washington">Washington	Harry P. Cain	Republican	Defeated, 56.2 - 43.5	Henry M. Jackson (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/West-Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia	Harley M. Kilgore	Democrat	Re-elected, 53.6 - 46.4	Chapman Revercomb (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin	Joseph R. McCarthy	Republican	Re-elected, 54.2 - 45.6	Thomas E. Fairchild (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democrat	Defeated, 51.6 - 48.4	Frank A. Barrett (Republican)

¹ special election held due to death of Brien McMahon (D-CT). Interim Senator William A. Purtell was successfully elected to Connecticut's other Senate seat, and did not for re-election in the special election. ² special election held due to death of Virgil M. Chapman (D-KY) ³ special election held due to death of Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)