U.s. Senate Election, 1954

The U.S. Senate election, 1954 was an election for the United States Senate which was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of one seat to the Democratic opposition. This small change was enough to give Democrats control of the chamber. Democrats defeated incumbents John S. Cooper (R-KY), Homer Ferguson (R-MI), Ernest S. Brown (R-NV), and Guy Cordon (R-OR), and took an open seat in Wyoming. Republicans took the seats of incumbents Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) and Thomas A. Burke (D-OH), and took open seats in Colorado and Idaho.

Senate contests in 1954

State>
gcolor="#cccccc"|Incumbent bgcolor="#cccccc"|Party bgcolor="#cccccc"|Status bgcolor="#cccccc"|Opposing Candidates
a href="/encyclopedia/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama John Sparkman Democrat Re-elected, 82.5 - 17.5 J. Foy Guin, Jr. (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas John L. McClellan Democrat Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/California" title="California">California1 Thomas H. Kuchel Republican Re-elected, 53.2 - 45.5 Samuel W. Yorty (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado Edwin C. Johnson Democrat Retired: Republican victory, 51.3 - 48.7 Gordon Allott (Republican)
John A. Carroll (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware J. Allen Frear, Jr. Democrat Re-elected, 56.9 - 43.1 Herbert B. Warburton (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Georgia-(U.S.-state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia Richard Russell, Jr. Democrat Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho Henry C. Dworshak Republican Re-elected, 62.8 - 37.2 Glen H. Taylor (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois Paul Douglas Democrat Re-elected, 53.6 - 46.4 Joseph T. Meek (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa Guy M. Gillette Democrat Defeated, 52.2 - 47.5 Thomas E. Martin (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican Re-elected, 56.3 - 41.8 George McGill (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky John S. Cooper Republican Defeated, 54.5 - 45.5 Alben W. Barkley (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana Allen J. Ellender Democrat Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/Maine" title="Maine">Maine Margaret C. Smith Republican Re-elected, 58.6 - 41.4 Paul A. Fullam (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall Republican Re-elected, 50.5 - 49.0 Foster Furcolo (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan Homer Ferguson Republican Defeated, 50.8 - 48.9 Patrick V. McNamara (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Democrat Re-elected, 56.4 - 42.1 Val Bjornson (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi James O. Eastland Democrat Re-elected, unopposed
a href="/encyclopedia/Montana" title="Montana">Montana James E. Murray Democrat Re-elected, 50.4 - 49.6 Wesley A. D'Ewart (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska2 Samuel W. Reynolds Republican Retired: Republican victory, 60.9 - 39.1 Roman L. Hruska (Republican)
James F. Green (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska Hazel H. Abel Republican Retired: Republican victory, 61.1 - 38.9 Carl T. Curtis (Republican)
Keith Neville (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada3 Ernest S. Brown Republican Defeated, 58.1 - 41.9 Alan Bible (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire Styles Bridges Republican Re-elected, 60.2 - 39.8 Gerard L. Morin (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire4 Robert W. Upton Republican Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 60.2 - 39.8 Norris Cotton (Republican)
Stanley J. Betley (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey Robert C. Hendrickson Republican Retired: Republican victory, 48.7 - 48.5 Clifford P. Case (Republican)
Charles R. Howell (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico Clinton P. Anderson Democrat Re-elected, 57.3 - 42.7 Edwin L. Mechem (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/North-Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina Alton Asa Lennon Democrat Defeated in primary: Democrat victory, 65.9 - 34.1 William Kerr Scott (Democrat)
Paul C. West (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/North-Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina5 Sam Ervin Democrat Re-elected, unopposed  
a href="/encyclopedia/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio6 Thomas A. Burke Democrat Defeated, 50.1 - 49.9 George H. Bender (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr Democrat Re-elected, 55.8 - 43.7 Fred M. Mock (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon Guy Cordon Republican Defeated, 50.2 - 49.8 Richard L. Neuberger (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhode-Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island Theodore F. Green Democrat Re-elected, 59.3 - 40.7 Walter I. Sundlun (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina Burnet R. Maybank Democrat Retired: Democrat victory, 63.1 - 36.8 Strom Thurmond (Democrat)
Edgar A. Brown (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota Karl E. Mundt Republican Re-elected, 57.3 - 42.7 Kenneth Holum (Democrat)
a href="/encyclopedia/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee Estes Kefauver Democrat Re-elected, 70.0 - 30.0 Tom Wall (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Texas" title="Texas">Texas Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat Re-elected, 84.7 - 14.8 Carlos G. Watson (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia A. Willis Robertson Democrat Re-elected, 79.9 - 10.7 - 9.4 Charles W. Lewis, Jr. (Independent)
Clarke T. Robb (Independent)
a href="/encyclopedia/West-Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia Matthew M. Neely Democrat Re-elected, 54.8 - 45.2 Thomas Sweeney (Republican)
a href="/encyclopedia/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming Edward D. Crippa Republican Retired: Democrat victory, 51.5 - 48.5 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democrat)
William H. Harrison (Republican)
1 special election held due to election of Richard M. Nixon (R-CA) to the office of Vice President in 1952 2 special election held due to death of Hugh Butler (R-NE) 3 special election held due to death of Patrick A. McCarran (D-NV) 4 special election held due to death of Charles W. Tobey (R-NH) 5 special election held due to death of Clyde Roark Hoey (D-NC) 6 special election held due to death of Robert A. Taft (R-OH)

See also

Senate composition before and after elections

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