1952 United States Senate election in Virginia

1952 United States Senate election in Virginia

November 4, 1952

Nominee Harry F. Byrd, Sr. H.M. Vise, Sr. Clarke T. Robb Party Democratic Independent Democrat Social Democratic Popular vote 398,677 69,133 67,281 Percentage 73.4% 12.7% 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

The 1958 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was re-elected to a fourth term after defeating Independent Democrat H.M. Vise, Sr. and Social Democrat Clarke Robb.

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (inc.)	398,677	73.35%	+8.51%
	Independent Democrat	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