1948 United States Senate elections
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The 1948 United States Senate elections were elections which coincided with the election of Democratic President Harry S. Truman for a full term. Truman had campaigned against an "obstructionist" Congress that had blocked many of his initiatives, and in addition the U.S. economy recovered from the postwar recession of 1946–47 by election day. Thus Truman was rewarded with a Democratic gain of nine seats in the Senate, enough to give them control of the chamber.[1][2]
Gains and losses
In addition to gaining an open seat in Oklahoma, the Democrats defeated eight Republican incumbents:
- C. Douglass Buck (R-DE)
- Henry Dworshak (R-ID)
- Charles W. Brooks (R-IL)
- George A. Wilson (R-IA)
- John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)
- Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)
- Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)
- Edward V. Robertson (R-WY)
Change in composition
Before the elections
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Election results
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D38 Re-elected |
D37 Re-elected |
D36 Re-elected |
D35 Re-elected |
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D32 Re-elected |
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D39 Re-elected |
D40 Re-elected |
D41 Re-elected |
D42 Hold |
D43 Hold |
D44 Hold |
D45 Hold |
D46 Gain |
D47 Gain |
D48 Gain |
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R39 Hold |
R40 Hold |
R41 Hold |
R42 Hold |
D54 Gain |
D53 Gain |
D52 Gain |
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R38 Re-elected |
R37 Re-elected |
R36 Re-elected |
R35 Re-elected |
R34 Re-elected |
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Race summaries
Special elections during the 80th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1948 or before January 3, 1949; ordered by election date.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Louisiana (Class 3) |
William C. Feazel | Democratic | 1948 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. Winner elected November 2, 1948. Democratic hold. |
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North Carolina (Class 2) |
William B. Umstead | Democratic | 1946 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. Winner elected November 2, 1948. Democratic hold. |
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Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1949; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | John Sparkman | Democratic | 1946 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas | John L. McClellan | Democratic | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Colorado | Edwin C. Johnson | Democratic | 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Delaware | C. Douglass Buck | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Georgia | Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic | 1932 (Special) 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Idaho | Henry Dworshak | Republican | 1946 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Illinois | Charles W. Brooks | Republican | 1940 (Special) 1942 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Iowa | George A. Wilson | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Kansas | Arthur Capper | Republican | 1918 1924 1930 1936 1942 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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Kentucky | John Sherman Cooper | Republican | 1946 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Louisiana | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine | Wallace H. White Jr. | Republican | 1930 1936 1942 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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Massachusetts | Leverett Saltonstall | Republican | 1944 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan | Homer S. Ferguson | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota | Joseph H. Ball | Republican | 1940 (Appointed) 1942 (Retired) 1942 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Mississippi | James Eastland | Democratic | 1941 (Appointed) 1941 (Retired) 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Montana | James E. Murray | Democratic | 1934 (Special) 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska | Kenneth S. Wherry | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Hampshire | Styles Bridges | Republican | 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Jersey | Albert W. Hawkes | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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New Mexico | Carl Hatch | Democratic | 1933 (Appointed) 1934 (Special) 1936 1942 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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North Carolina | William B. Umstead | Democratic | 1946 (Appointed) | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to finish the term, see above. |
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Oklahoma | Edward H. Moore | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Oregon | Guy Cordon | Republican | 1944 (Appointed) 1944 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Rhode Island | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | 1936 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina | Burnet R. Maybank | Democratic | 1941 (Special) 1942 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Dakota | Vera C. Bushfield | Republican | 1948 (Appointed) | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Incumbent resigned December 26, 1948 and winner appointed December 31, 1948 to finish the term. |
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Tennessee | Tom Stewart | Democratic | 1938 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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Texas | W. Lee O'Daniel | Democratic | 1941 (Special) 1942 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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Virginia | Absalom Willis Robertson | Democratic | 1946 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia | Chapman Revercomb | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Wyoming | Edward V. Robertson | Republican | 1942 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Alabama
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Sparkman (Incumbent) | 185,534 | 84.00% | |
Republican | Paul G. Parsons | 35,341 | 16.00% | |
Majority | 150,193 | 68.00% | ||
Turnout | 220,875 | |||
Democratic hold |
Arkansas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John L. McClellan (Incumbent) | 216,401 | 100.00% | |
Democratic hold |
Colorado
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edwin C. Johnson | 340,719 | 66.79% | |
Republican | Will Nicholson | 165,069 | 32.36% | |
Progressive | Joe Gurule | 2,981 | 0.58% | |
Socialist | Carle Whithead | 1,352 | 0.27% | |
Majority | 175,650 | 34.43% | ||
Turnout | 510,121 | |||
Democratic hold |
Delaware
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. Allen Frear Jr. | 71,888 | 50.85% | |
Republican | C. Douglass Buck (incumbent) | 68,246 | 48.28% | |
Majority | 3,642 | 2.57% | ||
Turnout | 141,362 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Georgia
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard Russell Jr. (Incumbent) | 362,104 | 99.89% | |
Write-In | Larkin Marshall | 388 | 0.11% | |
Write-In | Ellis Arnall | 9 | 0.00% | |
Write-In | Roy Harris | 2 | 0.00% | |
Write-In | Harry Sommers | 1 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 361,716 | 99.78% | ||
Turnout | 362,504 | |||
Democratic hold |
Idaho
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bert H. Miller | 107,000 | 49.96% | |
Republican | Henry Dworshak (Incumbent) | 103,868 | 48.49% | |
Progressive | John Derr | 3,154 | 1.47% | |
Socialist | Paul Wengert | 166 | 0.08% | |
Majority | 3,132 | 1.47% | ||
Turnout | 214,188 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Illinois
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Douglas | 2,147,754 | 55.07% | |
Republican | Charles W. Brooks (Incumbent) | 1,740,026 | 44.61% | |
Prohibition | Enoch A. Holtwick | 9,784 | 0.25% | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Schnur | 2,693 | 0.07% | |
None | Write-In | 28 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 407,728 | 10.46% | ||
Turnout | 3,900,285 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Iowa
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Guy Gillette | 578,226 | 57.80% | |
Republican | George A. Wilson (Incumbent) | 415,778 | 41.56% | |
Progressive | Seymour Pitcher | 3,387 | 0.34% | |
Prohibition | Z. Everett Kellum | 2,580 | 0.26% | |
Socialist | Hugo Bockewitz | 441 | 0.04% | |
Majority | 162,448 | 16.24% | ||
Turnout | 1,000,412 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Kansas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andrew Frank Schoeppel | 393,412 | 54.92% | |
Democratic | George McGill | 305,987 | 42.72% | |
Prohibition | C. Floyd Hester | 16,943 | 2.37% | |
Majority | 87,425 | 12.20% | ||
Turnout | 716,342 | |||
Republican hold |
Kentucky
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Virgil Chapman | 408,256 | 51.39% | |
Republican | John Sherman Cooper (Incumbent) | 383,776 | 48.31% | |
Socialist | W. A. Standefur | 1,232 | 0.16% | |
Progressive | H. G. Stanfield | 924 | 0.12% | |
Socialist Labor | David R. Cox | 254 | 0.03% | |
Write-In | John Y. Brown | 26 | 0.00% | |
Write-In | O. G. Gaines | 1 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 24,480 | 3.08% | ||
Turnout | 794,469 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Louisiana
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Louisiana (Regular)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Allen J. Ellender (Incumbent) | 330,115 | 100.00% | |
Independent | Maurice Eugene Clark | 9 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 330,106 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 330,124 | |||
Democratic hold |
Louisiana (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Russell B. Long | 306,336 | 74.96% | |
Republican | Clem S. Clarke | 102,331 | 25.04% | |
Majority | 204,005 | 49.92% | ||
Turnout | 408,667 | |||
Democratic hold |
Maine
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Margaret Chase Smith (Incumbent) | 159,182 | 71.30% | |
Democratic | Adrian H. Scolten | 64,074 | 28.70% | |
Majority | 95,108 | 42.60% | ||
Turnout | 223,256 | |||
Republican hold |
Massachusetts
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Leverett Saltonstall (Incumbent) | 1,088,475 | 52.95% | |
Democratic | John I. Fitzgerald | 954,398 | 46.42% | |
Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 9,266 | 0.45% | |
Prohibition | E. Tallmadge Root | 3,652 | 0.18% | |
None | Scattering | 7 | 0.00% | |
Majority | 134,077 | 6.53% | ||
Turnout | 2,055,798 | |||
Republican hold |
Michigan
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Homer S. Ferguson (Incumbent) | 1,045,156 | 50.68% | |
Democratic | Frank E. Hook | 1,000,329 | 48.51% | |
Prohibition | Harold A. Lindahl | 12,146 | 0.59% | |
Socialist | Michael Magee | 2,160 | 0.10% | |
Socialist Labor | Theos S. Grove | 1,418 | 0.07% | |
Socialist Workers | Genora Dollinger | 882 | 0.04% | |
None | Scattering | 2.57% | 0.00% | |
Majority | 44,827 | 2.17% | ||
Turnout | 2,062,093 | |||
Republican hold |
Minnesota
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Hubert Humphrey | 729,494 | 59.78% | |
Republican | Joseph H. Ball (Incumbent) | 485,801 | 39.81% | |
Socialist Workers | Vincent R. Dunne | 4,951 | 0.41% | |
None | Scattering | 41.56% | 0.00% | |
Majority | 243,693 | 19.97% | ||
Turnout | 1,220,250 | |||
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican |
Mississippi
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Eastland (Incumbent) | 151,478 | 100.00% | |
Democratic hold |
Montana
Incumbent United States Senator James E. Murray, who was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 1934 and was re-elected in 1936 and 1942, ran for re-election. After winning the Democratic primary, he faced Tom J. Davis, an attorney and the Republican nominee, in the general election. Following a narrow re-election in 1936, Murray significantly expanded his margin of victory and comfortably won re-election over Davis, winning his fourth term and his third full term in the Senate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James E. Murray (Incumbent) | 125,193 | 56.65% | |
Republican | Tom J. Davis | 94,458 | 42.74% | |
Prohibition | C. S. Hanna | 1,352 | 0.61% | |
Majority | 30,735 | 13.91% | ||
Turnout | 221,003 | |||
Democratic hold |
Nebraska
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry (Incumbent) | 267,575 | 56.70% | |
Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 204,320 | 43.30% | |
Majority | 63,255 | 13.40% | ||
Turnout | 471,895 | |||
Republican hold |
New Hampshire
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Styles Bridges (Incumbent) | 129,600 | 58.14% | |
Democratic | Alfred E. Fortin | 91,760 | 41.17% | |
Progressive | John G. Rideout | 1,538 | 0.69% | |
Majority | 37,840 | 16.97% | ||
Turnout | 222,898 | |||
Republican hold |
New Jersey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert C. Hendrickson | 934,720 | 49.99% | |
Democratic | Archibald S. Alexander | 884,414 | 47.30% | |
Progressive | James Imbrie | 22,658 | 1.21% | |
Socialist | Rubye Smith | 11,450 | 0.61% | |
Socialist Workers | George Breitman | 8,076 | 0.43% | |
Prohibition | George W. Rideout | 4,656 | 0.25% | |
Socialist Labor | George E. Bopp | 3,908 | 0.21% | |
Majority | 50,306 | 2.69% | ||
Turnout | 1,869,882 | |||
Republican hold |
New Mexico
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clinton Presba Anderson (Incumbent) | 108,269 | 57.44% | |
Republican | Patrick J. Hurley | 80,226 | 42.56% | |
Majority | 28,043 | 13.88% | ||
Turnout | 188,495 | |||
Democratic hold |
North Carolina
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North Carolina (Regular)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. Melville Broughton (Incumbent) | 540,762 | 70.73% | |
Republican | John A. Wilkinson | 220,307 | 28.81% | |
Progressive | William T. Brown | 3,490 | 0.46% | |
Majority | 320,455 | 51.92% | ||
Turnout | 764,559 | |||
Democratic hold |
North Carolina (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. Melville Broughton (Incumbent) | 534,917 | 100.00% | |
Democratic hold |
Oklahoma
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert S. Kerr | 441,654 | 62.30% | |
Republican | Ross Rizley | 265,169 | 37.40% | |
Independent | W. O. Pratt | 2,108 | 0.30% | |
Majority | 176,485 | 24.90% | ||
Turnout | 708,931 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Oregon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Guy Cordon | 299,295 | 60.03% | |
Democratic | Manley J. Wilson | 199,275 | 39.97% | |
Majority | 100,020 | 20.06% | ||
Turnout | 498,570 | |||
Republican hold |
Rhode Island
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Theodore F. Green (Incumbent) | 190,158 | 59.35% | |
Republican | Thomas P. Hazard | 130,262 | 40.65% | |
Majority | 59,896 | 18.70% | ||
Turnout | 320,420 | |||
Democratic hold |
South Carolina
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Senator Burnet R. Maybank was opposed in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn and three other candidates. Maybank obtained over 50% in the primary election on August 10 to avoid a runoff election.
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Burnet R. Maybank | 161,608 | 51.5 |
W.J. Bryan Dorn | 76,749 | 24.4 |
Neville Bennett | 43,068 | 13.7 |
Alan Johnstone | 17,689 | 5.6 |
Marcus A. Stone | 14,904 | 4.8 |
Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its statewide candidates were never seriously challenged. Maybank did not campaign for the general election as there was no chance of defeat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Burnet R. Maybank (Incumbent) | 135,998 | 96.45% | |
Republican | J. Bates Gerald | 5,008 | 3.55% | |
Majority | 130,990 | 1 | ||
Turnout | 141,006 | |||
Democratic hold |
South Dakota
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Karl E. Mundt (Incumbent) | 144,084 | 59.33% | |
Democratic | John A. Engel | 98,749 | 40.67% | |
Majority | 45,335 | 18.66% | ||
Turnout | 242,833 | |||
Republican hold |
Tennessee
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Estes Kefauver | 326,142 | 65.33% | |
Republican | B. Carroll Reece | 166,947 | 33.44% | |
Independent | John Randolph Neal Jr. | 6,103 | 1.22% | |
None | Scattering | 26 | 0.01% | |
Majority | 159,195 | 31.89% | ||
Turnout | 499,218 | |||
Democratic hold |
Texas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lyndon Johnson | 702,985 | 66.22% | |
Republican | Jack Porter | 349,665 | 32.94% | |
Prohibition | Samuel N. Morris | 8,913 | 0.84% | |
Majority | 353,320 | 33.28% | ||
Turnout | 1,061,563 | |||
Democratic hold |
Virginia
Incumbent Democratic Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was re-elected to his first full term in office.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Absalom Willis Robertson (Incumbent) | 253,865 | 65.74% | −2.41% | |
Republican | Robert H. Woods | 118,546 | 30.70% | +1.68% | |
Independent | Howard Carwile | 6,788 | 1.76% | ||
Progressive | Virginia Foster Durr | 5,347 | 1.38% | +1.38% | |
Socialist | Clarke T. Robb | 1,627 | 0.42% | −2.40% | |
Write-ins | 5 | <0.01% | |||
Majority | 135,319 | 35.04% | −4.09% | ||
Turnout | 386,168 | ||||
Democratic hold |
West Virginia
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Matthew M. Neely | 435,354 | 56.99% | |
Republican | Chapman Revercomb (Incumbent) | 328,534 | 43.01% | |
Majority | 106,810 | 13.98% | ||
Turnout | 763,888 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Wyoming
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lester C. Hunt | 57,953 | 57.11% | |
Republican | Edward V. Robertson (Incumbent) | 43,527 | 42.89% | |
Majority | 14,426 | 14.22% | ||
Turnout | 101,480 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
See also
References
- ^ William S. White (November 4, 1948). "SWEEP IN CONGRESS – Democrats Obtain 54-42 Margin in Senate by Winning 9 G.O.P. Seats". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ "Truman Sweep". New York Times. November 7, 1948. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
Further reading
- Hartley, Robert E. Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History (Southern Illinois University Press; 2013)