1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

November 6, 1956

Nominee Homer Capehart Claude Wickard Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,084,262 871,781 Percentage 55.21% 44.39%

U.S. senator before election Homer Capehart Republican Elected U.S. Senator Homer Capehart Republican

The 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer Capehart was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard.

General election

Candidates

• Homer Capehart, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
• Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor)
• Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
• Claude Wickard, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1940–45) (Democratic)

Results

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Homer Capehart (incumbent)	1,084,262	55.21%	2.40
	Democratic	Claude R. Wickard	871,781	44.39%	1.96
	Prohibition	Carl W. Thompson	6,685	0.34%	0.50
	Socialist Labor	Gordon A. Long	1,258	0.06%	N/A
Total votes			1,963,986	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 1956 United States Senate elections