1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

Summary

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.

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

← 1950 November 6, 1956 1962 →
 
Nominee Homer Capehart Claude Wickard
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,084,262 871,781
Percentage 55.21% 44.39%

County results
Capehart:      50–60%      60-70%      70-80%
Wickard:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Homer Capehart
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Capehart
Republican

General election edit

Candidates edit

  • 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 edit

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana[1][2]
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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1956".