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.
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County results Capehart: 50–60% 60-70% 70-80% Wickard: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |