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1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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This article is about the Class III regular election to the United States Senate for the open term beginning in 1957. For the simultaneous special Class II election to complete Alben Barkley's unexpired term, see1956 United States Senate special election in Kentucky.

1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky

← 1950

November 6, 1956

1962 →


Nominee	Thruston Ballard Morton	Earle Clements
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	506,903	499,922
Percentage	50.35%	49.65%

County results
Morton: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Clements: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Earle Clements
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thruston Ballard Morton
Republican

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The regular-term1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1956. Democratic Sen.Earle Clements was defeated for re-election by Republican U.S. RepresentativeThruston B. Morton.

Primary elections

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Primary elections were held on May 29, 1956.^[1]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Earle Clements, incumbentU.S. Senator
Joe B. Bates, formerU.S. Representative fromRaceland
Rev. James L. Delk, unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in1946 and1950

Results

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Democratic primary results^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earle Clements (incumbent)	218,353	60.89
	Democratic	Joe B. Bates	136,533	38.08
	Democratic	James L. Delk	3,703	1.03
Total votes			358,589	100.00

Republican primary results^[2]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thruston B. Morton	42,038	70.64
	Republican	Julian H. Golden	12,976	21.81
	Republican	Granville P. Thomas	4,495	7.55
Total votes			59,509	100.00

General election

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Results

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1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thruston B. Morton	506,903	50.35
	Democratic	Earle Clements (Incumbent)	499,922	49.65
Majority			6,981	0.70
Turnout			1,006,825
	Republicangain fromDemocratic

References

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^^a ^b"Clements Easily Defeats Chandler Man in Primary".Evening star. Washington, D.C. May 30, 1956. p. A-8. RetrievedOctober 28, 2022.
^^a ^bCongressional Quarterly 1998, p. 122.
^Kentucky Votes 1963, p. 70-71.
^"KY US Senate, 1956 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. RetrievedOctober 28, 2022.
^"Florida and Kentucky Voters Go to Polls Today".Evening star. Washington, D.C. May 29, 1956. p. A-5. RetrievedOctober 28, 2022.
^Kentucky Votes 1963, p. 72-73.
^"KY US Senate, 1956 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. RetrievedOctober 28, 2022.
^Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 87.
^Kentucky Votes 1963, p. 74-75.
^"KY US Senate, 1956". Our Campaigns. RetrievedOctober 28, 2022.
^Clerk of the House of Representatives (1958)."Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956"(PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. RetrievedOctober 2, 2022.

Bibliography

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Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998.ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
Jewell, Malcolm E. (1963).Kentucky Votes. Vol. 1. University of Kentucky Press.

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