1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut
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The 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut was held on November 4, 1952, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Brien McMahon.
Incumbent Senator Prescott Bush, who won the special election, was later re-elected in 1956 to a full term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas J. Dodd.
Background
Senator Brien McMahon, whose term in office was scheduled to expire in 1957, died on July 28, 1952. William A. Purtell, who was already the Republican nominee for Connecticut's other Senate seat in a regularly scheduled election for the term expiring in 1959, was appointed to fill the seat until a successor could be duly elected. Purtell continued to stand in the regular election rather than run for the remainder of McMahon's term.
General election
Candidates
- Prescott Bush, banker and candidate for U.S. Senate in the 1950 special election (Republican)
- Abraham Ribicoff, U.S. Representative from Hartford (Democratic)
- William J. Taft (Socialist)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Prescott Bush | 559,465 | 51.17% | ||
Democratic | Abraham A. Ribicoff | 530,505 | 48.52% | ||
Socialist | William J. Taft | 3,298 | 0.30% | ||
Total votes | 1,093,268 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "1952 Senatorial Special Election Results - Connecticut". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
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