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1952 United States Senate election in Maryland
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James Glenn Beall
Republican Party (US)
449,823
52.54%
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George P. Mahoney
Democratic Party (US)
406,370
47.46% 1952 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County resultsBeall: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Mahoney: #7996e2 50–60%
U.S. Senator
Herbert O'Conor
Democratic Party (US)
James Glenn Beall
Republican Party (US)
The 1952 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1952.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Herbert O'Conor chose not to seek re-election for a second term. Republican U.S. Representative James Glenn Beall defeated Democrat George P. Mahoney to win the open seat. This was the first time since 1928 that a Republican was elected to the Class 1 Senate seat in Maryland.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Lansdale G. Sasscer, U.S. Representative from Upper Marlboro
George P. Mahoney, paving contractor and candidate for governor in 1950
Stephen B. Petticord
Results
1952 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000165/html/am165--331.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0331 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 331 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113578 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 5 1952 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023
Democratic Party (US)
George P. Mahoney
136,932
51.05%
Democratic Party (US)
Lansdale G. Sasscer
122,679
45.74%
Democratic Party (US)
Stephen Petticord
8,620
3.21%
268,231
100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
James Glenn Beall, U.S. Representative from Frostburg
Royden Addison Blunt
H. Grady Gore, lawyer and real estate investor
Thomas Hankinson
Herman L. Mills
Results
1952 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000165/html/am165--331.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0331 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 331 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126882 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 5 1952 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 12, 2023
Republican Party (US)
James Glenn Beall
54,045
52.85%
Republican Party (US)
H. Grady Gore
32,804
32.08%
Republican Party (US)
Royden Addison Blunt
7,298
7.14%
Republican Party (US)
Herman L. Mills
5,466
5.35%
Republican Party (US)
Thomas Hankinson
2,652
2.59%
102,265
100.00%
General election
Results
General election resultshttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000165/html/am165--306.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0306 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 306 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25353 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1952&off=3&class=undefined&elect=0&fips=24&f=0 1952 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland March 13, 2016 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 14, 2023
Republican Party (United States)
James Glenn Beall
449,823
51.18%
2.78
Democratic Party (United States)
George P. Mahoney
406,370
48.82%
2.78
856,193
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
Results by county
+CountyJ. Glenn Beall
RepublicanGeorge P. Mahoney
DemocraticMarginTotal
Votes
Cast#%#%#% Allegany 20830 61.85% 12531 37.21% 8299 24.64% 33679 Anne Arundel 20359 56.38% 15649 43.34% 4710 13.04% 36110 Baltimore (City) 145827 44.45% 180378 54.98% -34551 -10.53% 328102 Baltimore (County) 71543 56.26% 55476 43.62% 16067 12.63% 127166 Calvert 2541 51.47% 2356 47.72% 185 3.75% 4937 Caroline 3696 54.86% 3024 44.89% 672 9.97% 6737 Carroll 10764 66.11% 5474 33.62% 5290 32.49% 16281 Cecil 5700 49.00% 5895 50.68% -195 -1.68% 11632 Charles 3757 50.15% 3683 49.16% 74 0.99% 7492 Dorchester 4994 50.83% 4808 48.94% 186 1.89% 9824 Frederick 14981 67.67% 7067 31.92% 7914 35.75% 22138 Garrett 4869 68.58% 2210 31.13% 2659 37.45% 7100 Harford 9064 54.31% 7575 45.39% 1489 8.92% 16690 Howard 4928 55.15% 3981 44.56% 947 10.60% 8935 Kent 3038 51.73% 2752 46.86% 286 4.87% 5873 Montgomery 44293 60.51% 28765 39.30% 15528 21.21% 73194 Prince George's 33103 52.91% 29365 46.94% 3738 5.97% 62562 Queen Anne's 2714 43.18% 3544 56.39% -830 -13.21% 6285 St. Mary's 3537 45.89% 4122 53.48% -585 -7.59% 7707 Somerset 3803 49.45% 3887 50.55% -84 -1.09% 7690 Talbot 4832 59.02% 3326 40.63% 1506 18.40% 8187 Washington 18042 60.37% 11729 39.24% 6313 21.12% 29887 Wicomico 8461 59.35% 5763 40.43% 2698 18.93% 14255 Worcester 4147 57.69% 3010 41.87% 1137 15.82% 7189 Total 449823 52.33% 406370 47.27% 43453 5.05% 859652
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Calvert
Caroline
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George's
Wicomico
Worcester
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Somerset
See also
1952 United States Senate elections
1952 United States elections
References
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