1946 United States Senate special election in Kentucky

none March 2026 September 2023 1946 United States Senate special election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1942 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1942 1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1948 November 5, 1946 150x150px File:John Sherman Cooper.jpg John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) 327,652 53.27% File:John Y. Brown Sr.jpg John Y. Brown Democratic Party (United States) 285,829 46.47% 1946 United States Senate special election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsCooper: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #a80000ff >90%Brown: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% U.S. Senator William A. Stanfill Republican Party (United States) John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) The 1946 United States Senate special election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 1946, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Happy Chandler, who resigned to become Commissioner of Baseball. Interim Senator William A. Stanfill did not run for the full term. Republican John Sherman Cooper defeated Democratic former U.S. Representative John Y. Brown to complete the term. This was the first of seven consecutive elections to this seat (three special and four regular) in twenty years for which Cooper was the Republican nominee. Background Incumbent Senator Happy Chandler resigned to become Commissioner of Baseball on November 1, 1945. Governor Simeon Willis appointed William A. Stanfill to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. The special election was scheduled for November 5, 1946, concurrent with the general election. Primary elections Republican primary Candidates John Sherman Cooper, circuit judge and former State Representative Roscoe Conklin Douglas Results thumb|center|250px|Primary results by county #E27F7F Cooper #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #C21B18 80%–90% #A80000 90–100% #FFB380 Douglas #FF9955 60%–70% Republican primary resultshttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301?urlappend=%3Bseq=62%3Bownerid=13510798885884700-72 Kentucky Votes 1 52–53 1963 Jewell Malcolm E. University Press of Kentucky 2025-05-05 John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) 48092 85.85 Roscoe Conklin Douglas Republican Party (United States) 7927 14.15 56019 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Philip P. Ardery John Y. Brown, former U.S. Congressmember James Delk Blakey Helm Tom Logan George T. Smith Henry C. Stephens, Jr. John J. Thobe Norris Brooks Vincent Results thumb|center|250px|Primary results by county #7996E2 Brown #BDD3FF 30%–40% #A5B0FF 40%–50% #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90% #0D0596 90–100% #51C2C2 Ardery #ACF2F2 30%–40% #7DDDDD 40%–50% #51C2C2 50%–60% #2AACAC 60%–70% #009696 70%–80% #008080 80%–90% #BDBDBD Other #E6E6E6 30%–40% #D9D9D9 40%–50% #BDBDBD 50%–60% #969696 60%–70% #737373 70%–80% #555555 80%–90% #4A4A4A 90–100% Democratic primary resultshttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301?urlappend=%3Bseq=60%3Bownerid=13510798885882498-64 Kentucky Votes 1 50–51 1963 Jewell Malcolm E. University Press of Kentucky 2025-05-05 John Y. Brown Democratic Party (United States) 55297 43.64 Philip P. Ardery Democratic Party (United States) 42423 33.48 Blakey Helm Democratic Party (United States) 9864 7.79 Norris Brooks Vincent Democratic Party (United States) 7253 5.72 Tom Logan Democratic Party (United States) 4690 3.70 George T. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 2444 1.93 John J. Thobe Democratic Party (United States) 1826 1.44 Henry C. Stephens, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 1656 1.31 James Delk Democratic Party (United States) 1245 0.98 126698 100.00 General election Candidates John Young Brown, former U.S. Representative at-large (Democratic) John Sherman Cooper, circuit judge and former State Representative from Pulaski County (Republican) W. E. Sandefur (Socialist) Results 1946 U.S. Senate special election in Kentucky http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1946election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1947 Republican Party (US) John Sherman Cooper 327,652 53.27% Democratic Party (US) John Young Brown 285,829 46.47% Socialist Party (US) W. E. Sandefur 1,638 0.27% 615,119 100.00% Republican Party (US) See also 1946 United States Senate elections Notes References 1946 (special) Kentucky United States Senate Kentucky 1946 Kentucky 1946 United States Senate 1946