1948 United States Senate election in Kansas

none March 2026 September 2023 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas Kansas 1927 presidential no 1942 United States Senate election in Kansas 1942 1954 United States Senate election in Kansas 1954 November 2, 1948 150x150px File:Andrew Frank Schoeppel.jpg Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican Party (United States) 393,412 54.92% File:GeorgeMcGill (cropped).jpg George McGill Democratic Party (United States) 305,987 42.72% 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg 270px County resultsSchoeppel: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%McGill: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% U.S. Senator Arthur Capper Republican Party (United States) Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican Party (United States) The 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on Tuesday November 2, to elect a United States Senator to class 2 United States Senate seat to represent of the State of Kansas for 6-year term. beginning January 3, 1949 ending January 3, 1955, Incumbent Republican Senator Arthur Capper declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. Former Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel won the Republican primary in a landslide and faced former U.S. Senator George McGill, the Democratic nominee. Schoeppel defeated Capper by a wide margin, outperforming Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who defeated President Harry S. Truman in the state. Democratic primary Candidates George McGill, former U.S. Senator E. K. Dean, former President of the Kansas Farmers UnionMiller Tom W. Ratner Cautious At Entering Race For Capper Seat The Wichita Eagle June 7, 1948 Wichita, Kansas 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon/167856244/ March 12, 2025 Results Democratic primary resultsRyan Frank J. Thirty-Sixth Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas 1947-1948 Kansas State Printing Plant Topeka, Kansas 1948 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015056784856&seq=3 March 12, 2025 George McGill Democratic Party (United States) 46,597 69.65% E. K. Dean Democratic Party (United States) 20,301 30.35% 66,898 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Andrew F. Schoeppel, former Governor of Kansas Harold H. Malone, Sedgwick County AttorneySurprise U.S. Senate Entry The Parsons Sun June 21, 1948 Parsons, Kansas 1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-parsons-sun/167856573/ March 12, 2025 Results Republican primary results Andrew F. Schoeppel Republican Party (United States) 159,359 76.95% Harold H. Malone Republican Party (United States) 47,748 23.05% 207,107 100.00% Prohibition primary Candidates C. Floyd Hester, former President of Miltonvale Wesleyan College, 1942 Prohibition Party nominee for the U.S. Senate Results Prohibition primary results C. Floyd Hester Prohibition Party (United States) 573 100.00% 573 100.00% General election Results 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas Republican Party (United States) Andrew F. Schoeppel 393,412 54.92% -2.19% Democratic Party (United States) George McGill 305,987 42.72% +2.41% Prohibition Party C. Floyd Hester 16,943 2.37% -0.22% 87,425 12.20% -4.61% 716,342 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1948 United States Senate elections References 1948 Kansas United States Senate