1956 United States Senate election in Illinois

none March 2026 September 2023 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1950 United States Senate election in Illinois 1950 1962 United States Senate election in Illinois 1962 November 6, 1956 File:Everett Dirksen IL Blue Book 1953-54.png Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (United States) 2,307,552 54.11% file:Richard Stengel IL Blue Book.png 150x150px Richard Stengel Democratic Party (United States) 1,949,883 45.72% 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg 160px County results Dirksen: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Stengel: #7996e2 50–60% Senator Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (US) Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (US) 81.74% The 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 6, 1956OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1956 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1955, 1956 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 10 1958 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1956/PE%20and%20GE%201956.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220704221556/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1956/PE%20and%20GE%201956.pdf dead July 4, 2022 Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen won reelection to a second term. Background The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal offices (President and House) and state elections. Primaries were held on April 10. Turnout in the primary elections was 26.26%, with a total of 1,307,357 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 16, 1982 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1982/1982%20PE.PDF www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Turnout during the general election was 81.74%, with 4,264,830 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 1982 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1982/1982%20GE.PDF www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Republican primary Candidates Everett Dirksen, incumbent U.S. senator since 1951 Results Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Everett Dirksen (incumbent) 686,268 100 34 0.01 686,302 100 Democratic primary Candidates Richard Stengel, state representative from Rock IslandSlatemakers Hear 7 in Race for Governor January 7, 1956 Chicago Tribune 1Tagge George Hear Schaefer, Stengel to Top Daley's Slate November 22, 1955 Chicago Tribune 8 Declined James Gray, state senator from East St. Louis Scott W. Lucas, former U.S. senatorKanady Johnson Downstaters Talk Up "Stop Lucas' Plans October 25, 1955 Chicago Tribune A10 Roy E. Yung, former director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture Results The Democratic Party nominated Richard Stengel, who ran unopposed in the primary. Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Richard Stengel 621,005 99.99 50 0.01 621,055 100 General election Candidates Everett Dirksen, incumbent U.S. senator since 1951 (Republican) Louis Fisher, activist and perennial candidate (Socialist Labor) Richard Stengel, state representative from Rock Island (Democratic) Results Dirksen carried 88 of the state's 102 counties. Among the 88 counties that Dirksen won was the state's most populous county, Cook County, in which Dirksen won with 51.13% to Stengel's 48.63%. Despite losing in Cook County, Stengel performed better in the county than he did in the cumulative vote of the remaining 101 counties In the cumulative vote of the state's other 101 counties, Dirksen won 57.32% to Stengel's 42.58%. 51.97% of the votes cast in the election were from Cook County. While he lost the overall vote in Cook County as a whole, in Cook County's principal city, Chicago (where 37.79% of all votes cast in the election were from), Stengel won 54.33% of the vote to Dirksen's 45.37% General election Republican Party (United States) Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) 2,307,552 54.11 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Stengel 1,949,883 45.72 Socialist Labor Party of America Louis Fisher 7,587 0.18 8 0.00 4,264,830 100 See also 1956 United States Senate elections References Illinois United States Senate Category:United States Senate elections in Illinois