1952 United States Senate election in New York

none February 2026 September 2023 1952 United States Senate election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1946 United States Senate election in New York 1946 1958 United States Senate election in New York 1958 November 4, 1952 Irving Ives (R-NY) (cropped).jpg Irving Ives Republican Party (United States) 3,853,934 55.21% John Cashmore 1941.jpg John Cashmore Democratic Party (United States) 2,521,736 36.13% George S. Counts 1941 Edit Crop.jpg George S. Counts Liberal Party (New York) 489,775 7.02% 1952 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg 300px County resultsIves: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Cashmore: #a5b0ff 40–50% U.S. Senator Irving M. Ives Republican Party (US) Irving M. Ives Republican Party (US) The 1952 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 4. Incumbent Republican Senator Irving M. Ives was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat John Cashmore with a then-record margin of victory.May 2021 Democratic nomination Candidates John Cashmore, Brooklyn Borough President Stanley W. Church, Mayor of New Rochelle Peter J. Crotty, former President of the Buffalo City Council Edward H. Foley Jr., Undersecretary of the Treasury W. Averell Harriman, Director of the Mutual Security Agency and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1946–48) Donald W. Kramer, Mayor of Binghamton Robert F. Wagner Jr., Manhattan Borough President Convention The Democratic State Convention was held at the Commodore Hotel in Manhattan on August 28.CASHMORE IS NAMED FOR SENATE RACE BY DEMOCRATS HERE Egan Leo 29 Aug 1952 The New York Times 1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/08/29/84349585.html?pageNumber=1 subscription 14 May 2021 A welcoming speech was delivered by Mayor Vincent Impellitteri. Before the candidates were announced, presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II addressed the delegates. John Cashmore was nominated on the first ballot. He overcame five avowed candidates, including Manhattan Borough President Robert F. Wagner Jr., who had been the favorite for the seat only weeks before. Cashmore also rejected a last-minute proposal by party chairman Paul E. Fitzpatrick that he and the other leading candidates would withdraw in an effort to draft W. Averell Harriman into the race. Harriman had recently been an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for president and had publicly stated he would not run for Senator. However, Fitzpatrick believed that the Liberal Party, which openly preferred Harriman or Wagner, would refuse to support Cashmore. Cashmore, certain of his chances even without Liberal support, declined. After it became clear that Cashmore had a majority on the first ballot, Wagner moved to make his nomination unanimous, and county delegations began to switch to him en masse. Before switches, the first ballot stood as follows: 1952 New York Democratic Convention John Cashmore Democratic Party (United States) 582 57.00% Robert F. Wagner Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 278 27.23% Peter Crotty Democratic Party (United States) 104 10.19% Donald W. Kramer Democratic Party (United States) 33 3.23% Edward H. Foley Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 23 2.25% Stanley W. Church Democratic Party (United States) 1 0.10% 1,021 100.00% Cashmore had solid support from his native Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and the Capital District. Wagner's support came from Manhattan, Long Island, and Buffalo. Cashmore also took twelve crucial votes in Wagner's native Manhattan, delivered to him by renegade West Side leader Robert B. Blaikie. Westchester, which was expected to be solidly for its native son Stanley Church, had not yet voted before it became clear Cashmore would win; the county voted for Cashmore instead, beginning the stampede. Cashmore made an acceptance speech in which he assailed Senator Ives for playing to the reactionary base of the Republican Party despite his publicly avowed progressivism. Liberal nomination The Liberals met on August 28 and formally nominated Dr. George S. Counts, Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Counts's nomination was intended to be temporary, as the Liberal Party usually cross-endorsed the Democratic nominee. However, the nomination of John Cashmore proved untenable for the Liberals, and in early September they chose to stick by Counts as their candidate. The party considered endorsing Senator Ives but decided against such an endorsement due to Ives's vote for the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947.https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/03/archives/liberals-adamant-against-cashmore-party-leaders-resent-his-role-in.html LIBERALS ADAMANT AGAINST CASHMORE The New York Times 3 Sep 1952 subscription Counts himself chose not to withdraw from the race before the deadline of September 5, after Cashmore rejected a proposal that they both drop out in favor of Averell Harriman.DR. COUNTS TO STAY AS LIBERAL CHOICE https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/09/06/84353175.html?pageNumber=1 subscription 6 Sep 1952 The New York Times Hagerty James A. 1 General election Campaign Results The Republican incumbent Ives was re-elected with the then-largest margin in state history. 1952 U.S. Senate election in New YorkMay 2021In 1946, Herbert Lehman was the Democratic, American Labor, and Liberal nominee. All changes are for each respective ticket; thus, Cashmore outperformed Lehman's Democratic total while performing about 11 pp worse than him overall, because he lacked those cross-endorsements. Republican Party (United States) Irving M. Ives (incumbent) 3,853,934 55.21% 2.63 Democratic Party (United States) John Cashmore 2,521,736 36.13% 1.43 Liberal Party (New York) George S. Counts 489,775 7.02% 3.25 American Labor Party Corliss Lamont 104,702 1.50% 7.45 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Michael Bartell 4,263 0.06% N/A Socialist Party of America Joseph G. Glass 3,382 0.05% N/A Socialist Labor Party of America Nathan Karp 2,451 0.04% N/A 6,980,243 100.00% Endorsements Counts endorsements Local officials Rudolph Halley, president of the New York City CouncilSoyer 2021 132 Organizations Americans for Democratic ActionSoyer 2021 132 Notable individuals W. H. Auden, poetSoyer 2021 132 Elliot E. Cohen, editor of CommentarySoyer 2021 132 Donald S. Harrington, reverendSoyer 2021 132 Sidney Hook, philosopherSoyer 2021 132 Horace Kallen, philosopherSoyer 2021 132 Max Lerner, journalistSoyer 2021 132 Dorothy Schiff, owner and publisher of the New York PostSoyer 2021 132 Sources Official result: FINAL STATE COUNT GIVES RECORD VOTE; Eisenhower Carried New York by 848,214 Margin as Total of 7,216,054 Cast Ballots in NYT on December 9, 1952 (subscription required) References Works cited Soyer Daniel Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1hw3x50.2 Cornell University Press 2021 10.7591/j.ctv1hw3x50.2 9781501759888 See also 1952 United States Senate elections New York state elections 1952 United States presidential election United States Senate 1952 New York