1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut

none 1952 United States Senate election in Connecticut March 2026 September 2023 August 2021 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1950 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1950 1956 United States Senate election in Connecticut 1956 November 4, 1952 x150px PrescottBush (cropped).jpg Prescott Bush Republican Party (United States) 559,465 51.17% File:Ribicoff.jpg Abraham Ribicoff Democratic Party (United States) 530,505 48.52% 220px County results 220px Municipality results 200px Bush: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Ribicoff: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator William A. Purtell Republican Party (US) Prescott Bush Republican Party (US) The 1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut was held on November 4, 1952, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Brien McMahon. Republican candidate Prescott Bush defeated Democrat Abraham Ribicoff and served the remainder of the Senate term. Bush was later re-elected in 1956 to a full term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas J. Dodd. Ribicoff would later succeed Bush in the Senate after his retirement in 1962. Background Senator Brien McMahon, whose term in office was scheduled to expire in 1957, died on July 28, 1952. William A. Purtell, who was already the Republican nominee for Connecticut's other Senate seat in a regularly scheduled election for the term expiring in 1959, was appointed to fill the seat until a successor could be duly elected. Purtell continued to stand in the regular election rather than run for the remainder of McMahon's term. General election Candidates Prescott Bush, banker and candidate for U.S. Senate in the 1950 special election (Republican) Abraham Ribicoff, U.S. Representative from Hartford (Democratic) William J. Taft (Socialist) Results 1952 U.S. Senate special election in ConnecticutClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1953 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1952election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office1952 Senatorial Special Election Results - Connecticut https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=9&year=1952&off=3&elect=7 US Election Atlas David Leip's Election Atlas 19 April 2022 Republican Party (US) Prescott Bush 559,465 51.17% Democratic Party (US) Abraham A. Ribicoff 530,505 48.52% Socialist Party (US) William J. Taft 3,298 0.30% 1,093,268 100.0% Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) See also 1952 United States Senate elections References Connecticut 1952 Connecticut 1952 1952 Special Connecticut Special United States Senate Special United States Senate 1952