1956 United States Senate election in Maryland

none April 2023 April 2023 1956 United States Senate election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1950 United States Senate election in Maryland 1950 1962 United States Senate election in Maryland 1962 November 6, 1956 File:Johnmbutler.jpg 150x150px John Marshall Butler Republican Party (United States) 473,059 52.96% File:George Perry Mahoney 1966 (color) (cropped).png George P. Mahoney Democratic Party (United States) 420,108 47.04% 1956 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg 295px County resultsButler: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Mahoney: #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler Republican Party (United States) John Marshall Butler Republican Party (United States) 1956 United States Senate elections The 1956 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic businessman George P. Mahoney. 2023, this was the last time Maryland voted simultaneously for a Republican presidential candidate and a Republican senate candidate. This was the first time ever that Maryland re-elected a Republican Senator.2019-11-05 1956 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1956 2022-02-08 National Archives en Republican primary Candidates John Marshall Butler, incumbent Senator since 1951 Earl E. Knepper Henry J. Laque Jr. Results 1956 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000167/html/am167--336.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0167, Page 0336 - Maryland Manual, 1957-58 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 336 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=767930 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 7 1956 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023 Republican Party (United States) John Marshall Butler (inc.) 40,848 86.66% Republican Party (United States) Earl E. Knepper 3,814 8.09% Republican Party (United States) Harry L. Simms 2,474 5.25% 47,136 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates George P. Mahoney, Baltimore businessman and 1952 nominee for Senate Millard Tydings, former Senator from 1927 to 1951 Results 1956 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000167/html/am167--336.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0167, Page 0336 - Maryland Manual, 1957-58 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 336 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113577 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 7 1956 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023 Democratic Party (United States) Millard Tydings 142,238 47.50% Democratic Party (United States) George P. Mahoney 134,246 44.83% Democratic Party (United States) George Washington Williams 13,348 4.46% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas L. Christian 7,285 2.43% Democratic Party (United States) Andrew J. Easter 2,311 0.77% 299,428 100.00% After winning the primary, Tydings was forced to withdraw from the race due to ill health. Mahoney replaced him on the general election ticket.http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/23181?ret=True TYDINGS, Millard Evelyn - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives history.house.gov 19 June 2020 General election Results 1956 U.S. Senate election in Marylandhttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000167/html/am167--326.html Archives of Maryland, Volume 0167, Page 0326 - Maryland Manual, 1957-58 n.d. mdy-all msa.maryland.gov Maryland State Archives 326 en April 14, 2023https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25355 Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1956 n.d. mdy-all www.ourcampaigns.com Our Campaigns en April 14, 2023https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1956&off=3&class=undefined&elect=0&fips=24&f=0 1956 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland August 9, 2013 mdy-all uselectionatlas.org Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections en April 14, 2023 Republican Party (United States) John Marshall Butler (inc.) 473,059 52.96% Democratic Party (United States) George P. Mahoney 420,108 47.04% 893,167 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Results by county +CountyJohn Marshall Butler RepublicanGeorge P. Mahoney DemocraticMarginTotal Votes Cast#%#%#% Allegany 17435 58.51% 12365 41.49% 5070 17.01% 29800 Anne Arundel 25459 59.31% 17466 40.69% 7993 18.62% 42925 Baltimore (City) 147761 49.15% 152898 50.85% -5137 -1.71% 300659 Baltimore (County) 86524 58.22% 62082 41.78% 24442 16.45% 148606 Calvert 2185 49.41% 2237 50.59% -52 -1.18% 4422 Caroline 3655 55.51% 2929 44.49% 726 11.03% 6584 Carroll 10461 66.44% 5283 33.56% 5178 32.89% 15744 Cecil 6122 53.09% 5410 46.91% 712 6.17% 11532 Charles 4446 50.74% 4317 49.26% 129 1.47% 8763 Dorchester 4967 54.12% 4211 45.88% 756 8.24% 9178 Frederick 12616 59.32% 8653 40.68% 3963 18.63% 21269 Garrett 4648 63.21% 2705 36.79% 1943 26.42% 7353 Harford 10095 55.64% 8049 44.36% 2046 11.28% 18144 Howard 5571 57.09% 4188 42.91% 1383 14.17% 9759 Kent 3220 54.82% 2654 45.18% 566 9.64% 5874 Montgomery 48509 50.90% 46788 49.10% 1721 1.81% 95297 Prince George's 34081 44.44% 42603 55.56% -8522 -11.11% 76684 Queen Anne's 2863 49.65% 2903 50.35% -40 -0.69% 5766 St. Mary's 3367 45.64% 4010 54.36% -643 -8.72% 7377 Somerset 3990 54.40% 3344 45.60% 646 8.81% 7334 Talbot 5126 61.18% 3253 38.82% 1873 22.35% 8379 Washington 17404 58.15% 12524 41.85% 4880 16.31% 29928 Wicomico 8571 60.93% 5497 39.07% 3074 21.85% 14068 Worcester 3983 59.25% 2739 40.75% 1244 18.51% 6722 Total 473059 53.02% 419108 46.98% 53951 6.05% 892167 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Caroline Cecil Dorchester Harford Howard Kent Talbot Worcester Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Baltimore (City) Garrett Prince George's See also 1956 United States Senate elections 1956 United States elections References 1956 Maryland United States Senate