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The U.S. Senate election, 1954 was an election for the United States Senate which was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of one seat to the Democratic opposition. This small change was enough to give Democrats control of the chamber.
Democrats defeated incumbents John S. Cooper (R-KY), Homer Ferguson (R-MI), Ernest S. Brown (R-NV), and Guy Cordon (R-OR), and took an open seat in Wyoming. Republicans took the seats of incumbents Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) and Thomas A. Burke (D-OH), and took open seats in Colorado and Idaho.
[edit] Senate contests in 1954
| State |
Incumbent |
Party |
Status |
Opposing Candidates |
| Alabama |
John Sparkman |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 82.5 - 17.5 |
J. Foy Guin, Jr. (Republican)
|
| Arkansas |
John L. McClellan |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| California1 |
Thomas H. Kuchel |
Republican |
Re-elected, 53.2 - 45.5 |
Samuel W. Yorty (Democrat)
|
| Colorado |
Edwin C. Johnson |
Democrat |
Retired: Republican victory, 51.3 - 48.7 |
Gordon Allott (Republican)
John A. Carroll (Democrat)
|
| Delaware |
J. Allen Frear, Jr. |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 56.9 - 43.1 |
Herbert B. Warburton (Republican)
|
| Georgia |
Richard Russell, Jr. |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Idaho |
Henry C. Dworshak |
Republican |
Re-elected, 62.8 - 37.2 |
Glen H. Taylor (Democrat)
|
| Illinois |
Paul Douglas |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 53.6 - 46.4 |
Joseph T. Meek (Republican)
|
| Iowa |
Guy M. Gillette |
Democrat |
Defeated, 52.2 - 47.5 |
Thomas E. Martin (Republican)
|
| Kansas |
Andrew F. Schoeppel |
Republican |
Re-elected, 56.3 - 41.8 |
George McGill (Democrat)
|
| Kentucky |
John S. Cooper |
Republican |
Defeated, 54.5 - 45.5 |
Alben W. Barkley (Democrat)
|
| Louisiana |
Allen J. Ellender |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Maine |
Margaret C. Smith |
Republican |
Re-elected, 58.6 - 41.4 |
Paul A. Fullam (Democrat)
|
| Massachusetts |
Leverett Saltonstall |
Republican |
Re-elected, 50.5 - 49.0 |
Foster Furcolo (Democrat)
|
| Michigan |
Homer Ferguson |
Republican |
Defeated, 50.8 - 48.9 |
Patrick V. McNamara (Democrat)
|
| Minnesota |
Hubert Humphrey |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 56.4 - 42.1 |
Val Bjornson (Republican)
|
| Mississippi |
James O. Eastland |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Montana |
James E. Murray |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 50.4 - 49.6 |
Wesley A. D'Ewart (Republican)
|
| Nebraska2 |
Samuel W. Reynolds |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 60.9 - 39.1 |
Roman L. Hruska (Republican)
James F. Green (Democrat)
|
| Nebraska |
Hazel H. Abel |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 61.1 - 38.9 |
Carl T. Curtis (Republican)
Keith Neville (Democrat)
|
| Nevada3 |
Ernest S. Brown |
Republican |
Defeated, 58.1 - 41.9 |
Alan Bible (Democrat)
|
| New Hampshire |
Styles Bridges |
Republican |
Re-elected, 60.2 - 39.8 |
Gerard L. Morin (Democrat)
|
| New Hampshire4 |
Robert W. Upton |
Republican |
Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 60.2 - 39.8 |
Norris Cotton (Republican)
Stanley J. Betley (Democrat)
|
| New Jersey |
Robert C. Hendrickson |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 48.7 - 48.5 |
Clifford P. Case (Republican)
Charles R. Howell (Democrat)
|
| New Mexico |
Clinton P. Anderson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 57.3 - 42.7 |
Edwin L. Mechem (Republican)
|
| North Carolina |
Alton Asa Lennon |
Democrat |
Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 65.9 - 34.1 |
William Kerr Scott (Democrat)
Paul C. West (Republican)
|
| North Carolina5 |
Sam Ervin |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
| Ohio6 |
Thomas A. Burke |
Democrat |
Defeated, 50.1 - 49.9 |
George H. Bender (Republican)
|
| Oklahoma |
Robert S. Kerr |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 55.8 - 43.7 |
Fred M. Mock (Republican)
|
| Oregon |
Guy Cordon |
Republican |
Defeated, 50.2 - 49.8 |
Richard L. Neuberger (Democrat)
|
| Rhode Island |
Theodore F. Green |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 59.3 - 40.7 |
Walter I. Sundlun (Republican)
|
| South Carolina |
Charles E. Daniel7 |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, 63.1 - 36.8 |
Strom Thurmond (Democrat)
Edgar A. Brown (Democrat)
|
| South Dakota |
Karl E. Mundt |
Republican |
Re-elected, 57.3 - 42.7 |
Kenneth Holum (Democrat)
|
| Tennessee |
Estes Kefauver |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 70.0 - 30.0 |
Tom Wall (Republican)
|
| Texas |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 84.7 - 14.8 |
Carlos G. Watson (Republican)
|
| Virginia |
A. Willis Robertson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 79.9 - 10.7 - 9.4 |
Charles W. Lewis, Jr. (Independent)
Clarke T. Robb (Independent)
|
| West Virginia |
Matthew M. Neely |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 54.8 - 45.2 |
Thomas Sweeney (Republican)
|
| Wyoming |
Edward D. Crippa |
Republican |
Retired: Democratic victory, 51.5 - 48.5 |
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democrat)
William H. Harrison (Republican)
|
1 special election held due to election of Richard M. Nixon (R-CA) to the office of Vice President in 1952
2 special election held due to death of Hugh Butler (R-NE)
3 special election held due to death of Patrick A. McCarran (D-NV)
4 special election held due to death of Charles W. Tobey (R-NH)
5 special election held due to death of Clyde Roark Hoey (D-NC)
6 special election held due to death of Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
7 Daniel had been appointed September 6, 1954, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Burnet R. Maybank (D-SC).
[edit] Senate composition before and after elections
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