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1956 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1956 United States Senate election in Missouri
 
Nominee Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Herbert Douglas
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,015,936 785,048
Percentage 56.41% 43.59%
County results
Hennings:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Douglas:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Democratic

The 1956 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1956 in Missouri. The incumbent Democratic Senator, Thomas C. Hennings Jr., was re-elected. He defeated Republican nominee Herbert Douglas, winning 56.4% of the vote. Hennings outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II, who won 50.1% in the presidential election in Missouri.

Democratic primary

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Results

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Democratic primary August 7, 1956[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (incumbent) 389,986 95.91
Democratic Tom J. Gavin 16,624 4.09
Total votes 406,610 100

Republican primary

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Republican primary August 7, 1956[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Herbert Douglas 83,458 40.77
Republican Albert E. Schoenbeck 78,747 38.47
Republican William McKinley Thomas 28,924 14.13
Republican William E. Van Taay 13,556 6.62
Total votes 204,685 100

General election

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1956 United States Senate election in Missouri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (incumbent) 1,015,936 56.41 +2.81
Republican Herbert Douglas 785,048 43.59 −2.75
Majority 230,888 12.82
Turnout 1,800,984
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "4 in G.O.P. Senatorial Contest, Winner to Meet Hennings Who Is Unopposed for Renomination". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. August 5, 1956. p. 1E. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  2. ^ a b Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1957 - 1958. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1958. p. 1103. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "HANKINS, ENGLAND AND TATUM WIN". Wheaton Journal. Wheaton, Missouri. August 9, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  4. ^ "U.S. SENATORIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR RECORD". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. August 5, 1956. p. 4E. Retrieved September 30, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  5. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (September 15, 1958). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 24.
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