1950 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1950 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings ran for a fifth term in office, but was defeated by Republican John Marshall Butler.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

John A. Meyer, former U.S. Representative from Baltimore
Hugh J. Monaghan II
Millard Tydings, incumbent Senator since 1927

Results[]

1950 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	172,577	66.30%
	Democratic	Hugh J. Monaghan II	47,718	18.33%
	Democratic	John A. Meyer	40,015	15.37%
Total votes			260,310	100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

John Marshall Butler, Baltimore attorney
D. John Markey, former University of Maryland football coach and candidate for Senate in 1946

Results[]

1950 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Marshall Butler	32,902	48.61%
	Republican	D. John Markey	34,791	51.40%
Total votes			47,136	100.00%

Although Markey received more raw votes than Butler, Butler received the highest unit vote at the State Convention and was nominated for Senate.^[2]

General election[]

Results[]

1950 U.S. Senate election in Maryland^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Marshall Butler	326,291	53.00%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	283,180	46.00%
	Progressive	Samuel Fox	6,143	1.00%
Total votes			615,614	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

References[]

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[1] "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 18, 1950".

[primaryresults-2] ttps://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000165/pdf/am165--332.pdf

[3] "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1950".

[4] "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950".

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1950 United States Senate election in Maryland

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]