1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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Nominee H. Alexander Smith Archibald S. Alexander
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,286,782 1,011,187
Percentage 55.51% 43.62%

1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey results map by county.svg
County Results
Smith:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Alexander:      50–60%

Senator before election

H. Alexander Smith
Republican

Elected Senator

H. Alexander Smith
Republican

The United States Senate election of 1952 in New Jersey was held on November 4, 1952.

Incumbent Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith was re-elected to a second term against Undersecretary of the Army Archibald S. Alexander. Both men were residents of Princeton.

As of 2021, this is the last time the Republicans won the Class 1 Senate seat in New Jersey.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Carl E. Ring, candidate for U.S. Representative in 1950
  • H. Alexander Smith, incumbent Senator

Results[]

1952 Republican Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. Alexander Smith (incumbent) 419,376 86.52%
Republican Carl E. Ring 65,330 13.48%
Total votes 484,706 100.00%

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

1952 Democratic Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Archibald S. Alexander 194,412 100.00%
Total votes 194,412 100.00%

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Archibald S. Alexander (Democrat), United States Under Secretary of the Army and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1948
  • George Breitman (Socialist Workers), activist and editor of The Militant
  • Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)
  • H. Alexander Smith (Republican), incumbent Senator
  • A. N. Smith (Prohibition)
  • Katharine A. Van Orden (Progressive)

Results[]

1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. Alexander Smith (Incumbent) 1,286,782 55.51
Democratic Archibald S. Alexander 1,011,187 43.62
Progressive Katharine A. Van Orden 7,195 0.31
Prohibition A. N. Smith 6,815 0.29
Socialist Workers George Breitman 5,088 0.22
Socialist Labor Albert Ronis 1,165 0.05
Majority 275,595 11.89
Turnout 2,318,232
Republican hold

See also[]

  • 1952 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ a b Secretary of the State of New Jersey. "Results of the Primary Election Held April 15th, 1952" (PDF). Retrieved 18 Aug 2021.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1952" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952".


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