1956 United States Senate election in Vermont

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1956 United States Senate election in Vermont

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Nominee George Aiken Bernard O'Shea
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 103,101 52,184
Percentage 66.4% 33.6%

U.S. senator before election

George Aiken
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

George Aiken
Republican

The 1956 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican George Aiken ran successfully for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic nominee Bernard O'Shea, editor of the Swanton Courier.

Republican primary[]

Results[]

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Aiken (inc.) 49,454 99.9%
Republican Other 27 0.1%
Total votes '49,481' '100.0%'

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic 7,997 99.8%
Democratic Other 19 0.2%
Total votes '8,016' '100.0%'

General election[]

Results[]

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1956[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Aiken (inc.) 103,101 66.4%
Democratic 52,184 33.6%
Total votes '155,289' '100.0%'

See also[]

  • 1956 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
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