1952 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1952 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Nominee James Glenn Beall George P. Mahoney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote449,823406,370
Percentage52.54%47.46%
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County results
Beall:     50–60%     60–70%
Mahoney:     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Herbert O'Conor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

James Glenn Beall
Republican

The 1952 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1952.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Senator Herbert O'Conor chose not to seek re-election for a second term. Republican U.S. Representative James Glenn Beall defeated Democrat George P. Mahoney to win the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1952 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George P. Mahoney 136,932 51.05%
Democratic Lansdale G. Sasscer 122,67945.74%
Democratic Stephen Petticord8,6203.21%
Total votes268,231 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1952 Republican U.S. Senate primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Glenn Beall 54,045 52.85%
Republican H. Grady Gore32,80432.08%
Republican Royden Addison Blunt7,2987.14%
Republican Herman L. Mills5,4665.35%
Republican Thomas Hankinson2,6522.59%
Total votes102,265 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James Glenn Beall 449,823 51.18% Increase2.svg2.78
Democratic George P. Mahoney 406,37048.82%Decrease2.svg2.78
Total votes856,193 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

CountyJ. Glenn Beall

Republican

George P. Mahoney

Democratic

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%
Allegany 2083061.85%1253137.21%829924.64%33679
Anne Arundel 2035956.38%1564943.34%471013.04%36110
Baltimore (City) 14582744.45%18037854.98%-34551-10.53%328102
Baltimore (County) 7154356.26%5547643.62%1606712.63%127166
Calvert 254151.47%235647.72%1853.75%4937
Caroline 369654.86%302444.89%6729.97%6737
Carroll 1076466.11%547433.62%529032.49%16281
Cecil 570049.00%589550.68%-195-1.68%11632
Charles 375750.15%368349.16%740.99%7492
Dorchester 499450.83%480848.94%1861.89%9824
Frederick 1498167.67%706731.92%791435.75%22138
Garrett 486968.58%221031.13%265937.45%7100
Harford 906454.31%757545.39%14898.92%16690
Howard 492855.15%398144.56%94710.60%8935
Kent 303851.73%275246.86%2864.87%5873
Montgomery 4429360.51%2876539.30%1552821.21%73194
Prince George's 3310352.91%2936546.94%37385.97%62562
Queen Anne's 271443.18%354456.39%-830-13.21%6285
St. Mary's 353745.89%412253.48%-585-7.59%7707
Somerset 380349.45%388750.55%-84-1.09%7690
Talbot 483259.02%332640.63%150618.40%8187
Washington 1804260.37%1172939.24%631321.12%29887
Wicomico 846159.35%576340.43%269818.93%14255
Worcester 414757.69%301041.87%113715.82%7189
Total44982352.33%40637047.27%434535.05%859652

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

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References

  1. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0331 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 331. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 5 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0331 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 331. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 5 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0306 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 306. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "1952 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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