1954 United States Senate elections
Races leading to the 83rd Congress
In these general elections, the winner was seated on January 3, 1953; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

1954 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Races leading to the 83rd Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winner was seated on January 3, 1953; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	John Sparkman	Democratic	1946 (Special) 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Sparkman (Democratic) 82.5% Junius Foy Guin, Jr. (Republican) 17.5%

Arkansas	John L. McClellan	Democratic	1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John L. McClellan (Democratic) Unopposed

Colorado	Edwin C. Johnson	Democratic	1936 1942 1948	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Gordon Allott (Republican) 51.3% John A. Carroll (Democratic) 48.7%

Delaware	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ J. Allen Frear, Jr. (Democratic) 56.9% Herbert B. Warburton (Republican) 43.1%

Georgia	Richard Russell, Jr.	Democratic	1933 (Special) 1936 1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Russell, Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed

Idaho	Henry C. Dworshak	Republican	1946 (Special) 1948 (Lost) 1949 (Appointed) 1950 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry C. Dworshak (Republican) 62.8% Glen H. Taylor (Democratic) 37.2%

Illinois	Paul Douglas	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Douglas (Democratic) 53.6% Joseph T. Meek (Republican) 46.4%

Iowa	Guy M. Gillette	Democratic	1936 (Special) 1938 1944 (Lost) 1948	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Thomas E. Martin (Republican) 52.2% Guy M. Gillette (Democratic) 47.5% Ernest Seemann (Republicsons) 0.3%

Kansas	Andrew F. Schoeppel	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Andrew F. Schoeppel (Republican) 56.3% George McGill (Democratic) 41.8% David C. White (Prohibition) 1.8%

Kentucky	John S. Cooper	Republican	1946 (Special) 1948 (Lost) 1952 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 54.5% John S. Cooper (Republican) 45.5%

Louisiana	Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	1936 1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Allen J. Ellender (Democratic) Unopposed

Maine	Margaret C. Smith	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Margaret C. Smith (Republican) 58.6% Paul A. Fullam (Democratic) 41.4%

Massachusetts	Leverett Saltonstall	Republican	1944 (Special) 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 50.5% Foster Furcolo (Democratic) 49.0%

Michigan	Homer Ferguson	Republican	1942 1948	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Patrick V. McNamara (Democratic) 50.8% Homer Ferguson (Republican) 48.9%

Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) 56.4% Val Bjornson (Republican) 42.1%

Mississippi	James O. Eastland	Democratic	1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James O. Eastland (Democratic) Unopposed

Montana	James E. Murray	Democratic	1934 (Special) 1936 1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James E. Murray (Democratic) 50.4% Wesley A. D'Ewart (Republican) 49.6%

Nebraska	Eva Bowring	Republican	1954 (Special)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner was not elected to finish the term, see above.	√ Carl T. Curtis (Republican) 61.1% Keith Neville (Democratic) 38.9%

New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	1936 1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Styles Bridges (Republican) 60.2% Gerard L. Morin (Democratic) 39.8%

New Jersey	Robert C. Hendrickson	Republican	1948	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Clifford P. Case (Republican) 48.7% Charles R. Howell (Democratic) 48.5%

New Mexico	Clinton P. Anderson	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Clinton P. Anderson (Democratic) 57.3% Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 42.7%

North Carolina	Alton Asa Lennon	Democratic	1953 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Winner also elected to finish the term, see above.	√ William Kerr Scott (Democratic) Paul C. West (Republican)

Oklahoma	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 55.8% Fred M.

Oregon	Guy Cordon	Republican	1944 (Appointed) 1944 (Special) 1948	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Richard L. Neuberger (Democratic) 50.2% Guy Cordon (Republican) 49.8%

Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	1936 1942 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Theodore F. Green (Democratic) 59.3% Walter I. Sundlun (Republican) 40.7%

South Carolina	Charles E. Daniel	Democratic	1954	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected.	√ Strom Thurmond (Democratic) 63.1% Edgar A. Brown (Democratic) 36.8%

South Dakota	Karl E. Mundt	Republican	1948 1948 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Karl E. Mundt (Republican) 57.3% Kenneth Holum (Democratic) 42.7%

Tennessee	Estes Kefauver	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Estes Kefauver (Democratic) 70.0% Tom Wall (Republican) 30.0%

Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 84.6% Carlos G. Watson (Republican) 14.9% Fred Spangler (Constitution Party) 0.5%

Virginia	A. Willis Robertson	Democratic	1946 (Special) 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ A. Willis Robertson (Democratic) 79.9% Charles W. Lewis, Jr. (Independent-Democrat) 10.7% Clarke T. Robb (Virginia Social Democrat) 9.4%

West Virginia	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	1922 1928 (Lost) 1930 1936 1941 (Resigned) 1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 54.8% Thomas Sweeney (Republican) 45.2%

Wyoming	Edward D. Crippa	Republican	1954 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner also elected to finish the term, see above.	√ Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 51.5% William H. Harrison (Republican) 48.5%

Sentence(s)

Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was the United States Senator.
Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was renominated.
Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall (United States Senator) was renominated.

final_sentence: Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was the United States Senator.
final_sentence: Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was renominated.
final_sentence: Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall (United States Senator) was renominated.