1952 United States Senate election in Maryland

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

1952 United States Senate election in Maryland

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NomineeJames Glenn BeallGeorge P. Mahoney
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Popular vote449,823406,370
Percentage52.54%47.46%

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

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%
DemocraticGeorge P. Mahoney 136,932 51.05%
DemocraticLansdale G. Sasscer122,67945.74%
DemocraticStephen Petticord8,6203.21%
Total votes268,231 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

  • James Glenn Beall, U.S. Representative from Frostburg
  • Royden Addison Blunt
  • H. Grady Gore, lawyer and real estate investor
  • Thomas Hankinson
  • Herman L. Mills

Results

1952 Republican U.S. Senate primary[3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJames Glenn Beall 54,045 52.85%
RepublicanH. Grady Gore32,80432.08%
RepublicanRoyden Addison Blunt7,2987.14%
RepublicanHerman L. Mills5,4665.35%
RepublicanThomas Hankinson2,6522.59%
Total votes102,265 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results[5][6][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJames Glenn Beall 449,823 51.18% 2.78
DemocraticGeorge P. Mahoney406,37048.82% 2.78
Total votes856,193 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

CountyJ. Glenn Beall

Republican

George P. Mahoney

Democratic

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%
Allegany2083061.85%1253137.21%829924.64%33679
Anne Arundel2035956.38%1564943.34%471013.04%36110
Baltimore (City)14582744.45%18037854.98%-34551-10.53%328102
Baltimore (County)7154356.26%5547643.62%1606712.63%127166
Calvert254151.47%235647.72%1853.75%4937
Caroline369654.86%302444.89%6729.97%6737
Carroll1076466.11%547433.62%529032.49%16281
Cecil570049.00%589550.68%-195-1.68%11632
Charles375750.15%368349.16%740.99%7492
Dorchester499450.83%480848.94%1861.89%9824
Frederick1498167.67%706731.92%791435.75%22138
Garrett486968.58%221031.13%265937.45%7100
Harford906454.31%757545.39%14898.92%16690
Howard492855.15%398144.56%94710.60%8935
Kent303851.73%275246.86%2864.87%5873
Montgomery4429360.51%2876539.30%1552821.21%73194
Prince George's3310352.91%2936546.94%37385.97%62562
Queen Anne's271443.18%354456.39%-830-13.21%6285
St. Mary's353745.89%412253.48%-585-7.59%7707
Somerset380349.45%388750.55%-84-1.09%7690
Talbot483259.02%332640.63%150618.40%8187
Washington1804260.37%1172939.24%631321.12%29887
Wicomico846159.35%576340.43%269818.93%14255
Worcester414757.69%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

See also

References