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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Nominee James Glenn Beall George P. Mahoney Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 449,823 406,370 Percentage 52.54% 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. This was the first time since 1928 that a Republican was elected to the Class 1 Senate seat in Maryland.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Lansdale G. Sasscer, U.S. Representative from Upper Marlboro
• George P. Mahoney, paving contractor and candidate for governor in 1950
• Stephen B. Petticord

Results

1952 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George P. Mahoney	136,932	51.05%
	Democratic	Lansdale G. Sasscer	122,679	45.74%
	Democratic	Stephen Petticord	8,620	3.21%
Total votes			268,231	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Glenn Beall	54,045	52.85%
	Republican	H. Grady Gore	32,804	32.08%
	Republican	Royden Addison Blunt	7,298	7.14%
	Republican	Herman L. Mills	5,466	5.35%
	Republican	Thomas Hankinson	2,652	2.59%
Total votes			102,265	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James Glenn Beall	449,823	51.18%	2.78
	Democratic	George P. Mahoney	406,370	48.82%	2.78
Total votes			856,193	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

County	J. Glenn Beall Republican		George P. Mahoney Democratic		Margin		Total Votes Cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	20830	61.85%	12531	37.21%	8299	24.64%	33679
Anne Arundel	20359	56.38%	15649	43.34%	4710	13.04%	36110
Baltimore (City)	145827	44.45%	180378	54.98%	-34551	-10.53%	328102
Baltimore (County)	71543	56.26%	55476	43.62%	16067	12.63%	127166
Calvert	2541	51.47%	2356	47.72%	185	3.75%	4937
Caroline	3696	54.86%	3024	44.89%	672	9.97%	6737
Carroll	10764	66.11%	5474	33.62%	5290	32.49%	16281
Cecil	5700	49.00%	5895	50.68%	-195	-1.68%	11632
Charles	3757	50.15%	3683	49.16%	74	0.99%	7492
Dorchester	4994	50.83%	4808	48.94%	186	1.89%	9824
Frederick	14981	67.67%	7067	31.92%	7914	35.75%	22138
Garrett	4869	68.58%	2210	31.13%	2659	37.45%	7100
Harford	9064	54.31%	7575	45.39%	1489	8.92%	16690
Howard	4928	55.15%	3981	44.56%	947	10.60%	8935
Kent	3038	51.73%	2752	46.86%	286	4.87%	5873
Montgomery	44293	60.51%	28765	39.30%	15528	21.21%	73194
Prince George's	33103	52.91%	29365	46.94%	3738	5.97%	62562
Queen Anne's	2714	43.18%	3544	56.39%	-830	-13.21%	6285
St. Mary's	3537	45.89%	4122	53.48%	-585	-7.59%	7707
Somerset	3803	49.45%	3887	50.55%	-84	-1.09%	7690
Talbot	4832	59.02%	3326	40.63%	1506	18.40%	8187
Washington	18042	60.37%	11729	39.24%	6313	21.12%	29887
Wicomico	8461	59.35%	5763	40.43%	2698	18.93%	14255
Worcester	4147	57.69%	3010	41.87%	1137	15.82%	7189
Total	449823	52.33%	406370	47.27%	43453	5.05%	859652

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Calvert
• Caroline
• Howard
• Kent
• Montgomery
• Prince George's
• Wicomico
• Worcester

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Somerset

See also

• 1952 United States Senate elections
• 1952 United States elections