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The 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer Capehart was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard.
General election[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Homer Capehart, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
- Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor)
- Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
- Claude Wickard, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1940–45) (Democratic)
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Homer Capehart (incumbent) | 1,084,262 | 55.21% |  2.40
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| Democratic | Claude R. Wickard | 871,781 | 44.39% |  1.96
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| Prohibition | Carl W. Thompson | 6,685 | 0.34% | 0.50
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| Socialist Labor | Gordon A. Long | 1,258 | 0.06% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,963,986 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1956".