The 1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic Senator
Earle Clements was defeated for re-election by Republican nominee
Thruston B. Morton.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 29, 1956.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Earle Clements, incumbent
U.S. Senator
*
Joe B. Bates
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Born in Republican, Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School at Hi ...
, former
U.S. Representative
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*Rev. James L. Delk, unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in
1946 and
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*Julian H. Golden, former
State Senator,
former attorney for the
National Park Service
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Thruston B. Morton, former
U.S. Representative
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, former
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
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*Granville P. Thomas, unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for
Kentucky's 8th congressional district in
1954
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1956 United States Senate elections
The 1956 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with the re-election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and three special elections ...
References
Bibliography
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Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
Kentucky
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United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...