The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operat ...
of President
Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority, to a full term. His
Democratic Party picked up a net two seats from the
Republicans. , this was the last time either party has had a
two-thirds majority in the Senate, which would have hypothetically allowed the Senate Democrats to override a
veto
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,
propose constitutional amendments,
convict and expel certain officials, or invoke
cloture without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice, however, internal divisions effectively prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the
same year.
Notably, of the 35 seats up for election this year, 26 were held by Democrats, who managed to retain 25 of them. A party defending two-thirds of the seats up for election would not make net gains in the Senate again until
2012. Coincidentally, it would be the same Senate class, class 1. This is the earliest round of Senate elections in which a first-elected member is still alive. (
Fred Harris, D-OK)
Results summary
Source:
Retirements
There were no net party changes from retirements.
Republicans replaced by Republicans
# Arizona:
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
retired to
run for President. He was replaced by
Paul Fannin
Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965.
E ...
(R)
Democrats replaced by Democrats
# Tennessee (Class 2): Appointee
Herbert S. Walters
Herbert Sanford Walters (November 17, 1891August 17, 1973) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1963 to 1964.
Early life and education
Walters was a native of Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was a graduate of the former Ca ...
(D) was replaced by
Ross Bass
Ross Bass (March 17, 1918January 1, 1993) was an American Congressman and United States Senator from Tennessee.
Background
Bass was the son of a circuit-riding Methodist minister in rural Giles County, attended the local public schools, and ...
(D)
Incumbents who lost elections
Democrats had a two-seat net gain from beating incumbents.
Democrats lost to Republicans
# California: Appointee
Pierre Salinger (D) lost to
George Murphy (R).
Democrats lost to Democrats
# Oklahoma (Class 2): Appointee
J. Howard Edmondson
James Howard Edmondson (September 27, 1925November 17, 1971) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served as the 16th governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963, and the appointed United States Senator from Oklahoma from 19 ...
(D) lost nomination to
Fred R. Harris
Fred Roy Harris (born November 13, 1930) is an American academic, author, and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Oklahoma.
Born in Walters, Oklahoma, Harris was elected to the Oklahoma Senate a ...
(D), who won the general election.
Republicans lost to Democrats
# Maryland:
James Glenn Beall
James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
Early ...
(R) lost to
Joseph D. Tydings (D).
# New Mexico:
Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin Leard Mechem (July 2, 1912 – November 27, 2002) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist from New Mexico. He served as the 15th, 17th, and 19th governor of New Mexico, the first person born in the 20th century to become the state' ...
(R) lost to
Joseph M. Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1 ...
(D).
# New York:
Kenneth B. Keating (R) lost to
Robert F. Kennedy (D).
Other races
In a close race in Nevada, Democratic incumbent
Howard Cannon
Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. Elected to the first of four consecutive terms in 1958, he served in the United States Senate from 1959 to 1983. He was a member of the Democrati ...
won re-election over Republican Lieutenant Governor
Paul Laxalt by fewer than 100 votes. Laxalt joined Cannon in the Senate when he won Nevada's other seat in
1974
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.
Subsequent gains
# Michigan:
Patrick V. McNamara
Patrick Vincent McNamara (October 4, 1894 – April 30, 1966) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1955 until his death from a stroke in Bethesda, Maryland in 1966.
Early life and ...
(D) died April 30, 1966, and was replaced May 11, 1966 by appointee
Robert P. Griffin
Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the ...
(R).
Change in composition
Before the elections
Elections results
Race summary
Special elections during the 88th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1964 or before January 3, 1965; ordered by election date, then state.
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1965; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.
Arizona
Incumbent
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
decided not to run for re-election to a third term, instead running for
President of the United States
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as the Republican Party nominee against
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Governor of Arizona
Paul Fannin
Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965.
E ...
ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and defeated Democratic nominee
Roy Elson
Roy L. Elson (October 1, 1930 – February 25, 2010)http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/167708824/Roy-Lane-Elson was an American politician from Arizona, and a onetime aide and protégé of longtime U.S. Senator Carl Hayden (D-AZ). He was perh ...
, who was a staff member for U.S. senator
Carl Hayden until Hayden's retirement in 1969. Despite a landslide loss throughout the country, and Goldwater only able to obtain
50.45% of the vote in his home state of Arizona, Fannin managed to prevail in the state's Senate election. Goldwater would win the election for the other Senate seat in
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
when Hayden retired from the post and serving two more terms.
California
Democratic incumbent
Pierre Salinger, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Senator
Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the v ...
three months earlier, was defeated in his bid for a full term by Republican candidate
George Murphy, a retired actor.
Connecticut
Democrat
Thomas J. Dodd
Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd Jr., ...
was re-elected and served a second term.
John Davis Lodge, grandson of
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign polic ...
was defeated by almost 30%.
Delaware
Republican incumbent
John J. Williams was reelected to a fourth term, defeating Democratic Governor
Elbert N. Carvel
Elbert Nostrand "Bert" Carvel (February 9, 1910 – February 6, 2005) was an American businessman and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of D ...
.
Florida
Democratic incumbent
Spessard Holland
Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first per ...
was reelected to a fourth term in a landslide, defeating the Republican candidate, future governor
Claude R. Kirk Jr.
Claude Roy Kirk Jr. (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011) was the 36th governor of the U.S. state of Florida (1967–1971). He was the first Republican governor of Florida since Reconstruction.
Early life
Kirk was born in San Bernardino ...
Hawaii
Republican incumbent
Hiram Fong was reelected to a second term, defeating Democratic Congressman
Thomas Gill
Indiana
Democratic incumbent
Vance Hartke was reelected to a second term, defeating Republican
State Senator
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Description
A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of ...
Russell Bontrager.
Maine
Democratic incumbent
Edmund Muskie
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 6 ...
was reelected to a second term, defeating Republican Congressman
Clifford McIntire
Clifford Guy McIntire (May 4, 1908 – October 1, 1974) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Perham, Maine on May 4, 1908. After attending public schools, he was graduated from the University of Maine's Co ...
in a landslide.
Maryland
Republican incumbent
J. Glenn Beall
James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
Early ...
was defeated in his bid for a third term by Democratic candidate
Joseph Tydings, the former
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland
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The United States District Court fo ...
and son of former Senator
Millard Tydings.
Beall's own son,
J. Glenn Beall Jr., would go on to defeat Tydings
six years later.
Massachusetts
Incumbent Democrat
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
, who had won a
special election two years earlier, defeated his challengers to win his second (his first full) Senate term. Much of the campaign-appearance burden on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife, Joan, because of Ted's serious back injury in a plane crash.
Candidates:
*
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
- Incumbent senator elected in
1962 to the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy.
*
Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. - Member of
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
from 1947 to 1953, and mayor of
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of ...
from 1954 to 1960. Served in the
United States Army Air Forces
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in
World War II
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.
* Lawrence Gilfedder - Candidate for Lt. Governor in 1948. Ran for Governor in 1952 and 1954. Ran for Senate in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1970.
*
Grace F. Luder - Candidate for
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
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Redistric ...
seat in 1950 and
Massachusetts's 14th congressional district seat in 1952.
Michigan
Democratic incumbent
Philip Hart was easily reelected to a second term over Republican challenger
Elly M. Peterson.
Minnesota
Incumbent Democrat
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...
defeated Republican challenger
Wheelock Whitney, Jr., to win a second term.
Mississippi
Democratic incumbent
John C. Stennis was reelected virtually unopposed to a fourth term, even as Republican candidate
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
carried Mississippi in the
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The p ...
. Stennis received 97% of the vote in the Democratic primary and faced no Republican challenger in the general election.
Missouri
Democratic incumbent
Stuart Symington was reelected to a third term in a landslide, defeating Republican candidate Jean Paul Bradshaw.
Montana
Incumbent Democrat
Mike Mansfield, who was first elected to the Senate in
1952 and was re-elected in
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
, ran for re-election. Mansfield won the Democratic primary in a landslide, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Alex Blewett, the Majority Leader of the
Montana House of Representatives
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Composition of the House
:''67th Legislature – 2021� ...
and the Republican nominee. Though Mansfield's margin was significantly reduced from 1958, he still overwhelmingly defeated Blewett and won his third term in the Senate.
Nebraska
Republican incumbent
Roman Hruska
Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 19 ...
was reelected in a landslide over Democratic challenger Raymond Arndt.
Nevada
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Howard Cannon
Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. Elected to the first of four consecutive terms in 1958, he served in the United States Senate from 1959 to 1983. He was a member of the Democrati ...
won re-election to a second term by a razor-thin margin of only 48 votes over Republican Lieutenant Governor
Paul Laxalt.
New Jersey
Democratic incumbent
Harrison A. Williams was reelected to a second term over Republican candidate
Bernard M. Shanley
Bernard Michael Shanley (August 4, 1903 – February 25, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician best known for his work with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He served under President Eisenhower as Deputy White House Chief of Staff, App ...
, a former white house staffer during the
Eisenhower administration.
New Mexico
New Mexico (regular)
Incumbent Republican
Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin Leard Mechem (July 2, 1912 – November 27, 2002) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist from New Mexico. He served as the 15th, 17th, and 19th governor of New Mexico, the first person born in the 20th century to become the state' ...
, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Democrat
Dennis Chávez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez (April 8, 1888November 18, 1962) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic to be ...
two years earlier, sought election to a full term, but was defeated by Democrat
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957– ...
.
Montoya was
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957) and a four-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1964).
New Mexico (special)
Montoya was also elected to finish the term ending January 3, 1965.
New York
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
Kenneth Keating ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by
Robert F. Kennedy, the former
United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
and brother of former President
John F. Kennedy and Massachusetts Senator
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
.
The
Socialist Labor state convention met on March 29, and nominated John Emanuel. The
Republican state convention met on August 31, and re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Kenneth B. Keating. The
Conservative state convention met on August 31 at
Saratoga Springs, New York
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, and nominated Prof. Henry Paolucci. The
Democratic state convention met on September 1, and nominated
U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on the first ballot, with 968 votes against 153 for Congressman
Samuel S. Stratton. The
Liberal Party met on September 1, and endorsed the Democratic nominee,
U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The
Socialist Workers Party filed a petition to nominate candidates on September 7. Richard Garza was nominated.
John English, a
Nassau County leader who helped
John F. Kennedy during the
1960 presidential election, encouraged Robert Kennedy to oppose Keating. At the time,
Samuel S. Stratton, a member of the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
New York's 35th congressional district
New York's 35th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1903 as a result of the 1900 Census. It was eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle afte ...
, was considered the most likely Democratic candidate. At first, Kennedy resisted. After President Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedy remained as Attorney General for
Lyndon B. Johnson. However, Johnson and Kennedy feuded. Kennedy decided to run for the Senate in New York in August, and resigned from the Cabinet on September 3, 1964. While many reform Democrats resisted Kennedy, support from
Robert F. Wagner, Jr., and party bosses like
Charles A. Buckley
Charles Anthony Buckley (June 23, 1890 – January 22, 1967) was a Democratic Party politician from The Bronx, New York. An Irish-American, he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Party and a member of ...
, of
The Bronx
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, and Peter J. Crotty, of
Buffalo, helped Kennedy win the nomination at the party convention.
During the campaign, Kennedy was frequently met by large crowds. Keating accused Kennedy of being a
carpetbagger
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from
Massachusetts
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. Kennedy responded to these charges in a televised town meeting by saying, "If the senator of the state of New York is going be selected on who's lived here the longest, then I think people are going vote for my opponent. If it's going be selected on who's got the best New York accent, then I think I'm probably out too. But I think if it's going be selected on the basis of who can make the best United States senator, I think I'm still in the contest."
The Democratic/Liberal candidate was elected. Campaign help from President
Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as the Democratic landslide after the assassination of
John F. Kennedy, helped carry Kennedy into office, as Kennedy polled about 1.1 million votes less in New York than Johnson did. The incumbent Keating was defeated.
(For Total Votes, the Democratic and Liberal votes for Kennedy are combined.)
North Dakota
Incumbent
Democratic-NPL Senator
Quentin Burdick sought and received re-election to his second term, defeating
Republican candidate
Thomas S. Kleppe, who later became the
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natur ...
.
[
Only Burdick filed as a Democratic-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Thomas S. Kleppe, who would go on to serve two terms as a Representative for North Dakota's second congressional district from 1967 to 1971. Burdick and Kleppe won the primary elections for their respective parties.
]
Ohio
Democratic incumbent Stephen M. Young
Stephen Marvin Young (May 4, 1889December 1, 1984) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A member
of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1959 until 1971.
Life and career
Young was born o ...
narrowly won reelection to a second term over Republican Congressman Robert Taft Jr., the son of former Senator Robert A. Taft and grandson of former President William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
.
Taft would go on to win the seat in the next election, serving one term in the Senate.
Oklahoma (special)
This election was to determine who would serve for the final two years of the term to which Robert S. Kerr had been elected in 1960. Kerr had died in January 1963, and outgoing Governor J. Howard Edmondson
James Howard Edmondson (September 27, 1925November 17, 1971) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served as the 16th governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963, and the appointed United States Senator from Oklahoma from 19 ...
was appointed to take his place. Edmondson hoped to win the special election, but lost the Democratic primary to former state senator
A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
Description
A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of ...
Fred R. Harris
Fred Roy Harris (born November 13, 1930) is an American academic, author, and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Oklahoma.
Born in Walters, Oklahoma, Harris was elected to the Oklahoma Senate a ...
, who then won the general election over University of Oklahoma
, mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State"
, type = Public research university
, established =
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.7billion (2021)
, pr ...
football coach Bud Wilkinson.
Pennsylvania
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Hugh Scott successfully sought re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Genevieve Blatt.
Rhode Island
Democratic incumbent John Pastore won reelection to a third full term (and fourth overall), defeating Republican candidate Ronald Lagueux by more than 65 percentage points.
Tennessee
Tennessee (regular)
Incumbent Democrat Albert Gore Sr.
Albert Arnold Gore (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative f ...
was re-elected to a third term over Republican candidate Dan Kuykendall
Dan Heflin Kuykendall (July 9, 1924 – June 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Representative from Tennessee's 8th and 9th congressional districts from 1967 until 1975. A member of the Repub ...
.
Tennessee (special)
Democratic Congressman Ross Bass
Ross Bass (March 17, 1918January 1, 1993) was an American Congressman and United States Senator from Tennessee.
Background
Bass was the son of a circuit-riding Methodist minister in rural Giles County, attended the local public schools, and ...
won the special election to serve the remaining 26 months of the term to which the late Estes Kefauver had been elected in 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
. He defeated Republican candidate Howard Baker
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then ...
, who would go on to win the seat in the regular election two years later.
Texas
Incumbent Democrat Ralph Yarborough defeated future President of the United States
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George H. W. Bush.
Although Yarborough won this election, he would lose the Democratic Primary six years later, in 1970, to Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis t ...
. Bush later went on to win an election for the United States House of Representatives
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in 1966; he was elected vice president of the United States
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in 1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
and was elected president in 1988.
Utah
Democratic incumbent Frank Moss
Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977.
Early life and education
Frank Moss was born in Holla ...
was reelected to a second term over Republican candidate Ernest L. Wilkinson, the president of Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...
.
Vermont
Incumbent Republican Winston L. Prouty
Winston Lewis Prouty (September 1, 1906September 10, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1959 until his death. He was previously a member of the United State ...
successfully ran for re-election, defeating Democratic candidate Frederick J. Fayette.
Virginia
Incumbent Harry F. Byrd was re-elected to a seventh term, defeating Republican Richard A. May and independent James W. Respess.
Washington
Democratic incumbent Henry M. Jackson
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was reelected to a third term in a landslide, defeating Republican challenger Lloyd J. Andrews, who had previously served as the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction
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.
West Virginia
Democratic incumbent Robert Byrd was reelected to a second term over Republican candidate Cooper Benedict. Byrd would serve in the Senate until his death in 2010, making him the longest-serving senator in United States history.
Wisconsin
Incumbent Democrat William Proxmire
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was reelected to a second full term, defeating Republican Wilbur Renk.
Wyoming
See also
* 1964 United States elections
** 1964 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held November 3, 1964, concurrently with the presidential election. Elections were held in 25 states and 1 territory. These were the last gubernatorial elections for Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and ...
** 1964 United States presidential election
** 1964 United States House of Representatives elections
* 88th United States Congress
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* 89th United States Congress
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References
External links
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* Official result in New York City
''Canvass Shows Conservatives Rivaled Liberals in City Vote''
in NYT on November 26, 1964 (subscription required)
Images from the Robert Kennedy campaign
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