The 1958 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 1958, to elect a member of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
to represent the State of
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
, concurrently with
other Class 1 elections to the Senate and various other federal, state, and local elections.
Incumbent
Republican Senator
William Langer
William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota, where he was an infamous character, bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and ...
was re-elected to a fourth term, defeating a primary challenge from
Lieutenant Governor
A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...
Francis Clyde Duffy and winning the general election with 57.21% of the vote, defeating
Democratic-NPL candidate Raymond G. Vendsel who won 41.49% of the vote.
Two independent candidates,
Arthur C. Townley
Arthur Charles Townley (December 30, 1880 – November 7, 1959) was an American political organizer best known as the founder of the Nonpartisan League, National Non-Partisan League (NPL), a farmers' organization which had considerable political ...
and Custer Solem, also ran, had minimal impact on the outcome of the election, winning 1,700 (0.83%) and 973 (0.48%) votes, respectively. Townley was known as the creator of the National
Non-Partisan League, and had previously sought
North Dakota's other senate seat in 1956. This was the last time North Dakota's class 1 seat was won by a Republican until
Kevin Cramer won it in
2018
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Election results
See also
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1958 United States Senate elections
The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term.
As is common in mid-term elections, the party in the White House lost seats, but l ...
Notes
External links
1958 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results
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1958 North Dakota elections