1956 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
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The 1956 United States Senate election in New Hampshire took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican Senator Norris Cotton won re-election to a full term, having first been elected in a 1954 special election.
Primary elections
[edit]Primary elections were held on September 11, 1956.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Laurence M. Pickett, former Mayor of Keene,[1][2] unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator in 1954
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Laurence M. Pickett | 23,440 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 23,440 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Norris Cotton, incumbent United States Senator
- Joseph Moore, unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative in 1946 and 1954
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norris Cotton (incumbent) | 61,673 | 89.46 | |
Republican | Joseph Moore | 7,264 | 10.54 | |
Total votes | 68,937 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Norris Cotton (Incumbent) | 161,424 | 64.07 | ||
Democratic | Laurence M. Pickett | 90,519 | 35.93 | ||
Majority | 70,905 | 28.14 | |||
Turnout | 251,943 | ||||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Keene Mayors 1874-Present". City of Keene. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ "Mayors and Postmasters of Keene, New Hampshire". Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 137.
- ^ a b Manual for the General Court 1957, p. 492.
- ^ "NH US Senate, 1956 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 92.
- ^ "NH US Senate, 1956". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Manual for the General Court 1957, p. 598.
- ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (1958). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
- Fuller, Enoch D., ed. (1957). Manual for the General Court of New Hampshire. Vol. 35. Concord, NH: Department of State, New Hampshire.
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