1958 United States Senate election in New York
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The United States Senate election of 1958 in New York was held on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Republican Senator Irving Ives retired. Republican Representative Kenneth Keating defeated Democrat Frank Hogan to succeed Ives. As of 2023, this is the last time the Republicans won the Class 1 Senate seat in New York.
Contents
Democratic convention
Candidates
Declared
- Thomas K. Finletter, former Secretary of the Air Force
- Frank Hogan, District Attorney of New York County
- Thomas E. Murray Sr., former Atomic Energy Commissioner
Results
The Democratic convention was held on August 26.
| 1958 Democratic Convention[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Frank Hogan | 772 | 67.60% | |
| Democratic | Thomas E. Murray Sr. | 304 | 26.62% | |
| Democratic | Thomas K. Finletter | 66 | 5.78% | |
| Total votes | 1,317 | 100.00% | ||
Candidates
Democratic
Republican
- Kenneth Keating, U.S. Representative
Independents and third parties
Independent Socialist
Liberal
The Liberal Party initially chose Thomas K. Finletter as its nominee for Senate, but after Finletter lost the Democratic nomination to Frank Hogan, Finletter withdrew and the party endorsed Hogan instead.
General election
Results
| 1958 United States Senate election in New York[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Kenneth Keating | 2,842,942 | 50.75% | |
| Democratic | Frank Hogan | 2,434,899 | 43.46% | |
| Liberal | Frank Hogan | 275,051 | 4.91% | |
| 'Total' | Frank Hogan | 2,709,950 | 48.38% | |
| Independent Socialist | Corliss Lamont | 49,087 | 0.88% | |
| Total votes | 5,601,979 | 100.00% | ||
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