United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1956

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1956

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Nominee Joseph S. Clark, Jr. James H. Duff
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,268,641 2,250,671
Percentage 50.1% 49.7%

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County results

U.S. senator before election

James H. Duff
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph S. Clark, Jr.
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1956 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator James H. Duff sought re-election to another term, but was defeated by the Democratic nominee, Joseph S. Clark, Jr.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph S. Clark, Jr. 2,268,641 50.08
Republican James H. Duff (incumbent) 2,250,671 49.69
Socialist Labor George S. Taylor 7,447 4528794 0.16
Militant Workers Herbert G. Lewin 2,035 0.05

References

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