1962 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 6, the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. They occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, increasing their control of the Senate to 68–32. However, this was reduced to 67–33 between the election and the next Congress, as on November 18, 1962, Democrat Dennis Chávez, who was not up for election that year, died. He was replaced on November 30, 1962, by Republican appointee Edwin L. Mechem. Additionally, Democrat Strom Thurmond became a Republican in 1964, further reducing Democrats to 66–34. This was the first time since 1932 that Democrats gained seats in this class of senators.

This was the first time since 1914 that the president's party gained seats in the Senate and lost seats in the House. This would occur again in 1970, 2018, and 2022.

Results summary

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Democratic	Republican

Parties		style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Total
		Democratic	Republican	Other
Last elections (1960) Before these elections		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 64	36	0	100
Not up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 43	18	0	61
Up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	18	—	39
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 19	15	—	34
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 1	0	—	1
	Template:Small	1	Template:Party shading/Republican | 3	—	4
Incumbent retired		2	2	—	4
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 2	0	—	2
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease2 Republicans replaced by Template:Increase2 Democrats	—	2
	Result	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 4	0	0	4
Incumbent ran		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 19	16Template:Efn	—	35
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 17	12	—	29
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease3 Republicans replaced by Template:Increase3 Democrats Template:Decrease2 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase2 Republicans	—	5
	Template:Small	0	0	—	0
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Decrease1 Republican replaced by Template:Increase1 Democrat	—	1
	Result	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	14	0	35
Total elected		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 25	14	0	39
Net gain/loss		Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Increase4	Template:Decrease4	Template:Steady	4
Nationwide vote		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21,387,598	20,897,719	258,084	42,543,401
	Share	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 50.27%	49.12%	0.61%	100%
Result		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 68	32	0	100

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Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Two Republicans and two Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Connecticut	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Hawaii	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Maryland	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Massachusetts	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Defeats

Four Republicans and two Democrats sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Colorado	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Hampshire (special)	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
South Dakota	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Wisconsin	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Wyoming (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Post-election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
California (Class 1)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
New Mexico (Class 1)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Tennessee (Class 2)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Post-election changes

One Democrat switched to a Republican in September 1964.

State	Senator	Replaced by
South Carolina (Class 2)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

Before the elections

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Elections results

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Beginning of the next Congress

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Race summaries

Special elections during the 87th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1962 or before January 3, 1963; ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Idaho (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1962 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1962 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts (Class 1)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1960 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1961 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Interim appointee lost nomination New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Wyoming (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1961 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee lost election New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist

Elections leading to the next Congress

In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1963; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1938 Template:Small 1938 1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Alaska	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1958 United States Senate elections in Alaska|1958 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arizona	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1926 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
California	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1953 Template:Small [[1954 United States Senate special election in California|1954 Template:Small]] 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1956	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1952 United States Senate special election in Connecticut|1952 Template:Small]] 1956	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Florida	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Hawaii	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1959 United States Senate elections in Hawaii|1959 Template:Small]]	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1944 1950 1956	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1950 United States Senate special election in Kansas|1950 Template:Small]] 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1948 United States Senate special election in Louisiana|1948 Template:Small]] 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1950 1956	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1960 Template:Small [[1960 United States Senate special election in Missouri|1960 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	[[1954 United States Senate special election in Nevada|1954 Template:Small]] 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1954 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire|1954 Template:Small]] 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New York	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1954 Template:Small [[1954 United States Senate special elections in North Carolina|1954 Template:Small]] 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small [[1946 United States Senate special election in North Dakota|1946 Template:Small]] 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944Template:Efn 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1962 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Utah	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1940 United States Senate special election in Vermont|1940 Template:Small]] 1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1944 Template:Small 1944 1950 1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1938 1944 1950 1956	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Nineteen races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
South Dakota	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	0.2%
Indiana	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	0.6%
Alabama	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1.8%
Idaho (special)	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	2.0%
Connecticut	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	2.5%
New Hampshire (special)	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	4.6%
Utah	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	4.8%
Washington	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	4.8%
Wisconsin	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic (flip)	5.4%
Kentucky	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	5.6%
Illinois	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	5.8%
Pennsylvania	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	2.4%
Iowa	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	6.8%
Oklahoma	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	6.9%
Colorado	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	8.0%
Oregon	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	8.4%
Missouri	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	9.2%
Idaho	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	9.4%
Arizona	data-sort-value=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	9.5%

Nevada was the tipping point state, with a margin of 30.6%.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Incumbent Ernest Gruening defeated the Republican challenger, former U.S. attorney, interior solicitor and future long-time U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, to win re-election to a full term.

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Arizona

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Incumbent Democrat Carl Hayden defeated future Governor Evan Mecham to win re-election to a seventh term.

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

Idaho (regular)

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Idaho (special)

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

Kansas (regular)

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Kansas (special)

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maryland

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Massachusetts (special)

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John F. Kennedy, originally elected to the U.S. Senate in 1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, resigned in 1961 after being elected in the 1960 United States presidential election. Incumbent Benjamin A. Smith II chose not to run for re-election. Ted Kennedy, brother of John and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, defeated Edward J. McCormack, Jr. by a wide margin in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs George C. Lodge defeated U.S. representative Laurence Curtis in a close race.

In a battle between two candidates from influential political families, H. Stuart Hughes ran as an independent. Ted Kennedy defeated Lodge with 55% of the vote to 42% for Lodge, with 2% to Hughes. Kennedy would serve until 2009.

Missouri

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire (regular)

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New Hampshire (special)

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Incumbent Republican Milton Young was re-elected to his fourth term, defeating North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate William Lanier<ref>Lanier is not to be confused with former North Dakota Governor William Langer.</ref> of Fargo.<ref name=Clerk/> Only Young filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic candidate was Lanier, who had previously faced Young in a special election held in 1946 to fill the seat which was vacated by the late John Moses. Young and Lanier won the primary elections for their respective parties. No independents ran.

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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South Carolina

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Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Governor Fritz Hollings in the Democratic primary and Republican W. D. Workman Jr. in the general election. The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary on June 12, 1962. Olin D. Johnston, the incumbent senator, faced stiff competition from Governor Fritz Hollings, who argued that Johnston was too liberal and not representative of South Carolina interests. Johnston told the voters that he was doing what he thought was best for the agriculture and textile workers of the state. Hollings was decisively defeated by Johnston because Johnston used his position as Post Office and Civil Service Committee to build 40 new post offices in the state and thus demonstrate the pull he had in Washington.

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W. D. Workman Jr., a correspondent for the News and Courier, faced no opposition from South Carolina Republicans and avoided a primary election.

Both Johnston and Workman supported segregation, so the campaign centered on the economic issues of the state. Workman tried to persuade the voters that Johnston's policies were socialist and that he was too closely aligned with the Kennedy administration. Johnston was a consistent supporter of socialized health care proposals, and Workman was able to win considerable support from the medical establishment. However, the state's citizens were much poorer than those of the rest of the nation, and Johnston's class based appeals made him a very popular figure for the downtrodden of both the white and black races. The competitive nature of this race foretold the eventual rise of the Republican Party and the fact that South Carolinians were growing increasingly suspicious of policies generated at the federal level.

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South Dakota

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Utah

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Vermont

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming (special)

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See also

• 1962 United States elections
  • 1962 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1962 United States House of Representatives elections
• 87th United States Congress
• 88th United States Congress

References

• "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume II. Columbia, SC: 1963, p. 6.
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