1958 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1958 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1958.

1958 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee James Glenn Beall Thomas D'Alesandro
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 544,354 452,938
Percentage 51.18% 48.82%

County results
Beall:      50–60%      60–70%
D'Alesandro:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

James Glenn Beall
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Glenn Beall
Republican

Senator James Glenn Beall narrowly defeated Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro for re-election to a second term. Beall's victory came despite a national landslide for Senate Democrats.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1958 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Glenn Beall (incumbent) 50,754 91.00%
Republican Henry J. Lague 5,017 9.00%
Total votes 55,771 100.00%

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1958 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas D'Alesandro 125,408 34.71%
Democratic George P. Mahoney 119,796 33.15%
Democratic James Cabell Bruce 53,365 14.77%
Democratic Clarence D. Long 47,290 13.09%
Democratic Alden A. Potter 6,194 1.71%
Democratic William F. Fadler Jr. 4,822 1.33%
Democratic Andrew J. Easter 4,476 1.24%
Total votes 361,351 100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

General election results[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James Glenn Beall (incumbent) 544,354 51.18%  1.36
Democratic Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. 452,938 48.82%  1.36
Total votes 997,292 100.00%
Republican hold

Results by county edit

County J. Glenn Beall

Republican

Thomas D'Alesandro

Democratic

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # %
Allegany 15144 62.60% 9047 37.40% 6097 25.20% 24191
Anne Arundel 21425 57.31% 15962 42.69% 5463 14.61% 37387
Baltimore (City) 272177 54.58% 226469 45.42% 45708 9.17% 498646
Baltimore (County) 72514 57.35% 53936 42.65% 18578 14.69% 126450
Calvert 2053 48.49% 2181 51.51% -128 -3.02% 4234
Caroline 2821 53.42% 2460 46.58% 361 6.84% 5281
Carroll 8259 65.70% 4312 34.30% 3947 31.40% 12571
Cecil 4791 50.22% 4749 49.78% 42 0.44% 9540
Charles 4180 51.32% 3965 48.68% 215 2.64% 8145
Dorchester 3556 44.47% 4440 55.53% -884 -11.06% 7996
Frederick 11233 64.61% 6153 35.39% 5080 29.22% 17386
Garrett 3731 66.53% 1877 33.47% 1854 33.06% 5608
Harford 8115 57.54% 5988 42.46% 2127 15.08% 14103
Howard 5402 60.03% 3597 39.97% 1805 20.06% 8999
Kent 2830 53.76% 2434 46.24% 396 7.52% 5264
Montgomery 43840 53.62% 37913 46.38% 5927 7.25% 81753
Prince George's 26688 42.35% 36324 57.65% -9636 -15.29% 63012
Queen Anne's 2109 45.12% 2565 54.88% -456 -9.76% 4674
St. Mary's 2722 41.49% 3838 58.51% -1116 -17.01% 6560
Somerset 3228 47.28% 3600 52.72% -372 -5.45% 6828
Talbot 4061 61.02% 2594 38.98% 1467 22.04% 6655
Washington 15288 58.79% 10718 41.21% 4570 17.57% 26006
Wicomico 5682 52.46% 5149 47.54% 533 4.92% 10831
Worcester 2505 48.43% 2667 51.57% -162 -3.13% 5172
Total 544354 54.58% 452938 45.42% 91416 9.17% 997292

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican edit

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0168, Page 0376 - Maryland Manual, 1959-60". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 376. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 20 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0168, Page 0376 - Maryland Manual, 1959-60". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 376. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 20 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0168, Page 0359 - Maryland Manual, 1959-60". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 359. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "1958 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2023.