1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey
The United States Senate election of 1952 in New Jersey was held on November 4, 1952.
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Incumbent Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith was re-elected to a second term against Undersecretary of the Army Archibald S. Alexander. Both men were residents of Princeton.
As of 2020, this is the most recent election in which Republicans won the Class I Senate seat in New Jersey.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Carl E. Ring, candidate for U.S. Representative in 1950
- H. Alexander Smith, incumbent Senator
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | H. Alexander Smith (incumbent) | 419,376 | 86.52% | |
| Republican | Carl E. Ring | 65,330 | 13.48% | |
| Total votes | 484,706 | 100.00% | ||
Candidates
- Archibald S. Alexander (Democrat), United States Under Secretary of the Army and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1948
- George Breitman (Socialist Workers), activist and editor of The Militant
- Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)
- H. Alexander Smith (Republican), incumbent Senator
- A. N. Smith (Prohibition)
- Katharine A. Van Orden (Progressive)
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | H. Alexander Smith (Incumbent) | 1,286,782 | 55.51 | |
| Democratic | Archibald S. Alexander | 1,011,187 | 43.62 | |
| Progressive | Katharine A. Van Orden | 7,195 | 0.31 | |
| Prohibition | A. N. Smith | 6,815 | 0.29 | |
| Socialist Workers | George Breitman | 5,088 | 0.22 | |
| Socialist Labor | Albert Ronis | 1,165 | 0.05 | |
| Majority | 275,595 | 11.89 | ||
| Turnout | 2,318,232 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
References
- https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=743884
- "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1952" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=109411
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