1950 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1950 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings ran for a fifth term in office, but was defeated by Republican John Marshall Butler.

1950 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee John Marshall Butler Millard Tydings
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 326,291 283,180
Percentage 53.00% 46.00%

County results
Butler:      50–60%      60–70%
Tydings:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Millard Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Marshall Butler
Republican

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1950 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Millard Tydings (inc.) 172,577 66.30%
Democratic Hugh J. Monaghan II 47,718 18.33%
Democratic John A. Meyer 40,015 15.37%
Total votes 260,310 100.00%

Republican primary

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1950 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Marshall Butler 32,902 48.61%
Republican D. John Markey 34,791 51.40%
Total votes 47,136 100.00%

Although Markey received more raw votes than Butler, Butler received the highest unit vote at the State Convention and was nominated for Senate.[1]

General election

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Results

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1950 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Marshall Butler 326,291 53.00%
Democratic Millard Tydings (inc.) 283,180 46.00%
Progressive Samuel Fox 6,143 1.00%
Total votes 615,614 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

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County John Marshall Butler

Republican

Millard Tydings

Democratic

Samuel Fox

Progressive

Margin Total

votes

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# % # % # % # %
Allegany 16379 60.54% 10399 38.44% 278 1.03% 5980 22.10% 27056
Anne Arundel 13935 57.86% 9934 41.25% 213 0.88% 4001 16.61% 24082
Baltimore (City) 127968 53.01% 110262 45.67% 3195 1.32% 17706 7.33% 241425
Baltimore (County) 42419 51.59% 39346 47.86% 452 0.55% 3073 3.74% 82217
Calvert 1942 45.66% 2285 53.73% 26 0.61% -343 -8.06% 4253
Caroline 2627 45.68% 3101 53.92% 23 0.40% -474 -8.24% 5751
Carroll 7498 57.81% 5404 41.66% 69 0.53% 2094 16.14% 12971
Cecil 3727 38.85% 5816 60.62% 51 0.53% -2089 -21.77% 9594
Charles 3493 55.43% 2749 43.62% 60 0.95% 744 11.81% 6302
Dorchester 4038 47.46% 4433 52.10% 38 0.45% -395 -4.64% 8509
Frederick 10668 56.43% 8112 42.91% 126 0.67% 2556 13.52% 18906
Garrett 3824 63.72% 2128 35.46% 49 0.82% 1696 28.26% 6001
Harford 4679 36.78% 8001 62.90% 41 0.32% -3322 -26.11% 12721
Howard 3649 48.08% 3793 49.98% 147 1.94% -144 -1.90% 7589
Kent 2440 43.02% 3217 56.72% 15 0.26% -777 -13.70% 5672
Montgomery 22467 54.39% 18261 44.21% 576 1.39% 4206 10.18% 41304
Prince George's 20599 56.26% 15675 42.81% 339 0.93% 4924 13.45% 36613
Queen Anne's 2090 41.35% 2931 57.99% 33 0.65% -841 -16.64% 5054
St. Mary's 3093 49.36% 3115 49.71% 58 0.93% -22 -0.35% 6266
Somerset 3507 52.45% 3138 46.93% 42 0.63% 369 5.52% 6687
Talbot 3324 47.28% 3678 52.31% 29 0.41% -354 -5.03% 7031
Washington 13445 59.08% 9138 40.15% 175 0.77% 4307 18.93% 22758
Wicomico 5668 52.01% 5151 47.27% 79 0.72% 517 4.74% 10898
Worcester 2812 47.23% 3113 52.28% 29 0.49% -301 -5.06% 5954
Total 326291 53.00% 283180 46.00% 6143 1.00% 43111 7.00% 615614

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0165, Page 0332 - Maryland Manual, 1953-54". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 332. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 18 1950". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - Sep 18 1950". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0164, Page 0261 - Maryland Manual, 1951-52". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 261. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "1950 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. May 1, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.