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1960 United States Senate elections

← 1958

November 8, 1960

1962 →

← 1959 (HI)

1961 (TX) →

34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Lyndon Johnson (retired)^[a]	Everett Dirksen
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1959
Leader's seat	Texas	Illinois
Seats before	66	34
Seats after	64	36
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	18,547,250^[1]	14,894,867^[1]
Percentage	55.1%	44.2%
Seats up	23	11
Races won	21	13

Results of the elections (excl. North Dakota):
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

Lyndon Johnson
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Mike Mansfield^[a]
Democratic

The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8, 1960. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. A special election was also held on June 28, 1960, for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota where Democrats flipped a seat to expand their majority to 66–34. As Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson was elected Vice President, Mike Mansfield became the new majority leader.

The Republicans gained two seats at the expense of the Democrats. However, Republican Senator-elect Edwin Keith Thomson of Wyoming died December 9, 1960, and was replaced by appointee Democratic John J. Hickey at the beginning of the Congress, reducing Republican gains to one seat. However, this was canceled out by a 1961 special election where Republican John Tower flipped Johnson's Senate seat. The Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding lead in the Senate with 64 seats to 36.

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64	36
Democratic	Republican

Democratic	Republican	Other
Parties				Total
Last elections (1958)	64	34	0	98
Before these elections	66	34	0	100
Not up	43	23	0	66

Up	23	11	—	34
	Class 2 (1954→1960)	22	11	—	33
Special: Class 3	1	0	—	1

Incumbent retired	4	1	—	5
	Held by same party	3	1	—	4
Replaced by other party	1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican	—	1
Result	3	2	0	5
Incumbent ran	19	10	—	29
	Won re-election	18	10	—	28
Lost re-election	1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican	—	1
Lost renomination, but held by same party	0	0	—	0
Result	18	11	0	29

Total elected	21	13	0	34
Net gain/loss	2	2		2
Nationwide vote	18,547,250	14,894,867	218,893	33,661,010
	Share	55.10%	44.25%	0.65%	100%
Result	64	36	0	100

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 52.

Gains, losses, and holds

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

One Democrat sought re-election but lost in the general election.

Post-election changes

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Four Republicans died and two Democrats resigned, and were all replaced by appointees. One Republican senator-elect died December 9, 1960 before the next Congress began, and was replaced by a Democratic appointee. In Texas, a 1961 special election was held prior to the 1962 United States Senate elections, where John Tower won the special election to succeed Democratic appointee William A. Blakley, who lost election to finish the term.

Change in composition

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After the June special election

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D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈	D₄₉	D₅₀
Majority →	D₅₁
D₆₀	D₅₉	D₅₈	D₅₇	D₅₆	D₅₅	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂
D₆₁	D₆₂	D₆₃	D₆₄	D₆₅	D₆₆ N.D. (sp) Gain	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Before the November elections

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D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄ Ala. Ran	D₄₅ Alaska Ran	D₄₆ Ark. Ran	D₄₇ Del. Ran	D₄₈ Ga. Ran	D₄₉ Ill. Ran	D₅₀ La. Ran
Majority →	D₅₁ Mich. Ran
D₆₀ R.I. Retired	D₅₉ Ore. (reg) Ore. (sp) Retired	D₅₈ Okla. Ran	D₅₇ N.C. Ran	D₅₆ N.M. Ran	D₅₅ Mont. Retired	D₅₄ Mo. (sp) Ran	D₅₃ Miss. Ran	D₅₂ Minn. Ran
D₆₁ S.C. Ran	D₆₂ Tenn. Ran	D₆₃ Texas Ran	D₆₄ Va. Ran	D₆₅ W.Va. Ran	D₆₆ Wyo. Retired	R₃₄ S.D. Ran	R₃₃ N.J. Ran	R₃₂ N.H. Ran	R₃₁ Neb. Ran
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄ Colo. Ran	R₂₅ Idaho Ran	R₂₆ Iowa Retired	R₂₇ Kan. Ran	R₂₈ Ky. Ran	R₂₉ Maine Ran	R₃₀ Mass. Ran
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Result of the November elections

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D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄ Ala. Re-elected	D₄₅ Alaska Re-elected	D₄₆ Ark. Re-elected	D₄₇ Ga. Re-elected	D₄₈ Ill. Re-elected	D₄₉ La. Re-elected	D₅₀ Mich. Re-elected
Majority →	D₅₁ Minn. Re-elected
D₆₀ S.C. Re-elected	D₅₉ R.I. Hold	D₅₈ Ore. (reg) Ore. (sp) Hold	D₅₇ Okla. Re-elected	D₅₆ N.C. Re-elected	D₅₅ N.M. Re-elected	D₅₄ Mont. Hold	D₅₃ Mo. (sp) Elected^[b]	D₅₂ Miss. Re-elected
D₆₁ Tenn. Re-elected	D₆₂ Texas Re-elected^[a]	D₆₃ Va. Re-elected	D₆₄ W.Va. Re-elected	R₃₆ Wyo.^[c] Gain	R₃₅ Del. Gain	R₃₄ S.D. Re-elected	R₃₃ N.J. Re-elected	R₃₂ N.H. Re-elected	R₃₁ Neb. Re-elected
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄ Colo. Re-elected	R₂₅ Idaho Re-elected	R₂₆ Iowa Hold	R₂₇ Kan. Re-elected	R₂₈ Ky. Re-elected	R₂₉ Maine Re-elected	R₃₀ Mass. Re-elected
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Beginning of the next Congress

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D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈	D₄₉	D₅₀
Majority →	D₅₁
D₆₀	D₅₉	D₅₈	D₅₇	D₅₆	D₅₅	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂
D₆₁	D₆₂	D₆₃	D₆₄ Wyo.^[c] Gain	R₃₆ Texas Gain	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Key:

D_#	Democratic
R_#	Republican

Special elections during the 86th Congress

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In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1960 or before January 3, 1961; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates
Senator	Party	Electoral history
North Dakota (Class 1)	Norman Brunsdale	Republican	1959 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected June 28, 1960 and seated August 8, 1960. Democratic-NPL gain.	▌ Quentin Burdick (Democratic-NPL) 49.7% ▌John E. Davis (Republican) 49.2%
Missouri (Class 3)	Edward V. Long	Democratic	1960 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 8, 1960.	▌ Edward V. Long (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Lon Hocker (Republican) 46.8%
Oregon (Class 2)	Hall S. Lusk	Democratic	1960 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 8, 1960 and seated the following day. Winner was also elected to the next term, see below. Democratic hold.	▌ Maurine Neuberger (Democratic) 55.0% ▌Elmo Smith (Republican) 45.0%^[3]

Elections leading to the next Congress

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In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1961; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates
Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama	John Sparkman	Democratic	1946 (special) 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ John Sparkman (Democratic) 70.2% ▌Julian Elgin (Republican) 29.8%
Alaska	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	1958 (New seat)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Bob Bartlett (Democratic) 63.4% ▌Lee McKinley (Republican) 36.6%
Arkansas	John L. McClellan	Democratic	1942 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ John L. McClellan (Democratic) Unopposed
Colorado	Gordon Allott	Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Gordon Allott (Republican) 53.5% ▌Robert Lee Knous (Democratic) 46.0%
Delaware	J. Allen Frear Jr.	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌ J. Caleb Boggs (Republican) 50.7% ▌J. Allen Frear Jr. (Democratic) 49.3%
Georgia	Richard Russell Jr.	Democratic	1932 (special) 1936 1942 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Richard Russell Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho	Henry Dworshak	Republican	1946 (special) 1948 (Lost) 1949 (Appointed) 1950 (special) 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Henry Dworshak (Republican) 52.3% ▌R. F. Bob McLaughlin (Democratic) 47.7%
Illinois	Paul Douglas	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Paul Douglas (Democratic) 54.6% ▌Samuel W. Witwer (Republican) 45.2%
Iowa	Thomas E. Martin	Republican	1954	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌ Jack Miller (Republican) 51.9% ▌Herschel C. Loveless (Democratic) 48.1%
Kansas	Andrew Frank Schoeppel	Republican	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) 54.6% ▌Frank Gordon Theis (Democratic) 43.8%
Kentucky	John Sherman Cooper	Republican	1946 (special) 1948 (Lost) 1952 (special) 1954 (Lost) 1956 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ John Sherman Cooper (Republican) 59.2% ▌Keen Johnson (Democratic) 40.8%
Louisiana	Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	1936 1942 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Allen J. Ellender (Democratic) 79.8% ▌George W. Reese Jr. (Republican) 20.2%
Maine	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) 61.7% ▌Lucia M. Cormier (Democratic) 38.4%
Massachusetts	Leverett Saltonstall	Republican	1944 (special) 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Leverett Saltonstall (Republican) 56.2% ▌Thomas J. O'Connor (Democratic) 43.5%
Michigan	Patrick V. McNamara	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Patrick V. McNamara (Democratic) 51.7% ▌Alvin Morell Bentley (Republican) 48.0%
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	DFL^[d]	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Hubert Humphrey (DFL) 57.5% ▌P. Kenneth Peterson (Republican) 42.2%
Mississippi	James Eastland	Democratic	1942 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ James Eastland (Democratic) 91.8% ▌Joe A. Moore (Republican) 8.2%
Montana	James E. Murray	Democratic	1934 (special) 1936 1942 1948 1954	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌ Lee Metcalf (Democratic) 50.7% ▌Orvin B. Fjare (Republican) 49.3%
Nebraska	Carl Curtis	Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Carl Curtis (Republican) 58.9% ▌Robert B. Conrad (Democratic) 41.1%
New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	1936 1942 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Styles Bridges (Republican) 60.4% ▌Herbert W. Hill (Democratic) 39.7%
New Jersey	Clifford P. Case	Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Clifford P. Case (Republican) 55.7% ▌Thorn Lord (Democratic) 43.2%
New Mexico	Clinton Anderson	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Clinton Anderson (Democratic) 63.4% ▌William Colwes (Republican) 36.6%
North Carolina	B. Everett Jordan	Democratic	1958 (Appointed) 1958 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ B. Everett Jordan (Democratic) 61.4% ▌Kyle Hayes (Republican) 38.6%
Oklahoma	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 54.8% ▌B. Hayden Crawford (Republican) 44.6%
Oregon	Hall S. Lusk	Democratic	1960 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. Winner also elected to finish the term; see above. Democratic hold.	▌ Maurine Neuberger (Democratic) 54.6% ▌Elmo Smith (Republican) 45.4%^[4]
Rhode Island	Theodore F. Green	Democratic	1936 1942 1948 1954	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌ Claiborne Pell (Democratic) 68.9% ▌Raoul Archambault (Republican) 31.1%
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Democratic	1954 (write-in) 1954 (Appointed) 1956 (Resigned) 1956 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Strom Thurmond (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota	Karl Mundt	Republican	1948 1948 (Appointed) 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Karl Mundt (Republican) 52.4% ▌George McGovern (Democratic) 47.6%
Tennessee	Estes Kefauver	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Estes Kefauver (Democratic) 71.8% ▌A. Bradley Frazier (Republican) 28.3%
Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected, but resigned at the end of the term to become U.S. Vice President. William A. Blakley was appointed to begin the next term.	▌ Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 58.0% ▌John Tower (Republican) 41.1% ▌Bard A. Logan (Constitution) 0.9%
Virginia	A. Willis Robertson	Democratic	1946 (special) 1948 1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ A. Willis Robertson (Democratic) 81.3% ▌Stuart D. Baker (Independent) 14.2%
West Virginia	Jennings Randolph	Democratic	1958 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Jennings Randolph (Democratic) 55.3% ▌Cecil H. Underwood (Republican) 44.7%
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democratic	1954	Incumbent retired. New senator elected, but died before Congress began. Republican gain. Joe Hickey (D) was appointed to begin the next term.	▌ Keith Thomson (Republican) 56.4% ▌Raymond B. Whitaker (Democratic) 43.6%

Eleven races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
North Dakota (special)	Democratic (flip)	0.5%
Montana	Democratic	1.4%
Delaware	Republican (flip)	1.4%
Michigan	Democratic	3.7%
Iowa	Republican	3.8%
Idaho	Republican	4.6%
South Dakota	Republican	4.8%
Missouri (special)	Democratic	6.4%
Colorado	Republican	7.5%
Oregon	Democratic	9.2%
Illinois	Democratic	9.4%

Rhode Island was the tipping point state with a margin of 37.8%.

1960 United States Senate election in Alabama

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	John Sparkman	Julian Elgin
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	389,196	164,868
Percentage	70.24%	29.76%

County results
Sparkman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Elgin: 50-60% 60-70%

U.S. senator before election

John Sparkman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Sparkman
Democratic

Incumbent John J. Sparkman won re-election, having served since 1946. He faced nominal opposition from Republican Julian E. Elgin in the then-deeply Democratic state of Alabama. Sparkman served from 1946 to 1979 in the Senate before retiring and being succeeded by Howell Heflin.

1960 United States Senate election in Alaska

← 1958

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Bob Bartlett	Lee McKinley
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	38,041	21,937
Percentage	63.43%	36.58%

Results by election district
Bartlett: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
McKinley: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Bob Bartlett
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Bartlett
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Bob Bartlett was easily re-elected to his second (his first full) term in the U.S. Senate over Republican dentist Lee McKinley after originally being elected in 1958 upon Alaska's anticipated admission as a state into the United States. Bartlett had previously served as the last delegate from Alaska to Congress.

1960 United States Senate election in Arkansas

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	John L. McClellan
Party	Democratic
Popular vote	337,036
Percentage	99.88%

County results
McClellan: 90–100%

U.S. senator before election

John L. McClellan
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John L. McClellan
Democratic

Incumbent senator John L. McClellan was re-elected to a fourth term with nominal opposition from write-in independent candidate Marvin Fuchs, who received just 449 of 377,485 votes.

1960 United States Senate election in Colorado

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Gordon Allott	Robert Lee Knous
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	389,428	334,854
Percentage	53.52%	46.02%

County results
Allott: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70%
Knous: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Gordon Allott
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Gordon Allott
Republican

Incumbent Gordon Allott was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating lieutenant governor Robert Knous by just under eight percentage points. He would wind up winning re-election in 1966 before retiring in 1973, replaced by Democrat Floyd Haskell.

1960 United States Senate election in Delaware

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	J. Caleb Boggs	J. Allen Frear Jr.
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	98,874	96,090
Percentage	50.71%	49.29%

County Results
Boggs: 50-60%
Frear: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

J. Allen Frear Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

J. Caleb Boggs
Republican

J. Allen Frear ran for re-election to a third term, but he was defeated by Republican governor J. Caleb Boggs by a narrow 1% margin. Boggs would be re-elected in 1966, but he would lose re-election to a third term in 1972 to future U.S. President Joe Biden.

1960 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Georgia

← 1954

September 14, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Richard Russell Jr.
Party	Democratic
Electoral vote	410
Popular vote	560,256
Percentage	100.00%

County results
Russell: >90%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Russell Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Russell Jr.
Democratic

Incumbent Richard B. Russell Jr. was re-elected to a sixth term in office, running unopposed in the tantamount Democratic primary and facing nominal opposition in the deeply-Democratic Georgia.

Henry Dworshak ran for re-election to a third term, defeating R.F. McLaughlin by just under five percentage points.

Idaho election

← 1954

1962 (special) →


Nominee	Henry Dworshak	R.F. McLaughlin
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	152,648	139,448
Percentage	52.26%	47.74%

County results
Dworshak: 50-60% 60-70%
McLaughlin: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Henry Dworshak
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Henry Dworshak
Republican

1960 United States Senate election in Illinois

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →

Turnout

84.24%


Nominee	Paul Douglas	Samuel W. Witwer
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,530,945	2,093,846
Percentage	54.63%	45.20%

County results
Douglas: 50–60% 60–70%
Witwer: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Paul Douglas
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Douglas
Democratic

Incumbent Paul H. Douglas successfully ran for re-election to a third term, defeating Republican Samuel Witwer.

1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Jack Miller	Herschel Loveless
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	642,643	595,119
Percentage	51.92%	48.08%

County results
Miller: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Loveless: 50-60% 60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Thomas E. Martin
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Miller
Republican

Incumbent Republican Thomas Martin decided to retire, leaving this seat open. Republican Jack Miller won the open seat, defeating Democrat Herschel C. Loveless and riding the coattails of Richard Nixon's victory in the state.

1960 United States Senate election in Kansas

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1962 (special) →


Nominee	Andrew F. Schoeppel	Frank Theis
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	485,499	388,895
Percentage	54.64%	43.77%

County results
Schoeppel: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Theis: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Andrew F. Schoeppel
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Andrew F. Schoeppel
Republican

Kentucky election

← 1956 (special)

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	John Sherman Cooper	Keen Johnson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	644,087	444,830
Percentage	59.15%	40.85%

County results
Cooper: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90% >90%
Johnson: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

John Sherman Cooper
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Sherman Cooper
Republican

Incumbent John Sherman Cooper ran for re-election, defeating Keen Johnson by nearly 20%. This was the first time Cooper had won an election to a full Senate term, though he had previously served two partial terms.

1960 United States Senate election in Louisiana

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Allen J. Ellender	George W. Reese Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	432,228	109,698
Percentage	79.76%	20.24%

Parish results
Ellender: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%

U.S. senator before election

Allen J. Ellender
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Allen J. Ellender
Democratic

1960 United States Senate election in Maine

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Margaret Chase Smith	Lucia Cormier
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	256,890	159,809
Percentage	61.65%	38.35%

County results
Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Cormier: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Margaret Chase Smith
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Margaret Chase Smith
Republican

Incumbent Republican Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, was overwhelmingly re-elected to a third term, defeating Lucia Cormier. This was the first election in which a woman was nominated by both major parties for the office of U.S. Senate, meaning a woman was going to be elected regardless of who won.

1960 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Leverett Saltonstall	Thomas J. O'Connor
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,358,556	1,050,725
Percentage	56.19%	43.46%

Saltonstall

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90–100%

O'Connor

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

Senator before election

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

Elected Senator

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

Republican incumbent Leverett Saltonstall was re-elected to another term after being elected in 1944 in a special election. He defeated Democrat Thomas O'Connor Jr.

Michigan election

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Patrick V. McNamara	Alvin M. Bentley
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,669,179	1,548,873
Percentage	51.73%	48.00%

County results
McNamara: 50–60% 60–70%
Bentley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Patrick V. McNamara
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Patrick V. McNamara
Democratic

Democrat Patrick V. McNamara was narrowly re-elected against Republican Alvin Bentley, having served one full term prior.

Minnesota election

← 1954

1966 →


Nominee	Hubert H. Humphrey	P. Kenneth Peterson
Party	Democratic (DFL)	Republican
Popular vote	884,168	648,586
Percentage	57.53%	42.20%

County results
Humphrey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Peterson: 50-60% 60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic (DFL)

Elected U.S. senator

Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic (DFL)

Democrat Hubert Humphrey, who would later become vice president, was re-elected over Republican challenger P. Kenneth Peterson. He had served since 1949.

Mississippi election

← 1954

1966 →


Nominee	James Eastland	Joe Moore
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	244,341	21,807
Percentage	91.8%	8.2%

County results
Eastland: 80-90% 90-100%

U.S. senator before election

James Eastland
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

James Eastland
Democratic

Incumbent James Eastland, who had represented Mississippi in the Senate since 1943, was elected to another term in a landslide with 92% of the vote.

Following the death of incumbent Thomas C. Hennings, Democrat Edward V. Long, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, ran against Republican Lon Hocker for the open seat. Long defeated Hocker by just under seven percentage points.

1960 United States Senate special election in Missouri

← 1956

1962 →


Nominee	Edward V. Long	Lon Hocker
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	999,656	880,576
Percentage	53.17%	46.83%

County results
Long: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Hocker: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Edward V. Long
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Edward V. Long
Democratic

1960 United States Senate election in Montana

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Lee Metcalf	Orvin B. Fjare
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	140,331	136,281
Percentage	50.73%	49.27%

County results
Metcalf: 50–60% 60–70%
Fjare: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

James E. Murray
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lee Metcalf
Democratic

After the retirement of incumbent Democrat James E. Murray, Democrat and representative Lee Metcalf and Republican Orvin Fjare ran for the open seat. Metcalf kept the seat Democratic, winning by just over 1%. This was despite Richard Nixon winning Montana in the concurrent presidential election.

1960 United States Senate election in Nebraska

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Carl Curtis	Robert B. Conrad
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	352,748	245,807
Percentage	58.93%	41.07%

County results
Curtis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Conrad: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Carl Curtis
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Carl Curtis
Republican

Republican Carl Curtis, who had served since 1955, was re-elected to a second term over Democrat Robert Conrad by nearly 17 percentage points. Curtis won all but four counties in the state.

1960 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1962 (special) →


Nominee	Styles Bridges	Herbert W. Hill
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	173,521	114,024
Percentage	60.35%	39.65%

County results
Bridges: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Styles Bridges
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Styles Bridges
Republican

Bridges died less than a year into his fifth term. With New Hampshire's other Senator Norris Cotton up for re-election in 1962 and following Bridges death. Both of New Hampshire's Senate seats would be up in the 1962 midterms.

New Jersey election

← 1954

1966 →


Nominee	Clifford P. Case	Thorn Lord
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,483,832	1,151,385
Percentage	55.69%	43.21%

County results

Case: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

Lord: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Clifford P. Case
Republican

Incumbent Republican Clifford P. Case won re-election against Democrat Thorn Lord. Case would win re-election a few more times in 1966 and 1972, before losing in the 1978 Republican primary.

1960 United States Senate election in New Mexico

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Clinton Anderson	William F. Colwes
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	190,654	109,987
Percentage	63.43%	36.57%

County results
Anderson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Colwes: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Clinton Anderson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Clinton Anderson
Democratic

1960 United States Senate election in North Carolina

← 1958 (special)

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	B. Everett Jordan	R. Kyle Hayes
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	793,521	497,964
Percentage	61.44%	38.56%

County results
Jordan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Hayes: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Senator before election

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

Elected Senator

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat B. Everett Jordan was re-elected to his first full term after winning a special election in 1958. He defeated Republican Kyle Hayes by a slightly slimmer margin than he defeated his Republican challenger in 1958.

North Dakota (special)

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1960 United States Senate special election in North Dakota

← 1958

June 28, 1960

1964 →


Nominee	Quentin Burdick	John E. Davis
Party	Democratic–NPL	Republican
Popular vote	104,593	103,475
Percentage	49.72%	49.19%

County results

Burdick:

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

Davis:

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Norman Brunsdale
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Quentin Burdick
Democratic

A special election was held June 28, 1960, to fill the seat vacated by William Langer, who died November 8, 1959. Clarence Norman Brunsdale, a former Governor of North Dakota, was temporarily appointed to the seat on November 19 of that year until the special election was held. North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate Quentin N. Burdick faced Republican John E. Davis for election to the seat. Davis had been serving as Governor of the state since 1957.^[7]

Oklahoma election

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1964 (special) →


Nominee	Robert S. Kerr	B. Hayden Crawford
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	474,116	385,646
Percentage	54.84%	44.61%

County results
Kerr: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Crawford: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Robert S. Kerr
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert S. Kerr
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Robert Kerr won re-election to a third term, though he would die before the term was up and would be replaced by J. Democrat Howard Edmondson.

1960 United States Senate elections in Oregon

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Maurine Neuberger	Elmo Smith
Party	Democratic	Republican
Regular election	412,757 54.61%	343,009 45.38%
Special election	422,024 54.98%	345,464 45.01%

Regular/special election county results^[e]
Neuberger: 50–60% 60–70%
Smith: 50-60%

U.S. senator before election

Hall S. Lusk
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Maurine Neuberger
Democratic

First-term Democrat Richard L. Neuberger had been diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1958 that became terminal by 1960 — but was kept from the public. Neuberger remained at home in early 1960, reportedly battling the flu. Though still publicly seeking re-election, he told his campaign chair, attorney Jack Beatty, "Remember, there's always another Neuberger," referring to his wife. The comment, combined with Neuberger's reluctance to meet in public and weak voice on the phone, led Beatty to believe that Neuberger's condition was grave, a suspicion confirmed by the Senator's physician shortly before Neuberger died at Good Samaritan Hospital on March 9, 1960.^[8]^[9]

Democratic Oregon Supreme Court judge Hall S. Lusk was appointed March 16, 1960, to continue the term, pending a special election in which he was not a candidate.

Primaries were held May 20, 1960, in which Neuberger's widow, Democrat Maurine B. Neuberger and the Republican former-Governor of Oregon Elmo Smith easily won nomination.^[10]^[11]

Maurine Brown Neuberger was elected November 8, 1960, both to finish the term and to the next term.

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Maurine Brown Neuberger retired at the end of the term.

1960 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Claiborne Pell	Raoul Archambault Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	275,575	124,408
Percentage	68.90%	31.10%

County results
Pell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Theodore F. Green
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Claiborne Pell
Democratic

1960 United States Senate election in South Dakota

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Karl E. Mundt	George McGovern
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	160,181	145,261
Percentage	52.44%	47.56%

County results
Mundt: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
McGovern: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Karl E. Mundt
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Karl E. Mundt
Republican

1960 United States Senate election in Tennessee

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1964 (special) →


Nominee	Estes Kefauver	A. Bradley Frazier
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	594,460	234,053
Percentage	71.75%	28.25%

Kefauver: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90-100%
Frazier: 50–60%

Senator before election

Estes Kefauver
Democratic

Elected Senator

Estes Kefauver
Democratic

Texas election

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1961 (special) →


Nominee	Lyndon B. Johnson	John Tower
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,306,625	926,653
Percentage	57.98%	41.12%

County results

Johnson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%

Tower: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lyndon B. Johnson
(did not take office)
Democratic

Incumbent two-term Democrat Lyndon Johnson was easily re-elected, but he was also elected the same day as Vice President with John F. Kennedy being elected president. This was the last election in which a Democrat was selected to Texas's class 2 Senate seat.

Johnson resigned January 3, 1961 — before the new Congress began — and former Democratic senator William A. Blakley was appointed to begin the term, pending a special election. Republican John Tower, who lost to Johnson here in 1960, would win that May 1961 special election.

1960 United States Senate election in Virginia

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Absalom Willis Robertson	Stuart D. Baker
Party	Democratic	Independent Democrat
Popular vote	506,169	88,718
Percentage	81.27%	14.24%

County and independent city results
Robertson: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Baker: 50-60%

U.S. senator before election

Absalom Willis Robertson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Absalom Willis Robertson
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Absalom Willis Robertson was overwhelmingly re-elected with 81% of the vote, facing no Republican opposition.

West Virginia election

← 1958 (special)

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Jennings Randolph	Cecil H. Underwood
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	458,355	369,935
Percentage	55.3%	44.7%

County results
Randolph: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Underwood: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Jennings Randolph
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jennings Randolph
Democratic

Incumbent Jennings Randolph won re-election against Cecil Underwood, the incumbent governor of West Virginia.

1960 United States Senate election in Wyoming

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1962 →


Nominee	Keith Thomson	Raymond B. Whitaker
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	78,103	60,447
Percentage	56.37%	43.63%

County results
Thomson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Whitaker: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Edwin Keith Thomson (died before taking office)
Republican

Senator-Elect Thomson died a month after his election.

^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson was elected in the Senate election, but did not take office to the next term after John F. Kennedy won the presidential election when Johnson was assuming the vice presidency. Mike Mansfield became the new majority leader at the beginning of the 87th United States Congress on January 3, 1961.
^ Appointee elected
^ ^a ^b Edwin Keith Thomson, the Republican senator-elect as a result of the November election, died on December 9; Democrat John J. Hickey was appointed in his place and seated at the beginning of the Congress.^[2]
^ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated nationally with the Democratic Party (United States).
^ While there were some slight differences in the particular percentages, the county results for the regular and special elections, both in their winners and percent ranges, were identical.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
^ "SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES 1789-present A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate. p. 66. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 08, 1960". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ Secretary of State 2018, p. 366.
^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 107.
^ "Our Campaigns - ND US Senate Special Election Race". June 28, 1960.
^ Beatty, Jack (2010). The Politics of Public Virtue. pp. 261–268.
^ "Sen. Neuberger, Jewish Member of U.S. Senate, Dies; Was 47 Years Old". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 10, 1960.
^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate - D Primary Race - May 20, 1960". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate - R Primary Race - May 20, 1960". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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