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Election 1956 Results

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1956 US Senate election in Indiana

Homer E. Capehart (Republican) beat Claude R. Wickard (Democrat) in Indiana in 1956, 55.2% to 44.4%, a margin of 10.8 points and 212,481 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Homer E. Capehart also won.

Republicans led in 71 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Marion, cast 261,811 votes and went to the Republican by 17.2 points. The closest was Ohio, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Homer E. Capehart won Republican 1,084,262 55.2%
Claude R. Wickard Democratic 871,781 44.4%
All other candidates 7,943 0.4%
Total1,963,986

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 108,102 41.3% 153,035 58.5% 674 261,811 R+17.2
Lake 90,687 50.9% 86,939 48.8% 654 178,280 D+2.1
St. Joseph 57,255 51.0% 54,543 48.6% 498 112,296 D+2.4
Allen 28,970 34.7% 54,420 65.1% 194 83,584 R+30.4
Vanderburgh 33,541 45.5% 39,836 54.1% 295 73,672 R+8.5
Madison 26,884 48.1% 28,819 51.5% 202 55,905 R+3.5
Vigo 26,543 53.1% 23,270 46.6% 130 49,943 D+6.6
Delaware 21,776 47.6% 23,795 52.0% 224 45,795 R+4.4
Elkhart 15,252 38.0% 24,670 61.4% 265 40,187 R+23.4
La Porte 16,228 41.6% 22,697 58.2% 82 39,007 R+16.6
Tippecanoe 10,745 32.0% 22,781 67.8% 75 33,601 R+35.8
Wayne 14,242 44.0% 17,998 55.6% 153 32,393 R+11.6
Howard 13,983 47.7% 15,178 51.7% 175 29,336 R+4.1
Grant 10,258 37.8% 16,668 61.4% 209 27,135 R+23.6
Clark 12,298 51.5% 11,503 48.2% 83 23,884 D+3.3
Henry 8,957 40.0% 13,270 59.3% 166 22,393 R+19.3
Knox 10,403 48.5% 10,984 51.2% 54 21,441 R+2.7
Monroe 8,808 42.7% 11,778 57.0% 65 20,651 R+14.4
Porter 7,010 34.2% 13,443 65.5% 64 20,517 R+31.4
Bartholomew 9,279 45.8% 10,842 53.5% 128 20,249 R+7.7
Cass 9,447 46.7% 10,704 52.9% 68 20,219 R+6.2
Floyd 8,732 46.9% 9,805 52.7% 71 18,608 R+5.8
Kosciusko 6,276 35.5% 11,230 63.5% 169 17,675 R+28.0
Lawrence 6,709 39.0% 10,425 60.6% 64 17,198 R+21.6
Huntington 7,369 43.0% 9,663 56.3% 125 17,157 R+13.4
Gibson 8,425 50.9% 8,064 48.7% 59 16,548 D+2.2
Johnson 7,034 43.3% 9,167 56.5% 33 16,234 R+13.1
Hendricks 6,047 37.5% 10,057 62.3% 32 16,136 R+24.9
Hamilton 5,789 36.0% 10,215 63.5% 74 16,078 R+27.5
Clinton 6,936 43.3% 8,991 56.1% 88 16,015 R+12.8
Marshall 6,394 40.0% 9,477 59.4% 96 15,967 R+19.3
Montgomery 5,961 37.5% 9,884 62.1% 65 15,910 R+24.7
Greene 7,997 50.6% 7,753 49.1% 48 15,798 D+1.5
Shelby 7,587 48.6% 7,937 50.9% 78 15,602 R+2.2
Miami 6,739 44.2% 8,443 55.3% 79 15,261 R+11.2
Wabash 5,196 36.0% 9,134 63.2% 112 14,442 R+27.3
Jackson 7,161 50.0% 7,117 49.7% 55 14,333 D+0.3
Boone 5,701 40.9% 8,204 58.9% 33 13,938 R+18.0
Randolph 5,374 39.2% 8,172 59.6% 174 13,720 R+20.4
Daviess 5,744 42.1% 7,868 57.7% 30 13,642 R+15.6
De Kalb 5,206 38.9% 8,085 60.4% 86 13,377 R+21.5
Clay 6,606 50.8% 6,325 48.6% 75 13,006 D+2.2
Morgan 5,284 40.7% 7,655 59.0% 41 12,980 R+18.3
Dearborn 6,431 50.9% 6,184 48.9% 20 12,635 D+2.0
Noble 4,793 39.2% 7,356 60.2% 64 12,213 R+21.0
Dubois 6,475 54.5% 5,395 45.4% 21 11,891 D+9.1
Fayette 5,676 48.0% 6,110 51.7% 37 11,823 R+3.7
Sullivan 6,757 57.6% 4,919 41.9% 59 11,735 D+15.7
Hancock 4,983 43.4% 6,452 56.2% 50 11,485 R+12.8
Jay 5,174 45.5% 6,084 53.5% 117 11,375 R+8.0
Putnam 5,251 46.9% 5,937 53.0% 10 11,198 R+6.1
Jefferson 4,828 44.4% 6,026 55.4% 30 10,884 R+11.0
Warrick 5,345 49.6% 5,410 50.2% 23 10,778 R+0.6
Ripley 4,741 44.6% 5,867 55.2% 18 10,626 R+10.6
Adams 4,771 45.3% 5,651 53.7% 101 10,523 R+8.4
Vermillion 5,698 55.0% 4,632 44.7% 30 10,360 D+10.3
Fountain 4,336 42.5% 5,857 57.3% 20 10,213 R+14.9
Whitley 4,362 43.3% 5,671 56.2% 51 10,084 R+13.0
White 3,985 40.2% 5,899 59.5% 31 9,915 R+19.3
Decatur 4,000 40.6% 5,807 59.0% 36 9,843 R+18.4
Wells 4,663 48.1% 4,915 50.7% 118 9,696 R+2.6
Rush 3,566 37.2% 5,992 62.4% 39 9,597 R+25.3
Posey 4,609 48.1% 4,949 51.7% 23 9,581 R+3.5
Harrison 4,762 49.8% 4,742 49.6% 66 9,570 D+0.2
Fulton 3,499 38.2% 5,612 61.2% 59 9,170 R+23.0
Orange 3,819 41.7% 5,309 58.0% 31 9,159 R+16.3
Carroll 3,983 44.1% 5,030 55.6% 26 9,039 R+11.6
Spencer 3,725 41.6% 5,213 58.2% 26 8,964 R+16.6
Perry 4,650 52.1% 4,270 47.9% 1 8,921 D+4.3
Washington 4,210 49.0% 4,346 50.6% 29 8,585 R+1.6
Parke 3,899 46.1% 4,545 53.7% 15 8,459 R+7.6
Starke 4,003 47.8% 4,341 51.9% 25 8,369 R+4.0
Tipton 3,737 45.2% 4,471 54.1% 55 8,263 R+8.9
Pike 3,753 47.1% 4,167 52.3% 43 7,963 R+5.2
Steuben 2,512 33.0% 5,061 66.6% 31 7,604 R+33.5
Jasper 2,358 32.2% 4,951 67.6% 17 7,326 R+35.4
Jennings 3,301 45.2% 3,981 54.5% 27 7,309 R+9.3
Blackford 3,611 50.9% 3,399 47.9% 79 7,089 D+3.0
Franklin 2,951 42.7% 3,926 56.9% 27 6,904 R+14.1
Pulaski 2,736 41.9% 3,701 56.7% 95 6,532 R+14.8
Owen 2,893 46.2% 3,333 53.2% 34 6,260 R+7.0
Scott 3,234 53.4% 2,791 46.1% 28 6,053 D+7.3
Benton 2,301 38.8% 3,615 61.0% 7 5,923 R+22.2
Lagrange 1,811 33.8% 3,490 65.2% 54 5,355 R+31.4
Newton 1,436 27.5% 3,776 72.3% 14 5,226 R+44.8
Martin 2,651 50.8% 2,558 49.0% 9 5,218 D+1.8
Crawford 2,621 51.0% 2,477 48.2% 37 5,135 D+2.8
Warren 1,575 35.8% 2,811 63.9% 11 4,397 R+28.1
Switzerland 2,249 54.3% 1,876 45.3% 20 4,145 D+9.0
Union 1,267 39.7% 1,915 60.0% 10 3,192 R+20.3
Brown 1,693 53.6% 1,449 45.8% 19 3,161 D+7.7
Ohio 1,162 50.2% 1,149 49.6% 5 2,316 D+0.6

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Jim Banks (R) R+19.9
2022 Todd Young (R) R+20.7
2018 Mike Braun (R) R+5.9
2016 Todd Young (R) R+9.7
2012 Joe Donnelly (D) D+5.8
2010 Dan Coats (R) R+14.6
2006 Richard Lugar (R) R+87.4
2004 Evan Bayh (D) D+24.4
2000 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+34.7
1998 Evan Bayh (D) D+28.9
1994 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+36.9
1992 Dan Coats (R) R+16.6
1988 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+36.3
1986 Dan Quayle (R) R+22.1
1982 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+8.2
1980 Dan Quayle (R) R+7.6
1976 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+18.8
1974 Birch Bayh (D) D+4.3
1970 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+0.2
1968 Birch Bayh (D) D+3.5
1964 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+9.0
1962 Birch Bayh (D) D+0.6
1958 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+14.0
1956 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+10.8
1952 William E. Jenner (R) R+5.6
1950 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+6.5
1946 William E. Jenner (R) R+11.5
1944 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+1.3
1940 Raymond E. Willis (R) R+1.3
1938 Frederick Van Nuys (D) D+0.3
1934 Sherman Minton (D) D+4.0
1932 Frederick Van Nuys (D) D+13.6
1928 Arthur R. Robinson (R) R+11.2
1926 James E. Watson (R) R+1.1
1922 Samuel M. Ralston (D) D+3.1
1920 James E. Watson (R) R+13.4
1916 Harry S. New (R) R+1.6
1914 Benjamin F. Shively (D) D+7.0