1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky

1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky

1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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The 1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1946 special election to fill the vacant seat of Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler, ran for a full term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Virgil Chapman.

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General election

Candidates

  • Virgil Chapman, U.S. Representative from Lexington (Democratic)
  • John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1946 (Republican)
  • David R. Cox (Socialist Labor)
  • W. A. Standefur (Socialist)
  • H. G. Stanfield (Progressive)

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    References

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      Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1949). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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