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The 1954 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1952 special election to fill the vacant seat of Virgil Chapman, ran for a full term in office but was defeated by Democratic former Senator and Vice President of the United States Alben Barkley.

General election

Candidates

Results

1954 U.S. Senate election in Kentucky[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alben Barkley 434,109 54.46%
Republican John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) 362,948 45.54%
Total votes 797,057 100.00%

Aftermath

Following his victory, Barkley served a little over a year before dying of a heart attack on April 30, 1956. Cooper won the November special election to succeed him and returned to the Senate.

See also

1954 United States Senate elections

Notes

  1. ^ Cooper previously served as Senator from 1946 to 1949.

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