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The 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer Capehart was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard.

General election

Candidates

  • Homer Capehart, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
  • Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor)
  • Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
  • Claude Wickard, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1940–45) (Democratic)

Results

1956 United States Senate election in Indiana[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Homer Capehart (incumbent) 1,084,262 55.21% Increase2.40
Democratic Claude R. Wickard 871,781 44.39% Decrease1.96
Prohibition Carl W. Thompson 6,685 0.34% Decrease0.50
Socialist Labor Gordon A. Long 1,258 0.06% N/A
Total votes 1,963,986 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

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