The 1954 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland won re-election to his third term.
1954 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi
Because Eastland faced only nominal opposition in the general election, his victory in the August 24 primary over Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin was tantamount to election.
1954, united, states, senate, election, mississippi, held, november, 1954, incumbent, democratic, senator, james, eastland, election, third, term, 1954, senate, democratic, primary, mississippi, 1948, august, 1954, 1960, nominee, james, eastland, carroll, gart. The 1954 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 2 1954 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator James Eastland won re election to his third term 1954 U S Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi 1948 August 24 1954 1960 Nominee James Eastland Carroll Gartin Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 136 836 83 761 Percentage 62 03 37 97 U S senator before election James Eastland Democratic Elected U S Senator James Eastland Democratic Because Eastland faced only nominal opposition in the general election his victory in the August 24 primary over Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin was tantamount to election Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit James Eastland incumbent Senator since 1943 a Carroll Gartin Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Results edit 1954 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James Eastland incumbent 136 836 62 03 Democratic Carroll Gartin 83 761 37 97 Total votes 220 597 100 00 General election editResults edit 1954 U S Senate election in Mississippi 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James O Eastland incumbent 100 848 95 57 nbsp 4 43 Republican James A White 4 678 4 43 N A Total votes 105 526 100 00 See also edit1954 United States Senate electionsNotes edit Eastland previously served a partial term as Senator in 1941 References edit Our Campaigns MS US Senate D Primary Race Aug 24 1954 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2 1954 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved December 31 2020 Our Campaigns MS US Senate Race Nov 02 1954 nbsp nbsp This Mississippi elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1954 United States Senate election in Mississippi amp oldid 1186224681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
