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The 1950 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings ran for a fifth term in office, but was defeated by Republican John Marshall Butler.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Millard Tydings (inc.) | 172,577 | 66.30% | |
| Democratic | Hugh J. Monaghan II | 47,718 | 18.33% | |
| Democratic | John A. Meyer | 40,015 | 15.37% | |
| Total votes | 260,310 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Marshall Butler | 32,902 | 48.61% | |
| Republican | D. John Markey | 34,791 | 51.40% | |
| Total votes | 47,136 | 100.00% | ||
Although Markey received more raw votes than Butler, Butler received the highest unit vote at the State Convention and was nominated for Senate. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Marshall Butler | 326,291 | 53.00% | |||
| Democratic | Millard Tydings (inc.) | 283,180 | 46.00% | |||
| Progressive | Samuel Fox | 6,143 | 1.00% | |||
| Total votes | 615,614 | 100.00% | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| County [6] | John Marshall Butler Republican | Millard Tydings Democratic | Samuel Fox Progressive | Margin | Total Votes Cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 16379 | 60.54% | 10399 | 38.44% | 278 | 1.03% | 5980 | 22.10% | 27056 |
| Anne Arundel | 13935 | 57.86% | 9934 | 41.25% | 213 | 0.88% | 4001 | 16.61% | 24082 |
| Baltimore (City) | 127968 | 53.01% | 110262 | 45.67% | 3195 | 1.32% | 17706 | 7.33% | 241425 |
| Baltimore (County) | 42419 | 51.59% | 39346 | 47.86% | 452 | 0.55% | 3073 | 3.74% | 82217 |
| Calvert | 1942 | 45.66% | 2285 | 53.73% | 26 | 0.61% | -343 | -8.06% | 4253 |
| Caroline | 2627 | 45.68% | 3101 | 53.92% | 23 | 0.40% | -474 | -8.24% | 5751 |
| Carroll | 7498 | 57.81% | 5404 | 41.66% | 69 | 0.53% | 2094 | 16.14% | 12971 |
| Cecil | 3727 | 38.85% | 5816 | 60.62% | 51 | 0.53% | -2089 | -21.77% | 9594 |
| Charles | 3493 | 55.43% | 2749 | 43.62% | 60 | 0.95% | 744 | 11.81% | 6302 |
| Dorchester | 4038 | 47.46% | 4433 | 52.10% | 38 | 0.45% | -395 | -4.64% | 8509 |
| Frederick | 10668 | 56.43% | 8112 | 42.91% | 126 | 0.67% | 2556 | 13.52% | 18906 |
| Garrett | 3824 | 63.72% | 2128 | 35.46% | 49 | 0.82% | 1696 | 28.26% | 6001 |
| Harford | 4679 | 36.78% | 8001 | 62.90% | 41 | 0.32% | -3322 | -26.11% | 12721 |
| Howard | 3649 | 48.08% | 3793 | 49.98% | 147 | 1.94% | -144 | -1.90% | 7589 |
| Kent | 2440 | 43.02% | 3217 | 56.72% | 15 | 0.26% | -777 | -13.70% | 5672 |
| Montgomery | 22467 | 54.39% | 18261 | 44.21% | 576 | 1.39% | 4206 | 10.18% | 41304 |
| Prince George's | 20599 | 56.26% | 15675 | 42.81% | 339 | 0.93% | 4924 | 13.45% | 36613 |
| Queen Anne's | 2090 | 41.35% | 2931 | 57.99% | 33 | 0.65% | -841 | -16.64% | 5054 |
| St. Mary's | 3093 | 49.36% | 3115 | 49.71% | 58 | 0.93% | -22 | -0.35% | 6266 |
| Somerset | 3507 | 52.45% | 3138 | 46.93% | 42 | 0.63% | 369 | 5.52% | 6687 |
| Talbot | 3324 | 47.28% | 3678 | 52.31% | 29 | 0.41% | -354 | -5.03% | 7031 |
| Washington | 13445 | 59.08% | 9138 | 40.15% | 175 | 0.77% | 4307 | 18.93% | 22758 |
| Wicomico | 5668 | 52.01% | 5151 | 47.27% | 79 | 0.72% | 517 | 4.74% | 10898 |
| Worcester | 2812 | 47.23% | 3113 | 52.28% | 29 | 0.49% | -301 | -5.06% | 5954 |
| Total | 326291 | 53.00% | 283180 | 46.00% | 6143 | 1.00% | 43111 | 7.00% | 615614 |
Millard Evelyn Tydings was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 1923 to 1927 and in the Senate from 1927 to 1951.
John Marshall Butler was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963.
Joseph Davies Tydings was an American lawyer and politician. He was most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1965 to 1971.
George Perry Mahoney was an Irish American Catholic building contractor and Democratic Party politician from the State of Maryland. A perennial candidate, Mahoney is perhaps most famous as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland in 1966. In his campaign he used the slogan "Your home is your castle; protect it."
The 1932 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Wallace Williams.
The 1968 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative Charles Mathias. Mathias may have benefited from the campaign of George P. Mahoney, the 1966 Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, who ran on the George Wallace American Independent ticket and garnered a significant chunk of the vote.
The 1956 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic businessman George P. Mahoney.
The 1970 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings ran for re-election to a second term, but was narrowly defeated by Republican U.S. Representative J. Glenn Beall Jr.
The 1920 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Walter Smith ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was beaten by Republican Ovington Weller.
The 1938 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a third term in office, easily defeating Republican Oscar Leser.
The 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1916.
The 1922 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1922.
The 1926 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ovington Weller ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was beaten badly by Democratic U.S. Representative Millard Tydings of Havre de Grace.
The 1934 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1934.
The 1940 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1940.
The 1944 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Republican Blanchard Randall Jr.
The 1946 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1946.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler did not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic U.S. Representative Daniel Brewster won the re-election to succeed him easily over Republican U.S. Representative Edward Tylor Miller.
The 1964 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 3, 1964.
The 1958 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4, 1958.
