1950 United States Senate election in Iowa
November 7, 1950
 
Nominee Bourke B. Hickenlooper Albert J. Loveland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 470,613 383,766
Percentage 54.82% 44.70%
Hickenlooper:      50–60%      60–70%
Loveland:      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican

The 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Albert J. Loveland.

Primary elections were held on June 5. Senator Hickenlooper faced nominal opposition for re-nomination in the Republican primary, while Loveland won a plurality over a five-man Democratic field including former Governor Nelson G. Kraschel and former U.S. Representative Otha Wearin.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1950 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper (incumbent) 193,337 75.28%
Republican Earl F. Wisdom 38,001 14.80%
Republican Harry B. Thompson 25,480 9.92%
Total votes 256,818 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Nelson G. Kraschel, former Governor of Iowa (1937–1939)
  • Albert J. Loveland, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture
  • Alvin P. Meyer
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate
  • W.M. Shaw, candidate for U.S. House in 1938
  • Otha Wearin, former U.S. Representative from Glenwood (1933–1939)

Results

1950 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert J. Loveland 38,150 38.51%
Democratic Nelson G. Kraschel 31,097 31.39%
Democratic Otha Wearin 11,778 11.89%
Democratic Alvin P. Meyer 9,341 9.43%
Democratic W.M. Shaw 4,479 4.52%
Democratic Ernest J. Seemann 4,225 4.27%
Total votes 99,070 100.00%

After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election as a States' Rights candidate.

General election

Candidates

  • Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
  • Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition)
  • Albert J. Loveland, United States Undersecretary of Agriculture (Democratic)
  • Leslie O. Ludwig (Socialist Labor)
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate (States' Rights)

Results

1950 U.S. Senate election in Iowa[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper (incumbent) 470,613 54.82% Increase 3.54
Democratic Albert J. Loveland 383,766 44.70% Decrease 3.67
Prohibition Z. Everett Kellum 3,273 0.38% Increase 0.11
Dixiecrat Ernest J. Seemann 571 0.07% N/A
Socialist Labor Leslie O. Ludwig 300 0.04% N/A
Total votes 858,523 100.00%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Iowa Official Register, 1951–52. pp. 294–95.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. ↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1951). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ Leip, David. "1950 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
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