1952 United States House Election in Vermont

The 1952 United States House Election in Vermont was held on November 4, 1952, to elect United States Representative to represent the Vermont Congressional District. The total votes casted was 66,192. Winston L. Prouty (Republican) was elected, receiving 73.39% of the votes, which equals 48,579 votes. Winston L. Prouty also won the previous election in 1950.Winston L. Prouty also won the following election in 1954.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Winston L. Prouty of Republican (73.39%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated George Mercer Abbott of Republican (26.61%) by a comfortable margin of 46.78%.

1952 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#4F56F8','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 48579, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 17611, name: 'George Mercer Abbott'},{value: 2, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	48,579	73.39%
George Mercer Abbott	Republican	17,611	26.61%
Write-In		2	0.00%
Date: 1952-11-04, Valid Votes: 66,192, Margin: 46.8%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#B0EA09','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 48579, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 17611, name: 'George M. Abbott'},{value: 2, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	48,579	73.39%
George M. Abbott	Republican	17,611	26.61%
Write-In		2	0.00%
Date: 1952-09-09, Valid Votes: 66,192, Margin: 46.8%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 5592, name: 'Herbert B. Comings'},{value: 9, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Herbert B. Comings	Democratic	5,592	99.84%
Write-In		9	0.16%
Date: 1952-09-09, Valid Votes: 5,601, Margin: 99.7%

Previous Election

Winston L. Prouty also won the previous election in 1950.

1950 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#808080','#056422'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 65248, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 22709, name: 'Herbert C. Comings'},{value: 865, name: 'Birney Combs -. Constitutional'},{value: 29, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	65,248	73.44%
Herbert C. Comings	Democratic	22,709	25.56%
Birney Combs -. Constitutional	Independent	865	0.97%
Write-In		29	0.03%
Date: 1950-11-07, Valid Votes: 88,851, Margin: 47.9%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#3C34B5','#0BB81D','#100A7F','#4A563E','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 33835, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 26860, name: 'Harold J. Arthur'},{value: 4594, name: 'Chester M. Way'},{value: 3997, name: 'George Mercer Abbott'},{value: 1297, name: 'Herbert W. Warden, Jr'},{value: 9, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	33,835	47.93%
Harold J. Arthur	Republican	26,860	38.05%
Chester M. Way	Republican	4,594	6.51%
George Mercer Abbott	Republican	3,997	5.66%
Herbert W. Warden, Jr	Republican	1,297	1.84%
Write-In		9	0.01%
Date: 1950-09-12, Valid Votes: 70,592, Margin: 9.9%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 3530, name: 'Herbert B. Comings'},{value: 53, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Herbert B. Comings	Democratic	3,530	98.52%
Write-In		53	1.48%
Date: 1950-09-12, Valid Votes: 3,583, Margin: 97.0%

Next Election

Winston L. Prouty also won the following election in 1954.

1954 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 70143, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 44141, name: 'John J. Boylan, Jr'},{value: 5, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	70,143	61.37%
John J. Boylan, Jr	Democratic	44,141	38.62%
Write-In		5	0.00%
Date: 1954-11-02, Valid Votes: 114,289, Margin: 22.8%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 59968, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 37, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	59,968	99.94%
Write-In		37	0.06%
Date: 1954-09-14, Valid Votes: 60,005, Margin: 99.9%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4332, name: 'John J. Boylan, Jr'},{value: 5, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
John J. Boylan, Jr	Democratic	4,332	99.88%
Write-In		5	0.12%
Date: 1954-09-14, Valid Votes: 4,337, Margin: 99.8%

Election Votes Details

1952 United States House Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	Winston L. Prouty Republican		George Mercer Abbott Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Addison	86	75.44%	28	24.56%	114	50.88%
Albany	231	92.03%	20	7.97%	251	84.06%
Alburgh	62	88.57%	8	11.43%	70	77.14%
Andover	33	60.00%	22	40.00%	55	20.00%
Arlington	251	60.19%	166	39.81%	417	20.38%
Athens	23	69.70%	10	30.30%	33	39.39%
Bakersfield	70	84.34%	13	15.66%	83	68.67%
Baltimore	19	76.00%	6	24.00%	25	52.00%
Barnard	72	75.79%	23	24.21%	95	51.58%
Barnet	203	86.02%	33	13.98%	236	72.03%
Barre City	1,560	70.78%	644	29.22%	2,204	41.56%
Barre Town	319	66.60%	160	33.40%	479	33.19%
Barton	579	94.61%	33	5.39%	612	89.22%
Belvidere	52	74.29%	18	25.71%	70	48.57%
Bennington	1,561	59.24%	1,074	40.76%	2,635	18.48%
Benson	143	77.30%	42	22.70%	185	54.59%
Berkshire	68	80.95%	16	19.05%	84	61.90%
Berlin	251	66.58%	126	33.42%	377	33.16%
Bethel	180	75.95%	57	24.05%	237	51.90%
Bloomfield	11	100.00%	-	-	11	100.00%
Bolton	46	51.69%	43	48.31%	89	3.37%
Bradford	146	80.22%	36	19.78%	182	60.44%
Braintree	68	66.02%	35	33.98%	103	32.04%
Brandon	406	78.38%	112	21.62%	518	56.76%
Brattleboro	2,088	70.59%	870	29.41%	2,958	41.18%
Bridgewater	83	76.85%	25	23.15%	108	53.70%
Bridport	73	62.39%	44	37.61%	117	24.79%
Brighton	339	87.60%	48	12.40%	387	75.19%
Bristol	335	69.07%	150	30.93%	485	38.14%
Brookfield	84	84.00%	16	16.00%	100	68.00%
Brookline	34	61.82%	21	38.18%	55	23.64%
Brownington	132	77.65%	38	22.35%	170	55.29%
Brunswick	12	85.71%	2	14.29%	14	71.43%
Burke	110	92.44%	9	7.56%	119	84.87%
Burlington	2,789	66.82%	1,385	33.18%	4,174	33.64%
Cabot	133	86.93%	20	13.07%	153	73.86%
Calais	129	74.57%	44	25.43%	173	49.13%
Cambridge	185	78.39%	51	21.61%	236	56.78%
Canaan	43	79.63%	11	20.37%	54	59.26%
Castleton	262	65.99%	135	34.01%	397	31.99%
Cavendish	223	70.79%	92	29.21%	315	41.59%
Charleston	140	93.33%	10	6.67%	150	86.67%
Charlotte	113	73.38%	41	26.62%	154	46.75%
Chelsea	186	78.81%	50	21.19%	236	57.63%
Chester	328	71.62%	130	28.38%	458	43.23%
Chittenden	59	68.60%	27	31.40%	86	37.21%
Clarendon	125	85.62%	21	14.38%	146	71.23%
Colchester	136	70.83%	56	29.17%	192	41.67%
Concord	122	78.21%	34	21.79%	156	56.41%
Corinth	64	79.01%	17	20.99%	81	58.02%
Cornwall	128	85.33%	22	14.67%	150	70.67%
Coventry	113	92.62%	9	7.38%	122	85.25%
Craftsbury	87	87.88%	12	12.12%	99	75.76%
Danby	109	66.06%	56	33.94%	165	32.12%
Danville	213	83.86%	41	16.14%	254	67.72%
Derby	286	93.16%	21	6.84%	307	86.32%
Dorset	180	64.29%	100	35.71%	280	28.57%
Dover	73	76.04%	23	23.96%	96	52.08%
Dummerston	162	75.70%	52	24.30%	214	51.40%
Duxbury	41	77.36%	12	22.64%	53	54.72%
East Haven	10	71.43%	4	28.57%	14	42.86%
East Montpelier	157	81.35%	36	18.65%	193	62.69%
Eden	51	87.93%	7	12.07%	58	75.86%
Elmore	32	66.67%	16	33.33%	48	33.33%
Enosburgh	217	82.51%	46	17.49%	263	65.02%
Essex	455	70.32%	192	29.68%	647	40.65%
Fair Haven	348	74.20%	121	25.80%	469	48.40%
Fairfax	103	84.43%	19	15.57%	122	68.85%
Fairfield	77	81.05%	18	18.95%	95	62.11%
Fairlee	165	71.74%	65	28.26%	230	43.48%
Fayston	26	74.29%	9	25.71%	35	48.57%
Ferrisburgh	99	67.35%	48	32.65%	147	34.69%
Fletcher	55	79.71%	14	20.29%	69	59.42%
Franklin	120	86.96%	18	13.04%	138	73.91%
Georgia	83	73.45%	30	26.55%	113	46.90%
Glover	148	94.87%	8	5.13%	156	89.74%
Goshen	23	76.67%	7	23.33%	30	53.33%
Grafton	109	72.67%	41	27.33%	150	45.33%
Granby	16	100.00%	-	-	16	100.00%
Grand Isle	60	84.51%	11	15.49%	71	69.01%
Granville	40	57.14%	30	42.86%	70	14.29%
Greensboro	110	89.43%	13	10.57%	123	78.86%
Groton	151	67.71%	72	32.29%	223	35.43%
Guildhall	50	72.46%	19	27.54%	69	44.93%
Guilford	115	64.61%	63	35.39%	178	29.21%
Halifax	27	69.23%	12	30.77%	39	38.46%
Hancock	39	76.47%	12	23.53%	51	52.94%
Hardwick	244	84.14%	46	15.86%	290	68.28%
Hartford	350	72.16%	135	27.84%	485	44.33%
Hartland	141	75.40%	46	24.60%	187	50.80%
Highgate	148	68.84%	67	31.16%	215	37.67%
Hinesburg	206	64.58%	113	35.42%	319	29.15%
Holland	48	97.96%	1	2.04%	49	95.92%
Hubbardton	50	61.73%	31	38.27%	81	23.46%
Huntington	60	62.50%	36	37.50%	96	25.00%
Hyde Park	104	82.54%	22	17.46%	126	65.08%
Ira	38	80.85%	9	19.15%	47	61.70%
Irasburg	78	96.30%	3	3.70%	81	92.59%
Isle La Motte	32	76.19%	10	23.81%	42	52.38%
Jamaica	115	76.16%	36	23.84%	151	52.32%
Jay	29	100.00%	-	-	29	100.00%
Jericho	113	73.38%	41	26.62%	154	46.75%
Johnson	143	86.67%	22	13.33%	165	73.33%
Kirby	30	88.24%	4	11.76%	34	76.47%
Landgrove	20	83.33%	4	16.67%	24	66.67%
Leicester	63	61.76%	39	38.24%	102	23.53%
Lemington	20	80.00%	5	20.00%	25	60.00%
Lincoln	145	56.64%	111	43.36%	256	13.28%
Londonderry	134	78.82%	36	21.18%	170	57.65%
Lowell	104	91.23%	10	8.77%	114	82.46%
Ludlow	581	64.27%	323	35.73%	904	28.54%
Lunenburg	76	70.37%	32	29.63%	108	40.74%
Lyndon	566	91.00%	56	9.00%	622	81.99%
Maidstone	17	94.44%	1	5.56%	18	88.89%
Manchester	341	70.16%	145	29.84%	486	40.33%
Marlboro	75	71.43%	30	28.57%	105	42.86%
Marshfield	194	71.32%	78	28.68%	272	42.65%
Mendon	49	72.06%	19	27.94%	68	44.12%
Middlebury	672	77.96%	190	22.04%	862	55.92%
Middlesex	71	66.98%	35	33.02%	106	33.96%
Middletown Springs	84	72.41%	32	27.59%	116	44.83%
Milton	108	67.50%	52	32.50%	160	35.00%
Monkton	56	70.89%	23	29.11%	79	41.77%
Montgomery	51	76.12%	16	23.88%	67	52.24%
Montpelier	1,944	81.48%	442	18.52%	2,386	62.95%
Moretown	87	77.68%	25	22.32%	112	55.36%
Morgan	78	91.76%	7	8.24%	85	83.53%
Morristown	402	82.38%	86	17.62%	488	64.75%
Mount Holly	80	81.63%	18	18.37%	98	63.27%
Mount Tabor	23	85.19%	4	14.81%	27	70.37%
New Haven	107	69.48%	47	30.52%	154	38.96%
Newark	31	100.00%	-	-	31	100.00%
Newbury	260	79.51%	67	20.49%	327	59.02%
Newfane	171	78.08%	48	21.92%	219	56.16%
Newport City	930	94.13%	58	5.87%	988	88.26%
North Hero	69	81.18%	16	18.82%	85	62.35%
Northfield	435	75.26%	143	24.74%	578	50.52%
Norton	44	70.97%	18	29.03%	62	41.94%
Norwich	132	72.13%	51	27.87%	183	44.26%
Orange	60	85.71%	10	14.29%	70	71.43%
Orwell	131	74.01%	46	25.99%	177	48.02%
Panton	40	70.18%	17	29.82%	57	40.35%
Pawlet	107	65.64%	56	34.36%	163	31.29%
Peacham	108	87.80%	15	12.20%	123	75.61%
Peru	43	72.88%	16	27.12%	59	45.76%
Pittsfield	29	64.44%	16	35.56%	45	28.89%
Pittsford	221	77.54%	64	22.46%	285	55.09%
Plainfield	205	78.24%	57	21.76%	262	56.49%
Plymouth	71	71.72%	28	28.28%	99	43.43%
Pomfret	105	77.78%	30	22.22%	135	55.56%
Poultney	286	63.98%	161	36.02%	447	27.96%
Pownal	93	47.94%	101	52.06%	194	-4.12%
Proctor	533	79.08%	141	20.92%	674	58.16%
Putney	183	69.06%	82	30.94%	265	38.11%
Randolph	689	81.35%	158	18.65%	847	62.69%
Reading	105	71.43%	42	28.57%	147	42.86%
Readsboro	33	56.90%	25	43.10%	58	13.79%
Richford	235	85.77%	39	14.23%	274	71.53%
Richmond	95	68.35%	44	31.65%	139	36.69%
Ripton	37	82.22%	8	17.78%	45	64.44%
Rochester	186	79.15%	49	20.85%	235	58.30%
Rockingham	667	67.17%	326	32.83%	993	34.34%
Roxbury	43	69.35%	19	30.65%	62	38.71%
Royalton	121	40.20%	180	59.80%	301	-19.60%
Rupert	93	79.49%	24	20.51%	117	58.97%
Rutland City	2,579	67.34%	1,251	32.66%	3,830	34.67%
Rutland Town	175	74.47%	60	25.53%	235	48.94%
Ryegate	139	78.09%	39	21.91%	178	56.18%
Salem	266	96.73%	9	3.27%	275	93.45%
Salisbury	79	73.15%	29	26.85%	108	46.30%
Sandgate	38	52.05%	35	47.95%	73	4.11%
Searsburg	16	51.61%	15	48.39%	31	3.23%
Shaftsbury	169	60.79%	109	39.21%	278	21.58%
Sharon	61	81.33%	14	18.67%	75	62.67%
Sheffield	70	87.50%	10	12.50%	80	75.00%
Shelburne	83	72.17%	32	27.83%	115	44.35%
Sheldon	93	83.78%	18	16.22%	111	67.57%
Sherburne	31	73.81%	11	26.19%	42	47.62%
Shoreham	121	79.61%	31	20.39%	152	59.21%
Shrewsbury	110	64.33%	61	35.67%	171	28.65%
South Burlington	621	66.28%	316	33.72%	937	32.55%
South Hero	84	78.50%	23	21.50%	107	57.01%
Springfield	1,495	71.36%	600	28.64%	2,095	42.72%
St. Albans City	821	81.13%	191	18.87%	1,012	62.25%
St. George	32	65.31%	17	34.69%	49	30.61%
St. Johnsbury	1,352	87.96%	185	12.04%	1,537	75.93%
Stamford	17	47.22%	19	52.78%	36	-5.56%
Stannard	21	91.30%	2	8.70%	23	82.61%
Starksboro	65	50.39%	64	49.61%	129	0.78%
Stockbridge	60	56.60%	46	43.40%	106	13.21%
Stowe	215	76.51%	66	23.49%	281	53.02%
Strafford	48	68.57%	22	31.43%	70	37.14%
Stratton	4	19.05%	17	80.95%	21	-61.90%
Sudbury	70	66.04%	36	33.96%	106	32.08%
Sunderland	74	57.36%	55	42.64%	129	14.73%
Sutton	63	87.50%	9	12.50%	72	75.00%
Swanton	175	86.63%	27	13.37%	202	73.27%
Thetford	87	79.09%	23	20.91%	110	58.18%
Tinmouth	29	72.50%	11	27.50%	40	45.00%
Topsham	98	66.67%	49	33.33%	147	33.33%
Townshend	121	72.46%	46	27.54%	167	44.91%
Troy	130	89.04%	16	10.96%	146	78.08%
Tunbridge	89	86.41%	14	13.59%	103	72.82%
Underhill	38	56.72%	29	43.28%	67	13.43%
Vergennes	197	76.36%	61	23.64%	258	52.71%
Vernon	73	76.84%	22	23.16%	95	53.68%
Vershire	21	63.64%	12	36.36%	33	27.27%
Victory	13	76.47%	4	23.53%	17	52.94%
Waitsfield	184	72.73%	69	27.27%	253	45.45%
Walden	66	72.53%	25	27.47%	91	45.05%
Wallingford	237	75.72%	76	24.28%	313	51.44%
Waltham	36	66.67%	18	33.33%	54	33.33%
Wardsboro	82	73.87%	29	26.13%	111	47.75%
Warren	72	63.72%	41	36.28%	113	27.43%
Washington	46	75.41%	15	24.59%	61	50.82%
Waterbury	464	78.51%	127	21.49%	591	57.02%
Waterford	52	86.67%	8	13.33%	60	73.33%
Waterville	92	85.19%	16	14.81%	108	70.37%
Weathersfield	171	70.66%	71	29.34%	242	41.32%
Wells	94	69.63%	41	30.37%	135	39.26%
West Fairlee	18	62.07%	11	37.93%	29	24.14%
West Haven	21	65.63%	11	34.38%	32	31.25%
West Rutland	312	58.98%	217	41.02%	529	17.96%
West Windsor	99	77.95%	28	22.05%	127	55.91%
Westfield	61	93.85%	4	6.15%	65	87.69%
Westford	53	75.71%	17	24.29%	70	51.43%
Westminster	213	70.53%	89	29.47%	302	41.06%
Westmore	81	92.05%	7	7.95%	88	84.09%
Weston	77	73.33%	28	26.67%	105	46.67%
Weybridge	75	78.95%	20	21.05%	95	57.89%
Wheelock	80	86.02%	13	13.98%	93	72.04%
Whiting	27	81.82%	6	18.18%	33	63.64%
Whitingham	85	66.41%	43	33.59%	128	32.81%
Williamstown	125	71.43%	50	28.57%	175	42.86%
Williston	116	63.04%	68	36.96%	184	26.09%
Wilmington	149	70.95%	61	29.05%	210	41.90%
Windham	28	70.00%	12	30.00%	40	40.00%
Windsor	505	69.27%	224	30.73%	729	38.55%
Winhall	49	85.96%	8	14.04%	57	71.93%
Winooski	225	50.56%	220	49.44%	445	1.12%
Wolcott	47	81.03%	11	18.97%	58	62.07%
Woodbury	62	82.67%	13	17.33%	75	65.33%
Woodford	25	69.44%	11	30.56%	36	38.89%
Woodstock	476	74.38%	164	25.63%	640	48.75%
Worcester	118	75.16%	39	24.84%	157	50.32%
Total	48,579	73.39%	17,611	26.61%	66,192	46.78%

Barnet

Results by Precinct in Barnet (General)
Precinct	Winston L. Prouty	George Mercer Abbott	All
1	203	33	236
City	-	-	-
Town	-	-	-
Total	203	33	236

St. Albans City

Results by Precinct in St. Albans City (General)
Precinct	Winston L. Prouty	George Mercer Abbott	All
City	744	174	918
Town	77	17	94
Total	821	191	1,012