1956 United States Senate Election in Vermont

The 1956 United States Senate Election in Vermont was held on November 6, 1956. The total votes casted was 155,285. George D. Aiken (Republican) was elected, receiving 66.39% of the votes, which equals 103,101 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. George D. Aiken of Republican (66.39%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Bernard O'Shea of Democratic (33.61%) by a comfortable margin of 32.78%.

1956 United States Senate Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 103101, name: 'George D. Aiken'},{value: 52184, name: 'Bernard OShea'}] }]}
George D. Aiken	Republican	103,101	66.39%
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	52,184	33.61%
Date: 1956-11-06, Valid Votes: 155,285, Margin: 32.8%
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: 49454, name: 'George D. Aiken'},{value: 27, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
George D. Aiken	Republican	49,454	99.95%
Write-In		27	0.05%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 49,481, 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: 7997, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 19, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	7,997	99.76%
Write-In		19	0.24%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 8,016, Margin: 99.5%

Election Votes Details

1956 United States Senate Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	George D. Aiken Republican		Bernard O'Shea Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Addison	227	79.65%	58	20.35%	285	59.30%
Albany	181	66.30%	92	33.70%	273	32.60%
Alburgh	267	47.59%	294	52.41%	561	-4.81%
Andover	61	68.54%	28	31.46%	89	37.08%
Arlington	560	65.27%	298	34.73%	858	30.54%
Athens	64	88.89%	8	11.11%	72	77.78%
Bakersfield	199	66.11%	102	33.89%	301	32.23%
Baltimore	46	97.87%	1	2.13%	47	95.74%
Barnard	186	86.51%	29	13.49%	215	73.02%
Barnet	489	84.90%	87	15.10%	576	69.79%
Barre City	2,395	55.61%	1,912	44.39%	4,307	11.21%
Barre Town	819	50.37%	807	49.63%	1,626	0.74%
Barton	924	69.42%	407	30.58%	1,331	38.84%
Belvidere	39	46.99%	44	53.01%	83	-6.02%
Bennington	3,312	63.62%	1,894	36.38%	5,206	27.24%
Benson	215	87.76%	30	12.24%	245	75.51%
Berkshire	215	69.58%	94	30.42%	309	39.16%
Berlin	284	62.56%	170	37.44%	454	25.11%
Bethel	426	74.22%	148	25.78%	574	48.43%
Bloomfield	33	37.93%	54	62.07%	87	-24.14%
Bolton	75	64.10%	42	35.90%	117	28.21%
Bradford	560	85.11%	98	14.89%	658	70.21%
Braintree	152	74.88%	51	25.12%	203	49.75%
Brandon	841	74.23%	292	25.77%	1,133	48.46%
Brattleboro	3,708	79.49%	957	20.51%	4,665	58.97%
Bridgewater	279	85.58%	47	14.42%	326	71.17%
Bridport	170	67.19%	83	32.81%	253	34.39%
Brighton	438	60.00%	292	40.00%	730	20.00%
Bristol	704	69.57%	308	30.43%	1,012	39.13%
Brookfield	198	77.04%	59	22.96%	257	54.09%
Brookline	51	94.44%	3	5.56%	54	88.89%
Brownington	145	63.32%	84	36.68%	229	26.64%
Brunswick	23	52.27%	21	47.73%	44	4.55%
Burke	262	77.98%	74	22.02%	336	55.95%
Burlington	6,524	53.57%	5,654	46.43%	12,178	7.14%
Cabot	260	78.79%	70	21.21%	330	57.58%
Calais	222	88.10%	30	11.90%	252	76.19%
Cambridge	416	81.89%	92	18.11%	508	63.78%
Canaan	206	63.98%	116	36.02%	322	27.95%
Castleton	494	64.07%	277	35.93%	771	28.15%
Cavendish	394	62.94%	232	37.06%	626	25.88%
Charleston	228	76.25%	71	23.75%	299	52.51%
Charlotte	308	60.16%	204	39.84%	512	20.31%
Chelsea	417	86.16%	67	13.84%	484	72.31%
Chester	829	75.64%	267	24.36%	1,096	51.28%
Chittenden	173	83.57%	34	16.43%	207	67.15%
Clarendon	336	82.56%	71	17.44%	407	65.11%
Colchester	474	51.80%	441	48.20%	915	3.61%
Concord	281	83.14%	57	16.86%	338	66.27%
Corinth	253	85.76%	42	14.24%	295	71.53%
Cornwall	234	67.44%	113	32.56%	347	34.87%
Coventry	127	74.27%	44	25.73%	171	48.54%
Craftsbury	233	81.18%	54	18.82%	287	62.37%
Danby	242	66.48%	122	33.52%	364	32.97%
Danville	471	77.47%	137	22.53%	608	54.93%
Derby	631	70.42%	265	29.58%	896	40.85%
Dorset	503	83.55%	99	16.45%	602	67.11%
Dover	124	87.94%	17	12.06%	141	75.89%
Dummerston	339	87.15%	50	12.85%	389	74.29%
Duxbury	100	75.76%	32	24.24%	132	51.52%
East Haven	21	77.78%	6	22.22%	27	55.56%
East Montpelier	311	79.34%	81	20.66%	392	58.67%
Eden	143	67.77%	68	32.23%	211	35.55%
Elmore	70	77.78%	20	22.22%	90	55.56%
Enosburgh	712	75.42%	232	24.58%	944	50.85%
Essex	1,361	64.62%	745	35.38%	2,106	29.25%
Fair Haven	835	68.00%	393	32.00%	1,228	35.99%
Fairfax	236	54.00%	201	46.00%	437	8.01%
Fairfield	204	38.42%	327	61.58%	531	-23.16%
Fairlee	241	87.96%	33	12.04%	274	75.91%
Fayston	52	83.87%	10	16.13%	62	67.74%
Ferrisburgh	396	77.34%	116	22.66%	512	54.69%
Fletcher	96	55.81%	76	44.19%	172	11.63%
Franklin	209	52.78%	187	47.22%	396	5.56%
Georgia	261	61.85%	161	38.15%	422	23.70%
Glover	188	72.03%	73	27.97%	261	44.06%
Goshen	43	91.49%	4	8.51%	47	82.98%
Grafton	199	90.45%	21	9.55%	220	80.91%
Granby	25	100.00%	-	-	25	100.00%
Grand Isle	162	49.39%	166	50.61%	328	-1.22%
Granville	67	80.72%	16	19.28%	83	61.45%
Greensboro	225	80.65%	54	19.35%	279	61.29%
Groton	223	75.59%	72	24.41%	295	51.19%
Guildhall	105	86.07%	17	13.93%	122	72.13%
Guilford	277	81.71%	62	18.29%	339	63.42%
Halifax	90	92.78%	7	7.22%	97	85.57%
Hancock	69	67.65%	33	32.35%	102	35.29%
Hardwick	607	64.44%	335	35.56%	942	28.87%
Hartford	1,433	62.69%	853	37.31%	2,286	25.37%
Hartland	483	82.42%	103	17.58%	586	64.85%
Highgate	197	39.64%	300	60.36%	497	-20.72%
Hinesburg	308	64.17%	172	35.83%	480	28.33%
Holland	82	57.75%	60	42.25%	142	15.49%
Hubbardton	99	73.33%	36	26.67%	135	46.67%
Huntington	168	82.35%	36	17.65%	204	64.71%
Hyde Park	311	71.49%	124	28.51%	435	42.99%
Ira	88	73.95%	31	26.05%	119	47.90%
Irasburg	149	51.74%	139	48.26%	288	3.47%
Isle La Motte	78	58.65%	55	41.35%	133	17.29%
Jamaica	208	91.23%	20	8.77%	228	82.46%
Jay	25	40.32%	37	59.68%	62	-19.35%
Jericho	340	68.55%	156	31.45%	496	37.10%
Johnson	385	77.00%	115	23.00%	500	54.00%
Kirby	57	86.36%	9	13.64%	66	72.73%
Landgrove	48	100.00%	-	-	48	100.00%
Leicester	125	80.13%	31	19.87%	156	60.26%
Lemington	43	75.44%	14	24.56%	57	50.88%
Lincoln	198	85.71%	33	14.29%	231	71.43%
Londonderry	395	88.17%	53	11.83%	448	76.34%
Lowell	116	50.43%	114	49.57%	230	0.87%
Ludlow	790	61.24%	500	38.76%	1,290	22.48%
Lunenburg	352	70.40%	148	29.60%	500	40.80%
Lyndon	969	81.57%	219	18.43%	1,188	63.13%
Maidstone	30	90.91%	3	9.09%	33	81.82%
Manchester	932	77.93%	264	22.07%	1,196	55.85%
Marlboro	126	86.90%	19	13.10%	145	73.79%
Marshfield	344	78.00%	97	22.00%	441	56.01%
Mendon	155	81.15%	36	18.85%	191	62.30%
Middlebury	1,190	70.96%	487	29.04%	1,677	41.92%
Middlesex	210	67.09%	103	32.91%	313	34.19%
Middletown Springs	161	85.19%	28	14.81%	189	70.37%
Milton	443	53.96%	378	46.04%	821	7.92%
Monkton	142	73.58%	51	26.42%	193	47.15%
Montgomery	219	51.53%	206	48.47%	425	3.06%
Montpelier	2,607	72.74%	977	27.26%	3,584	45.48%
Moretown	187	75.71%	60	24.29%	247	51.42%
Morgan	115	88.46%	15	11.54%	130	76.92%
Morristown	978	80.03%	244	19.97%	1,222	60.07%
Mount Holly	190	76.61%	58	23.39%	248	53.23%
Mount Tabor	42	57.53%	31	42.47%	73	15.07%
New Haven	229	74.59%	78	25.41%	307	49.19%
Newark	37	71.15%	15	28.85%	52	42.31%
Newbury	573	84.14%	108	15.86%	681	68.28%
Newfane	320	85.56%	54	14.44%	374	71.12%
Newport City	1,402	69.34%	620	30.66%	2,022	38.67%
Newport Town	242	66.67%	121	33.33%	363	33.33%
North Hero	153	71.83%	60	28.17%	213	43.66%
Northfield	910	63.24%	529	36.76%	1,439	26.48%
Norton	45	42.86%	60	57.14%	105	-14.29%
Norwich	591	83.59%	116	16.41%	707	67.19%
Orange	107	66.46%	54	33.54%	161	32.92%
Orwell	195	63.73%	111	36.27%	306	27.45%
Panton	96	70.07%	41	29.93%	137	40.15%
Pawlet	411	83.71%	80	16.29%	491	67.41%
Peacham	181	90.50%	19	9.50%	200	81.00%
Peru	99	95.19%	5	4.81%	104	90.38%
Pittsfield	65	75.58%	21	24.42%	86	51.16%
Pittsford	619	57.85%	451	42.15%	1,070	15.70%
Plainfield	275	75.34%	90	24.66%	365	50.68%
Plymouth	130	88.44%	17	11.56%	147	76.87%
Pomfret	223	88.49%	29	11.51%	252	76.98%
Poultney	885	71.14%	359	28.86%	1,244	42.28%
Pownal	415	74.51%	142	25.49%	557	49.01%
Proctor	660	60.49%	431	39.51%	1,091	20.99%
Putney	469	86.37%	74	13.63%	543	72.74%
Randolph	1,213	83.94%	232	16.06%	1,445	67.89%
Reading	215	82.69%	45	17.31%	260	65.38%
Readsboro	188	56.12%	147	43.88%	335	12.24%
Richford	690	59.13%	477	40.87%	1,167	18.25%
Richmond	392	67.59%	188	32.41%	580	35.17%
Ripton	45	75.00%	15	25.00%	60	50.00%
Rochester	376	89.52%	44	10.48%	420	79.05%
Rockingham	1,608	64.40%	889	35.60%	2,497	28.79%
Roxbury	124	70.06%	53	29.94%	177	40.11%
Royalton	483	80.77%	115	19.23%	598	61.54%
Rupert	280	88.89%	35	11.11%	315	77.78%
Rutland City	4,747	57.61%	3,493	42.39%	8,240	15.22%
Rutland Town	457	68.11%	214	31.89%	671	36.21%
Ryegate	358	76.82%	108	23.18%	466	53.65%
Salisbury	159	72.60%	60	27.40%	219	45.21%
Sandgate	47	73.44%	17	26.56%	64	46.88%
Searsburg	38	70.37%	16	29.63%	54	40.74%
Shaftsbury	580	69.96%	249	30.04%	829	39.93%
Sharon	167	85.20%	29	14.80%	196	70.41%
Sheffield	143	86.14%	23	13.86%	166	72.29%
Shelburne	353	61.50%	221	38.50%	574	23.00%
Sheldon	221	54.30%	186	45.70%	407	8.60%
Sherburne	101	84.17%	19	15.83%	120	68.33%
Shoreham	299	71.88%	117	28.13%	416	43.75%
Shrewsbury	176	75.86%	56	24.14%	232	51.72%
South Burlington	1,286	58.80%	901	41.20%	2,187	17.60%
South Hero	220	59.62%	149	40.38%	369	19.24%
Springfield	2,936	70.11%	1,252	29.89%	4,188	40.21%
St. Albans City	1,955	49.96%	1,958	50.04%	3,913	-0.08%
St. Albans Town	297	42.25%	406	57.75%	703	-15.50%
St. George	28	63.64%	16	36.36%	44	27.27%
St. Johnsbury	2,585	69.73%	1,122	30.27%	3,707	39.47%
Stamford	198	72.00%	77	28.00%	275	44.00%
Stannard	27	64.29%	15	35.71%	42	28.57%
Starksboro	150	81.08%	35	18.92%	185	62.16%
Stockbridge	127	76.97%	38	23.03%	165	53.94%
Stowe	615	82.11%	134	17.89%	749	64.22%
Strafford	185	83.33%	37	16.67%	222	66.67%
Stratton	34	91.89%	3	8.11%	37	83.78%
Sudbury	105	80.15%	26	19.85%	131	60.31%
Sunderland	161	73.52%	58	26.48%	219	47.03%
Sutton	150	80.21%	37	19.79%	187	60.43%
Swanton	551	35.59%	997	64.41%	1,548	-28.81%
Thetford	357	81.88%	79	18.12%	436	63.76%
Tinmouth	82	89.13%	10	10.87%	92	78.26%
Topsham	242	82.59%	51	17.41%	293	65.19%
Townshend	253	91.01%	25	8.99%	278	82.01%
Troy	331	47.69%	363	52.31%	694	-4.61%
Tunbridge	255	86.15%	41	13.85%	296	72.30%
Underhill	205	57.42%	152	42.58%	357	14.85%
Vergennes	521	63.15%	304	36.85%	825	26.30%
Vernon	216	81.51%	49	18.49%	265	63.02%
Vershire	73	83.91%	14	16.09%	87	67.82%
Victory	30	96.77%	1	3.23%	31	93.55%
Waitsfield	231	84.62%	42	15.38%	273	69.23%
Walden	133	73.89%	47	26.11%	180	47.78%
Wallingford	497	76.58%	152	23.42%	649	53.16%
Waltham	68	77.27%	20	22.73%	88	54.55%
Wardsboro	154	92.22%	13	7.78%	167	84.43%
Warren	195	87.84%	27	12.16%	222	75.68%
Washington	124	60.49%	81	39.51%	205	20.98%
Waterbury	828	71.88%	324	28.13%	1,152	43.75%
Waterford	133	76.00%	42	24.00%	175	52.00%
Waterville	126	85.14%	22	14.86%	148	70.27%
Weathersfield	399	74.72%	135	25.28%	534	49.44%
Wells	158	78.22%	44	21.78%	202	56.44%
West Fairlee	156	82.11%	34	17.89%	190	64.21%
West Haven	62	72.94%	23	27.06%	85	45.88%
West Rutland	362	37.36%	607	62.64%	969	-25.28%
West Windsor	169	82.04%	37	17.96%	206	64.08%
Westfield	49	36.84%	84	63.16%	133	-26.32%
Westford	146	61.60%	91	38.40%	237	23.21%
Westminster	477	82.96%	98	17.04%	575	65.91%
Westmore	68	77.27%	20	22.73%	88	54.55%
Weston	171	85.93%	28	14.07%	199	71.86%
Weybridge	117	63.93%	66	36.07%	183	27.87%
Wheelock	87	72.50%	33	27.50%	120	45.00%
Whiting	65	56.52%	50	43.48%	115	13.04%
Whitingham	294	84.73%	53	15.27%	347	69.45%
Williamstown	346	64.07%	194	35.93%	540	28.15%
Williston	296	61.80%	183	38.20%	479	23.59%
Wilmington	420	86.42%	66	13.58%	486	72.84%
Windham	57	85.07%	10	14.93%	67	70.15%
Windsor	1,192	65.24%	635	34.76%	1,827	30.49%
Winhall	95	87.16%	14	12.84%	109	74.31%
Winooski	579	23.03%	1,935	76.97%	2,514	-53.94%
Wolcott	171	77.38%	50	22.62%	221	54.75%
Woodbury	104	75.91%	33	24.09%	137	51.82%
Woodford	94	70.68%	39	29.32%	133	41.35%
Woodstock	1,053	84.65%	191	15.35%	1,244	69.29%
Worcester	145	87.35%	21	12.65%	166	74.70%
Total	103,101	66.39%	52,184	33.61%	155,285	32.78%

Election Result

Election Votes Details

See Also