1956 United States Senate election in Missouri

1956 United States Senate election in Missouri

 
Nominee Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Herbert Douglas
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,015,936 785,048
Percentage 56.41% 43.59%

County results
Hennings:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Douglas:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Democratic

The 1956 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1956 in Missouri. The incumbent Democratic Senator, Thomas C. Hennings Jr., was re-elected. He defeated Republican nominee Herbert Douglas, winning 56.4% of the vote. Hennings outperformed Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II, who won 50.1% in the presidential election in Missouri.