Election Name: | 1952 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1946 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1946 |
Next Election: | 1958 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 1958 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1952 |
Image1: | William Langer.jpg |
Nominee1: | William Langer |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 157,907 |
Percentage1: | 66.35% |
Nominee2: | Harold Morrison |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 55,347 |
Percentage2: | 23.26% |
Nominee3: | Fred G. Aandahl |
Party3: | Independent |
Popular Vote3: | 24,741 |
Percentage3: | 10.40% |
Map Size: | 280px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | William Langer |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | William Langer |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
The 1952 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota, concurrently with other Class 1 elections to the Senate and various other federal, state, and local elections.
Incumbent Republican-NPL Senator William Langer was re-elected to a third term with 66.35% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate Harold A. Morrison with 23.26% of the vote and independent candidate Fred G. Aandahl with 10.40% of the vote.[1] Aandahl, the 23rd Governor of North Dakota, ran as an independent after having failed to defeat Langer in the Republican primary.