Election Name: | 1954 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 United States Senate special election in Kentucky |
Previous Year: | 1952 (special) |
Next Election: | 1956 United States Senate special election in Kentucky |
Next Year: | 1956 (special) |
Election Date: | November 2, 1954 |
Image1: | x150px |
Nominee1: | Alben Barkley |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 434,109 |
Percentage1: | 54.46% |
Nominee2: | John Sherman Cooper |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 362,948 |
Percentage2: | 45.54% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | John Sherman Cooper |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Alben Barkley |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1954 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1952 special election to fill the vacant seat of Virgil Chapman, ran for a full term in office but was defeated by Democratic former Senator and Vice President of the United States Alben Barkley.
Following his victory, Barkley served a little over a year before dying of a heart attack on April 30, 1956. Cooper won the November special election to succeed him and returned to the Senate.