Election Name: | 1956 United States Senate election in Utah |
Country: | Utah |
Flag Year: | 1922 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 United States Senate election in Utah |
Previous Year: | 1950 |
Next Election: | 1962 United States Senate election in Utah |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1956 |
Image1: | File: Wallace Bennett.jpg |
Nominee1: | Wallace F. Bennett |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 178,261 |
Percentage1: | 53.96% |
Nominee2: | Alonzo F. Hopkin |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 152,120 |
Percentage2: | 46.04% |
Map Size: | 230px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Wallace F. Bennett |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Wallace F. Bennett |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1956 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican Senator Wallace F. Bennett won re-election to a second term.
Primary elections were held on September 11, 1956.[1]