Election Name: | 1956 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Florida |
Country: | Florida |
Flag Year: | 1900 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 United States Senate election in Florida |
Previous Year: | 1950 |
Next Election: | 1962 United States Senate election in Florida |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Election Date: | May 8, 1956 |
Image1: | File:George Smathers 1963 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | George Smathers |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 614,663 |
Percentage1: | 87.5% |
Nominee2: | Erle Griffis |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 87,525 |
Percentage2: | 12.5% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | George Smathers |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | George Smathers |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1956 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator George Smathers won re-election to a second term.
Smathers' victory in the May 8 primary was tantamount to election, as the Republican Party did not field a candidate for this election. This election was the last Senate election in Florida in which the Republicans did not field a candidate.