Election Name: | 1956 United States Senate election in Missouri |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 United States Senate election in Missouri |
Previous Year: | 1950 |
Next Election: | 1960 United States Senate special election in Missouri |
Next Year: | 1960 (special) |
Image1: | Thomas Carey Hennings.jpg |
Nominee1: | Thomas C. Hennings Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,015,936 |
Percentage1: | 56.41% |
Nominee2: | Herbert Douglas |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 785,048 |
Percentage2: | 43.59% |
Map Size: | 270px |
U.S. senator | |
Before Election: | Thomas C. Hennings Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Thomas C. Hennings Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
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.