U.S. Senate election, 1954

The U.S. Senate election, 1954 was an election for the United States Senate which

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was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of one seat to the Democratic opposition. This small change was enough to give Democrats control of the chamber.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Republican - Democratic

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Democrats defeated incumbents John S. Cooper (R-KY), Homer Ferguson (R-MI), Ernest S. Brown (R-NV), and Guy Cordon (R-OR), and took an open seat in Wyoming. Republicans took the seats of incumbents Guy M. Gillette (D-IA) and Thomas A. Burke (D-OH), and took open seats in Colorado and Idaho.

Related Topics:
John S. Cooper - Homer Ferguson - Ernest S. Brown - Guy Cordon - Wyoming - Guy M. Gillette - Thomas A. Burke - Colorado - Idaho

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