- Source: 1956 United States Senate special election in West Virginia
The 1956 United States Senate special election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 1956, to elect a U.S. Senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Harley M. Kilgore, who died on February 28. 1956. State Tax Commissioner William Laird III was appointed to fill this seat by Governor William C. Marland to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held and assumed office on March 13, 1956.
Laird did not opt to run in the special election to fill the remainder of Kilgore's term through the end of the 85th Congress on January 3, 1959. Republican candidate former Senator Chapman Revercomb defeated the Democratic candidate Governor Marland in the special election.
This was the last time the Republicans won West Virginia's Class 1 seat, until Jim Justice flipped the seat in 2024. This was also the last time until 2014 that the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in the state.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 8, 1956.
= Democratic primary
=Candidates
Joseph Arcuri, children's writer
Walter G. Crichton, Charleston councilman, unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for West Virginia's 6th congressional district in 1944
John G. Fox, incumbent Attorney General of West Virginia
William C. Marland, incumbent Governor of West Virginia
Byron B. Randolph, former President of the West Virginia Senate
Results
= Republican primary
=Candidates
Chapman Revercomb, former U.S. Senator
Thomas Sweeney, insurance agent, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator in 1940, 1946 and 1954
Philip H. Hill, attorney, Republican candidate for Attorney General of West Virginia in 1936
Al J. Carey, Kanawha County Sheriff
Esta C. Wilson, television dealer
Results
General election
= Results
=See also
1956 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
Myers, J. Howard (ed.). West Virginia Blue Book 1956 (PDF). Vol. 40. Charleston, West Virginia: Jarrett Printing Company.
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