The 1962 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire took place on November 6, 1962, to elect a U.S. Senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Styles Bridges, who died on November 26, 1961. New Hampshire Attorney General Maurice J. Murphy Jr. was appointed on December 7, 1961 by Governor Wesley Powell to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.
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Murphy was defeated in the Republican primary by Congressman Perkins Bass, who went on to be defeated in the general election by Democratic nominee Thomas J. McIntyre. Democrats won this seat for the first time since 1912.
Primary elections
editPrimary elections were held on September 11, 1962.
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Thomas J. McIntyre, Democratic nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 1954
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas J. McIntyre | 24,885 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 24,885 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Perkins Bass, incumbent U.S. Representative
- Doloris Bridges, widow of Styles Bridges
- Chester Earl Merrow, incumbent U.S. Representative
- Maurice J. Murphy Jr., incumbent United States Senator
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Perkins Bass | 31,037 | 31.35 | |
| Republican | Doloris Bridges | 29,345 | 29.64 | |
| Republican | Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (Incumbent) | 24,204 | 24.45 | |
| Republican | Chester Earl Merrow | 14,417 | 14.56 | |
| Total votes | 99,003 | 100.00 | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas J. McIntyre | 117,612 | 52.32 | ||
| Republican | Perkins Bass | 107,199 | 47.68 | ||
| Majority | 10,413 | 4.64 | |||
| Turnout | 224,811 | ||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 136.
- ^ a b America Votes 5, p. 256.
- ^ a b Manual for the General Court 1963, p. 285.
- ^ "NH US Senate, 1962 - Special R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 91.
- ^ America Votes 5, p. 252.
- ^ "NH US Senate, 1962 - Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Manual for the General Court 1963, p. 406.
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 16, 1963). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
Bibliography
edit- Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-248-4.
- Stark, Robert L., ed. (1963). Manual for the General Court of New Hampshire. Vol. 38. Concord, NH: Department of State, New Hampshire.
- Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1964). America Votes 5: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1962. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.