The 1950 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings ran for a fifth term in office, but was defeated by Republican John Marshall Butler.

Democratic primary Candidates John A. Meyer, former U.S. Representative from Baltimore Hugh J. Monaghan II Millard Tydings, incumbent Senator since 1927

Results

Republican primary Candidates John Marshall Butler, Baltimore attorney D. John Markey, former University of Maryland football coach and candidate for Senate in 1946

Results

Although Markey received more raw votes than Butler, Butler received the highest unit vote at the State Convention and was nominated for Senate.

General election Results

Results by county

+CountyJohn Marshall Butler RepublicanMillard Tydings DemocraticSamuel Fox ProgressiveMarginTotal votes

cast#%#%#%#% Allegany 16379 60.54% 10399 38.44% 278 1.03% 5980 22.10% 27056 Anne Arundel 13935 57.86% 9934 41.25% 213 0.88% 4001 16.61% 24082 Baltimore (City) 127968 53.01% 110262 45.67% 3195 1.32% 17706 7.33% 241425 Baltimore (County) 42419 51.59% 39346 47.86% 452 0.55% 3073 3.74% 82217 Calvert 1942 45.66% 2285 53.73% 26 0.61% -343 -8.06% 4253 Caroline 2627 45.68% 3101 53.92% 23 0.40% -474 -8.24% 5751 Carroll 7498 57.81% 5404 41.66% 69 0.53% 2094 16.14% 12971 Cecil 3727 38.85% 5816 60.62% 51 0.53% -2089 -21.77% 9594 Charles 3493 55.43% 2749 43.62% 60 0.95% 744 11.81% 6302 Dorchester 4038 47.46% 4433 52.10% 38 0.45% -395 -4.64% 8509 Frederick 10668 56.43% 8112 42.91% 126 0.67% 2556 13.52% 18906 Garrett 3824 63.72% 2128 35.46% 49 0.82% 1696 28.26% 6001 Harford 4679 36.78% 8001 62.90% 41 0.32% -3322 -26.11% 12721 Howard 3649 48.08% 3793 49.98% 147 1.94% -144 -1.90% 7589 Kent 2440 43.02% 3217 56.72% 15 0.26% -777 -13.70% 5672 Montgomery 22467 54.39% 18261 44.21% 576 1.39% 4206 10.18% 41304 Prince George's 20599 56.26% 15675 42.81% 339 0.93% 4924 13.45% 36613 Queen Anne's 2090 41.35% 2931 57.99% 33 0.65% -841 -16.64% 5054 St. Mary's 3093 49.36% 3115 49.71% 58 0.93% -22 -0.35% 6266 Somerset 3507 52.45% 3138 46.93% 42 0.63% 369 5.52% 6687 Talbot 3324 47.28% 3678 52.31% 29 0.41% -354 -5.03% 7031 Washington 13445 59.08% 9138 40.15% 175 0.77% 4307 18.93% 22758 Wicomico 5668 52.01% 5151 47.27% 79 0.72% 517 4.74% 10898 Worcester 2812 47.23% 3113 52.28% 29 0.49% -301 -5.06% 5954 Total 326291 53.00% 283180 46.00% 6143 1.00% 43111 7.00% 615614

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Anne Arundel Baltimore (County) Baltimore (City) Charles Frederick Montgomery Prince George's Somerset Wicomico

See also 1950 United States Senate elections 1950 United States elections

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