The 1962 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler did not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic U.S. Representative Daniel Brewster won the re-election to succeed him easily over Republican U.S. Representative Edward Tylor Miller.

Republican primary Candidates James P. Gleason, former legislative assistant to Senators Richard Nixon and William F. Knowland Henry J. Laque Jr., perennial candidate Edward Tylor Miller, U.S. Representative from Easton Harry L. Simms, real estate brokerCarper, Elise. "Maryland GOP Race Left to Scull, Small". The Washington Post. March 6, 1962. p. A1. Withdrew Herman L. Mills, former Mayor of Hagerstown

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Daniel Brewster, U.S. Representative from Reisterstown Elbert M. Byrd Jr., professor of government at the University of Maryland Andrew J. Easter, perennial candidate Herbert J. Hoover, Civil Engineer, Rockville, MD Blair Lee III, Delegate from Montgomery County and scion of the Lee family

Results

General election Results

Results by county

+CountyDaniel Brewster DemocraticEdward Tylor Miller Republican OtherMarginTotal Votes

Cast#%#%#% Allegany 10090 44.97% 12348 55.03% -2258 -10.06% 22438 Anne Arundel 25522 61.41% 16036 38.59% 9486 22.83% 41558 Baltimore (City) 439723 62.03% 269131 37.97% 170592 24.07% 708854 Baltimore (County) 92742 67.38% 44889 32.62% 47853 34.77% 137631 Calvert 2306 62.31% 1395 37.69% 911 24.61% 3701 Caroline 2083 46.34% 2412 53.66% -329 -7.32% 4495 Carroll 6719 53.30% 5888 46.70% 831 6.59% 12607 Cecil 4921 51.77% 4584 48.23% 337 3.55% 9505 Charles 4009 50.32% 3958 49.68% 51 0.64% 7967 Dorchester 4073 56.84% 3093 43.16% 980 13.68% 7166 Frederick 9234 54.68% 7652 45.32% 1582 9.37% 16886 Garrett 2080 37.69% 3438 62.31% -1358 -24.61% 5518 Harford 9139 62.94% 5381 37.06% 3758 25.88% 14520 Howard 5397 54.26% 4550 45.74% 847 8.52% 9947 Kent 2538 50.29% 2509 49.71% 29 0.57% 5047 Montgomery 49323 50.61% 48139 49.39% 1184 1.21% 97462 Prince George's 44248 62.55% 26489 37.45% 17759 25.11% 70737 Queen Anne's 2752 55.62% 2196 44.38% 556 11.24% 4948 St. Mary's 3550 72.39% 1354 27.61% 2196 44.78% 4904 Somerset 2946 51.29% 2798 48.71% 148 2.58% 5744 Talbot 2461 37.57% 4090 62.43% -1629 -24.87% 6551 Washington 12339 53.97% 10525 46.03% 1814 7.93% 22864 Wicomico 5523 49.78% 5571 50.22% -48 -0.43% 11094 Worcester 2601 55.72% 2067 44.28% 534 11.44% 4668 Total 746319 60.34% 490493 39.66% 255826 20.68% 1236812

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anne Arundel Baltimore (County) Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Somerset Washington Worcester

See also 1962 United States Senate elections 1962 United States elections

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