1948 United States Senate election in Michigan

1948 United States Senate election in Michigan

November 2, 1948

Nominee Homer S. Ferguson Frank E. Hook Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,045,156 1,000,329 Percentage 50.68% 48.51%

County results Ferguson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Hook:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Homer S. Ferguson Republican Elected U.S. Senator Homer S. Ferguson Republican

The 1948 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer S. Ferguson was re-elected to a second term in office over U.S. Representative Frank E. Hook.

General election

Candidates

• Genora Dollinger
• Homer S. Ferguson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1943 (Republican)
• Thomas A. Grove (Socialist Labor)
• Frank E. Hook, U.S. Representative from the Upper Peninsula (Democratic)
• Harold A. Lindahl (Prohibition)
• Michael Magee (Socialist)

Results

1948 U.S. Senate election in Michigan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Homer S. Ferguson (incumbent)	1,045,156	50.68%	1.13
	Democratic	Frank E. Hook	1,000,329	48.51%	1.31
	Prohibition	Harold A. Lindahl	12,146	0.59%	0.04
	Socialist	Michael Magee	2,160	0.11%
	Socialist Labor	Theos A. Grove	1,418	0.07%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Genora Dollinger	886	0.04%	N/A
Total votes			2,062,095	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1948 United States Senate elections