U.S. Senate, 1954 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: September 14, 1954
Cycle: 1954
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Hubert H. Humphrey Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 319,194 93.95 +90.50
Harold Strom Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 11,707 3.45
Arthur (A.B.) Gilbert Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 8,863 2.61

Senator Humphrey was renominated to a second term.

Strom ran a construction firm in Bloomington.

Gilbert was a resident of Mound, former president of the Recovery League of Minnesota, GOP candidate for Governor in 1934, 1936, 1940, and 1950 and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1952.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1955 (p. 351).