State Incumbent Party Result Candidates
Alabama Lister Hill Democratic Re-elected Lister Hill (Democratic) Unopposed
Arizona Carl Hayden Democratic Re-elected Carl Hayden (Democratic) 61.4%
Ross F. Jones (Republican) 38.6%
Arkansas J. William Fulbright Democratic Re-elected J. William Fulbright (Democratic) 83.0%
Ben C. Henley (Republican) 17.0%
California Thomas H. Kuchel Republican Re-elected Thomas H. Kuchel (Republican) 54.0%
Richard Richards (Democratic) 45.6%
Ray Gourley (Prohibition) 0.4%
Colorado Eugene D. Millikin Republican Retired
Democratic gain
John A. Carroll (Democratic) 50.2%
Dan Thornton (Republican) 49.8%
Connecticut Prescott S. Bush Republican Re-elected Prescott S. Bush (Republican) 54.8%
Thomas J. Dodd (Democratic) 43.1%
Florida George A. Smathers Democratic Re-elected George A. Smathers (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia Walter F. George Democratic Retired
Democratic hold
Herman E. Talmadge (Democratic) Unopposed
Idaho Herman Welker Republican Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Frank Church (Democratic) 56.2%
Herman Welker (Republican) 38.7%
Illinois Everett M. Dirksen Republican Re-elected Everett M. Dirksen (Republican) 54.1%
W. Richard Stengel[1] (Democratic) 45.7%
Indiana Homer E. Capehart Republican Re-elected Homer E. Capehart (Republican) 55.2%
Claude R. Wickard (Democratic) 44.4%
Iowa Bourke B. Hickenlooper Republican Re-elected Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) 53.9%
R. M. Evans (Democratic) 46.1%
Kansas Frank Carlson Republican Re-elected Frank Carlson (Republican) 57.9%
George Hart (Democratic) 40.5%
Kentucky Earle C. Clements Democratic Lost re-election
Republican gain
Thruston Morton (Republican) 50.4%
Earle C. Clements (Democratic) 49.7%
Kentucky
Special: Class 2
Robert Humphreys Democratic Appointee retired
Winner elected to finish term ending January 3, 1961
Republican gain
John S. Cooper (Republican) 53.2%
Lawrence W. Wetherby (Democratic) 46.8%
Louisiana Russell B. Long Democratic Re-elected Russell B. Long (Democratic) Unopposed
Maryland John M. Butler Republican Re-elected John M. Butler (Republican) 53.0%
George P. Mahoney (Democratic) 47.0%
Missouri Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. Democratic Re-elected Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Democratic) 56.4%
Herbert Douglas (Republican) 43.6%
Nevada Alan Bible Democratic Re-elected Alan Bible (Democratic) 52.6%
Cliff Young (Republican) 47.4%
New Hampshire Norris Cotton Republican Re-elected Norris Cotton (Republican) 64.1%
Laurence M. Pickett (Democratic) 35.9%
New York Herbert H. Lehman Democratic Retired
Republican gain
Jacob K. Javits (Republican) 53.3%
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Democratic) 46.7%
North Carolina Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Democratic Re-elected Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (Democratic) 66.6%
Joel A. Johnson (Republican) 33.4%
North Dakota Milton R. Young Republican Re-elected Milton R. Young (Republican) 63.6%
Quentin N. Burdick (Democratic) 36.0%
Ohio George H. Bender Republican Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Frank J. Lausche (Democratic) 52.9%
George H. Bender (Republican) 47.1%
Oklahoma A. S. Mike Monroney Democratic Re-elected A. S. Mike Monroney (Democratic) 55.4%
Douglas McKeever (Republican) 44.7%
Oregon Wayne Morse Democratic Re-elected Wayne Morse (Democratic) 54.2%
Douglas McKay (Republican) 45.8%
Pennsylvania James H. Duff Republican Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Joseph S. Clark (Democratic) 50.1%
James H. Duff (Republican) 49.7%
South Carolina Olin B. Johnston Democratic Re-elected Olin B. Johnston (Democratic) Unopposed
South Carolina
Special: Class 2
Thomas A. Wofford Democratic Appointee retired
Winner elected to finish term ending January 3, 1961
Democratic hold
Strom Thurmond (Democratic) Unopposed
South Dakota Francis Case Republican Re-elected Francis Case (Republican) 50.8%
Kenneth Holum (Democratic) 49.2%
Utah Wallace F. Bennett Republican Re-elected Wallace F. Bennett (Republican) 54.0%
Alonzo F. Hopkin (Democratic) 46.0%
Vermont George D. Aiken Republican Re-elected George D. Aiken (Republican) 66.4%
Bernard G. O'Shea (Democratic) 33.6%
Washington Warren G. Magnuson Democratic Re-elected Warren G. Magnuson (Democratic) 61.1%
Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 38.9%
West Virginia
Special: Class 1
William R. Laird, III Democratic Appointee retired
Winner elected to finish term ending January 3, 1959
Republican gain
Chapman Revercomb (Republican) 53.7%
William C. Marland (Democratic) 46.3%
Wisconsin Alexander Wiley Republican Re-elected Alexander Wiley (Republican) 58.6%
Henry W. Maier (Democratic) 41.2%