1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries
March 11 to June 3, 1952
 
Candidate Estes Kefauver Richard Russell Jr.
Home state Tennessee Georgia
Contests won 12 1
Popular vote 3,169,448 371,179
Percentage 64.6% 7.6%
     Kefauver      Russell      Stevenson
     Harriman      Kerr      Various
Previous Democratic nominee

Harry S. Truman

 Democratic nominee

Adlai Stevenson

From March 11 to June 3, 1952, voters and members of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1952 Democratic National Convention, partly for the purpose of choosing a nominee for president in the 1952 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Harry S. Truman withdrew his candidacy for re-election after losing the New Hampshire primary to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Kefauver proceeded to win a majority of the popular vote, but failed to secure a majority of delegates, most of whom were selected through other means.

The 1952 Democratic National Convention, held from July 21 to July 26, 1952, in Chicago, was forced to go multiballot. The nomination went to Adlai Stevenson II, the governor of Illinois.

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