1952 United States Senate special election in Nebraska

1952 United States Senate special election in Nebraska
November 4, 1952
 
Nominee Dwight Griswold William Ritchie
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 369,841 211,898
Percentage 63.57% 36.42%
County results
Griswold:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Fred A. Seaton
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Dwight Griswold
Republican

The 1952 United States Senate special election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1952. Republican Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, who was elected to his second term in 1948, died on November 29, 1951. Governor Val Peterson appointed Seaton to fill the seat until the 1952 general election. Seaton did not run in the special election. Instead, former Governor Dwight Griswold won the primary and defeated Democratic nominee William Ritchie in a landslide in the general election. However, Griswold himself would die in office on April 12, 1954, triggering another special election in 1954.

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