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1956 Nov 6 :: General Election :: United States Senator :: State of Connecticut

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Candidates
 
Prescott Bush - winner
Republican
 
 
Thomas J. Dodd
Democratic
 
 
Suzanne S. Stevenson
Ind Republican / Republican
 
 
Jasper McLevy
Socialist
 
 
Vivien Kellems
Independent
 
 

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1956 Nov 6 :: General Election :: United States Senator :: State of Connecticut

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Bar chart with 3 data series.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying Candidates (receiving at least 1% of the vote).
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Vote Count. Data ranges from 188 to 610829.
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Contest Results

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City/Town
Bush
Dodd
Stevenson
McLevy
Kellems
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
610,829
479,460
10,199
7,079
6,219
1,113,786
Andover
 
393
316
15
1
13
738
Ansonia
 
4,822
4,636
141
75
55
9,729
Ashford
 
268
323
2
0
4
597
Avon
 
1,325
910
25
9
12
2,281
Barkhamsted
 
384
128
4
2
7
525
Beacon Falls
 
591
684
21
10
9
1,315
Berlin
 
2,747
2,147
65
13
27
4,999
Bethany
 
668
300
11
10
10
999
Bethel
 
2,493
940
16
10
0
3,459
Bethlehem
 
494
200
6
0
5
705
Bloomfield
 
2,512
2,333
31
24
19
4,919
Bolton
 
715
438
12
7
18
1,190
Bozrah
 
358
305
5
1
0
669
Branford
 
4,541
2,898
50
26
55
7,570
Bridgeport
 
37,806
29,155
689
1,491
171
69,312
Bridgewater
 
330
116
4
1
0
451
Bristol
 
8,943
9,911
210
78
162
19,304
Brookfield
 
1,041
151
8
6
3
1,209
Brooklyn
 
780
659
6
3
1
1,449
Burlington
 
575
408
5
4
0
992
Canaan
 
332
83
1
1
0
417
Canterbury
 
503
327
5
5
4
844
Canton
 
1,329
707
29
5
14
2,084
Chaplin
 
299
184
17
0
4
504
Cheshire
 
3,433
1,419
82
30
71
5,035
Chester
 
636
552
12
4
26
1,230
Clinton
 
1,192
431
43
6
34
1,706
Colchester
 
657
1,044
15
3
11
1,730
Colebrook
 
292
119
9
1
4
425
Columbia
 
552
289
6
1
3
851
Cornwall
 
459
154
12
0
0
625
Coventry
 
1,476
1,115
33
12
38
2,674
Cromwell
 
1,565
1,259
35
14
22
2,895
Danbury
 
10,593
6,154
72
59
5
16,883
Darien
 
7,479
1,418
32
38
3
8,970
Deep River
 
835
769
12
6
29
1,651
Derby
 
2,344
3,135
62
29
8
5,578
Durham
 
670
404
18
5
9
1,106
E. Granby
 
401
313
11
3
1
729
E. Haddam
 
855
783
23
10
28
1,699
E. Hampton
 
1,519
1,012
30
5
38
2,604
E. Hartford
 
8,048
10,081
138
86
116
18,469
E. Haven
 
5,036
3,297
99
65
67
8,564
E. Lyme
 
1,526
985
49
11
85
2,656
E. Windsor
 
1,490
1,243
42
9
14
2,798
Eastford
 
324
67
0
0
1
392
Easton
 
1,373
278
30
12
10
1,703
Ellington
 
1,130
871
27
9
16
2,053
Enfield
 
3,813
5,625
92
27
24
9,581
Essex
 
1,370
792
30
4
47
2,243
Fairfield
 
13,916
6,370
272
286
35
20,879
Farmington
 
2,700
1,869
57
11
2
4,639
Franklin
 
275
210
6
1
2
494
Glastonbury
 
3,644
2,632
34
24
26
6,360
Goshen
 
434
155
7
2
6
604
Granby
 
1,271
578
26
3
16
1,894
Greenwich
 
19,208
6,119
71
80
7
25,485
Griswold
 
1,039
1,737
8
6
7
2,797
Groton
 
4,699
2,841
56
25
194
7,815
Guilford
 
2,294
825
53
18
30
3,220
Haddam
 
946
590
25
9
31
1,601
Hamden
 
12,574
6,988
294
144
121
20,121
Hampton
 
312
123
1
0
2
438
Hartford
 
26,142
47,075
424
338
114
74,093
Hartland
 
297
91
2
1
2
393
Harwinton
 
781
417
32
4
7
1,241
Hebron
 
397
337
5
2
9
750
Kent
 
690
194
11
3
0
898
Killingly
 
2,830
2,598
18
5
0
5,451
Killingworth
 
342
176
8
1
4
531
Lebanon
 
545
409
9
1
3
967
Ledyard
 
756
322
17
2
23
1,120
Lisbon
 
430
324
17
2
2
775
Litchfield
 
2,123
782
32
13
7
2,957
Lyme
 
520
158
4
3
17
702
Madison
 
1,717
442
28
12
23
2,222
Manchester
 
10,249
9,405
191
94
157
20,096
Mansfield
 
1,734
1,230
32
31
10
3,037
Marlborough
 
390
317
11
0
13
731
Meriden
 
11,754
12,255
288
135
364
24,796
Middlebury
 
1,557
526
38
7
13
2,141
Middlefield
 
656
638
19
2
24
1,339
Middletown
 
6,768
7,176
129
43
86
14,202
Milford
 
10,671
4,663
132
234
69
15,769
Monroe
 
1,367
450
19
27
11
1,874
Montville
 
1,177
1,432
13
6
20
2,648
Morris
 
381
151
2
4
0
538
Naugatuck
 
4,391
4,766
149
62
77
9,445
New Britain
 
15,781
22,155
250
141
249
38,576
New Canaan
 
4,661
1,272
19
24
0
5,976
New Fairfield
 
967
280
2
3
2
1,254
New Hartford
 
905
551
9
2
16
1,483
New Haven
 
37,510
37,973
663
476
268
76,890
New London
 
6,068
6,522
125
51
175
12,941
New Milford
 
2,595
950
16
13
3
3,577
Newington
 
4,149
3,194
57
35
42
7,477
Newtown
 
2,460
899
32
32
21
3,444
Norfolk
 
605
339
4
5
0
953
N. Branford
 
1,139
638
24
9
4
1,814
N. Canaan
 
1,005
406
14
1
3
1,429
N. Haven
 
4,574
2,304
74
51
45
7,048
N. Stonington
 
527
290
7
2
0
826
Norwalk
 
19,591
8,903
144
161
2
28,801
Norwich
 
8,693
8,617
100
41
25
17,476
Old Lyme
 
895
463
15
8
53
1,434
Old Saybrook
 
1,097
568
32
9
102
1,808
Orange
 
2,297
694
23
14
16
3,044
Oxford
 
862
348
29
8
4
1,251
Plainfield
 
1,990
2,327
24
7
2
4,350
Plainville
 
3,025
2,639
41
15
47
5,767
Plymouth
 
1,833
1,859
43
19
33
3,787
Pomfret
 
765
324
5
1
0
1,095
Portland
 
1,858
1,570
21
4
14
3,467
Preston
 
582
329
4
0
5
920
Prospect
 
862
571
30
2
12
1,477
Putnam
 
2,608
2,177
13
10
0
4,808
Redding
 
1,155
422
23
5
1
1,606
Ridgefield
 
2,332
781
20
11
2
3,146
Rocky Hill
 
1,483
1,250
22
13
12
2,780
Roxbury
 
340
164
3
1
2
510
Salem
 
209
232
4
0
3
448
Salisbury
 
1,452
457
16
7
5
1,937
Scotland
 
223
95
3
1
2
324
Seymour
 
2,675
1,873
61
20
30
4,659
Sharon
 
869
230
11
1
0
1,111
Shelton
 
4,389
3,165
148
75
43
7,820
Sherman
 
314
75
1
1
0
391
Simsbury
 
2,365
1,336
30
12
17
3,760
Somers
 
943
656
25
9
6
1,639
S. Windsor
 
1,289
1,098
26
9
4
2,426
Southbury
 
1,059
304
14
7
2
1,386
Southington
 
3,797
3,974
120
40
103
8,034
Sprague
 
590
727
2
5
2
1,326
Stafford
 
1,407
2,082
64
19
37
3,609
Stamford
 
23,855
16,136
124
195
10
40,320
Sterling
 
371
317
7
0
0
695
Stonington
 
3,426
2,936
32
16
57
6,467
Stratford
 
12,582
6,737
211
322
93
19,945
Suffield
 
1,771
1,213
20
13
11
3,028
Thomaston
 
1,531
1,263
47
20
37
2,898
Thompson
 
1,371
1,566
5
11
0
2,953
Tolland
 
662
397
16
11
11
1,097
Torrington
 
6,881
8,119
359
99
190
15,648
Trumbull
 
5,660
2,060
97
115
39
7,971
Union
 
152
39
2
0
0
193
Vernon
 
3,221
2,878
59
27
46
6,231
Voluntown
 
220
211
0
0
0
431
Wallingford
 
5,611
5,808
163
66
177
11,825
Warren
 
250
49
3
2
4
308
Washington
 
1,205
250
9
6
3
1,473
Waterbury
 
26,138
23,681
663
395
563
51,440
Waterford
 
3,237
2,412
110
16
212
5,987
Watertown
 
3,500
2,145
91
30
90
5,856
W. Hartford
 
19,105
12,922
165
96
79
32,367
W. Haven
 
11,423
8,579
210
135
107
20,454
Westbrook
 
718
274
21
5
47
1,065
Weston
 
1,241
460
10
12
2
1,725
Westport
 
6,652
2,299
34
53
2
9,040
Wethersfield
 
5,968
3,683
57
37
29
9,774
Willington
 
424
371
19
0
15
829
Wilton
 
2,622
680
44
15
8
3,369
Winchester
 
2,712
2,067
62
19
36
4,896
Windham
 
4,284
3,793
77
24
20
8,198
Windsor
 
4,199
4,266
47
38
24
8,574
Windsor Locks
 
1,960
2,368
25
11
20
4,384
Wolcott
 
1,580
923
36
15
24
2,578
Woodbridge
 
1,717
496
12
12
3
2,240
Woodbury
 
1,395
357
12
8
8
1,780
Woodstock
 
1,096
383
5
3
1
1,488
Totals
 
610,829
479,460
10,199
7,079
6,219
1,113,786