1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky

The 1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1946 special election to fill the vacant seat of Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler, ran for a full term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Virgil Chapman.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Virgil Chapman, incumbent U.S. Representative
• John Y. Brown, Sr., member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• D. E. McQueary
• Milton Whiteworth

Results

General election

Candidates

• Virgil Chapman, U.S. Representative from Lexington (Democratic)
• John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1946 (Republican)
• David R. Cox (Socialist Labor)
• W. A. Standefur (Socialist)
• H. G. Stanfield (Progressive)

Results

See also

• 1948 United States Senate elections

Notes

References