65 seats 35 seats 18,547,250 14,894,867 0.1% 1.1% | 64 36 55.1% 44.2% Start date November 8, 1960 | |
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Winner Mike Mansfield | ||
The United States Senate elections of 1960 coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president. The Republicans gained one seat at the expense of the Democrats. The Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding lead in the Senate with 64 seats to 36. As Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President, Mike Mansfield became the new Majority Leader.
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Democratic seats held by Democrats
- Montana: James E. Murray (D) was replaced by Lee Metcalf (D)
- Oregon: Hall S. Lusk (D) was replaced by Maurine B. Neuberger (D)
- Rhode Island: Theodore F. Green (D) was replaced by Claiborne Pell (D)
Democrats replaced by Republicans
- Wyoming: Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) was replaced by Edwin Keith Thomson (R). But Thomson died before the Congress began and was then replaced by a Democratic appointee.
Republican seats held by Republicans
- Iowa: Thomas E. Martin (R) was replaced by Jack Miller (R)
Republicans replaced by Democrats
- North Dakota (Class 1): Clarence N. Brunsdale (R) was replaced by Quentin N. Burdick (D)
Democrats lost to Republicans
- Delaware: J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) lost to J. Caleb Boggs (R)
Other changes
The Republicans' net gain of one seat was eliminated after the election.
- Wyoming: Senator-elect Keith Thomson (R) died December 9, 1960, and was replaced by appointee John J. Hickey (D) at the beginning of the Congress.
Subsequent changes
The Republicans gained one seat during the next Congress.
- Texas: Two-term Incumbent Lyndon Johnson (D) had been re-elected, but he resigned January 3, 1961 at the beginning of the term to become U.S. Vice President.
- William A. Blakley (D) was appointed January 3, 1961 to begin and to continue the term.
- John Tower (R) was elected June 14, 1961 to finish the term.
References
United States Senate elections, 1960 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA