1950 United States Senate election in New York

1950 United States Senate election in New York

← 1949 (special) November 7, 1950 1956 →
 
Nominee Herbert H. Lehman Joe Hanley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Liberal
Popular vote 2,632,313 2,367,353
Percentage 50.35% 45.28%

County results
Lehman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Hanley:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70–80%

Senator before election

Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic

Elected Senator

Herbert H. Lehman
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1950 in New York was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic Senator Herbert H. Lehman was re-elected to a full term in office over Republican Joe Hanley.

This election is also noted for the campaign of African-American cultural and civil rights icon W. E. B. Du Bois, who ran at age 82 on the American Labor Party ticket.


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