The 1956 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic Senator Mike Monroney ran for re-election to a second term. He avoided a contentious Democratic primary when Lieutenant Governor Cowboy Pink Williams declined to challenge him and easily won renomination. In the general election, he faced Republican state party chairman Douglas McKeever. Even though President Dwight D. Eisenhower was winning the state handily, Monroney won re-election by a wide margin.
Democratic primary Candidates Mike Monroney, incumbent U.S. Senator R. Os Doenges, school supply salesman O. J. Fox, perennial candidate George W. Wulff, Oklahoma City attorney
Dropped out Cowboy Pink Williams, Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
Results
Republican primary Candidates Douglas McKeever, Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party Paul V. Beck, State Representative from Tulsa County Ernest G. Albright, Shawnee newspaperman Dan M. Madrano, former State Representative from Tulsa County
Results
General election Results
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