1960 United States Senate elections in Oregon information
1960 United States Senate elections in Oregon
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November 8, 1960
1966 →
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Maurine Neuberger
Elmo Smith
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412,757 54.61%
343,009 45.38%
Special election
422,024 54.98%
345,464 45.01%
Regular/special election county results[a] Neuberger: 50–60% 60–70% Smith: 50-60%
U.S. senator before election
Hall S. Lusk
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Maurine Neuberger
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The 1960 United States Senate elections in Oregon took place on November 8, 1960.
First-term Democrat Richard L. Neuberger had been diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1958 that became terminal by 1960 — but was kept from the public. Neuberger remained at home in early 1960, reportedly battling the flu. Though still publicly seeking re-election, he told his campaign chair, attorney Jack Beatty, "Remember, there's always another Neuberger," referring to his wife. The comment, combined with Neuberger's reluctance to meet in public and weak voice on the phone, led Beatty to believe that Neuberger's condition was grave, a suspicion confirmed by the Senator's physician shortly before Neuberger died at Good Samaritan Hospital on March 9, 1960.[1][2]
Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court Hall S. Lusk was appointed on March 16, 1960, by Republican governor Mark Hatfield to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.[3][4]
Hatfield stated that he intended to have appointed Neuberger, but that he wanted to appoint someone who would be focused on completing the remaining eight months of the term and not running in the regular-term Senate election as Neuberger had announced she would.[5] Some observers noted that Hatfield, a Republican, though required by state law to appoint someone of the same political party as the late Senator Neuberger, did not want to give the other party the political advantage of incumbency.[5][6]
Two elections for the Class 2 Senate seat were held on the same day; one as a special election to fill the remainder of Neuberger's original six-year term, and another to select a Senator to serve the next six-year term. Senator Lusk did not run for election.
Neuberger's widow Maurine Brown Neuberger was elected on November 8, 1960, both to finish the term and to the next term. Democrats would not win this seat again until 2008.
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^Beatty, Jack (2010). The Politics of Public Virtue. pp. 261–268.
^"Sen. Neuberger, Jewish Member of U.S. Senate, Dies; Was 47 Years Old". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 10, 1960.
^"Lusk Meets President, Takes Oath as Senator". Evening star. Washington, D.C. March 23, 1960. p. A-5. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
^Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office. Vol. Four. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 157. ISBN 9780160632563.
^ ab"Oregon Justice, Democrat, gets Neuberger's seat in U. S. Senate" (PDF). The New York Times. March 16, 1960. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
^"Women in Congress: Maurine B. Neuberger, Senator from Oregon". United States Congress. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
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