1956 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

1956 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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Nominee Keith Thomson Jerry A. O'Callaghan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 69,903 50,225 Percentage 58.19% 41.18%

U.S. Representative before election Keith Thomson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Keith Thomson Republican

The 1956 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican Congressman Keith Thomson ran for re-election to a second term. He won the Republican primary unopposed and faced Democratic nominee Jerry A. O'Callaghan, a history instructor at the University of Wyoming and former journalist, in the general election. Thomson defeated O'Callaghan with 58 percent of the vote, slightly underperforming President Dwight D. Eisenhower's landslide victory in the state.