1956 United States Senate election in Indiana

The 1956 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer Capehart was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard.

Candidates

 * Homer Capehart, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
 * Gordon A. Long (Socialist Labor)
 * Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
 * Claude Wickard, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1940–45) (Democratic)