1962 United States Senate election in Maryland

The 1962 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Marshall Butler did not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic U.S. Representative Daniel Brewster won the re-election to succeed him easily over Republican U.S. Representative Edward Tylor Miller.

Candidates

 * James P. Gleason, former legislative assistant to Senators Richard Nixon and William F. Knowland
 * Henry J. Laque Jr., perennial candidate
 * Edward Tylor Miller, U.S. Representative from Easton
 * Harry L. Simms, real estate broker

Withdrew

 * Herman L. Mills, former Mayor of Hagerstown

Candidates

 * Daniel Brewster, U.S. Representative from Reisterstown
 * Elbert M. Byrd Jr., professor of government at the University of Maryland
 * Andrew J. Easter, perennial candidate
 * Herbert J. Hoover, Civil Engineer, Rockville, MD
 * Blair Lee III, Delegate from Montgomery County and scion of the Lee family

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

 * Anne Arundel
 * Baltimore (County)
 * Carroll
 * Cecil
 * Charles
 * Dorchester
 * Frederick
 * Harford
 * Howard
 * Kent
 * Montgomery
 * Somerset
 * Washington
 * Worcester