Two Senate elections took place on November 2, 1948 in North Carolina as part of the 1948 Senate elections. The incumbent Democratic Senator Josiah Bailey died 4 years into his third term on December 15, 1946; as a result, a special election for the final month of this term was held concurrently with the regular election. William B. Umstead, a former Representative for the 6th district, was appointed to the vacant seat. Umstead was defeated in both of the Democratic primaries by former Governor of North CarolinaJ. Melville Broughton. Broughton was unopposed in the special election, and defeated Republican John A. Wilkinson in the regular election by a margin of 42%, outperforming Harry S. Truman, the Democratic candidate in the presidential election held the same day, by 13%.[1]
Broughton would die two months after taking office.[2]Frank Porter Graham was appointed to fill the vacancy.
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