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1944 United States Senate election in Ohio

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The 1944 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican Senator Robert A. Taft, first elected in the Republican wave of 1938, was narrowly elected to a second term in office over Democratic former Lieutenant Governor William G. Pickrel, winning 71 of Ohio's 88 counties. Despite Pickrel winning the state's largest urban centers such as Cleveland, his margins there were overcome by Taft's strong showings in the rural areas and small towns.[1] Nevertheless, at less than a point, Taft's victory was significantly smaller than his 7 point win in 1938.

1944 United States Senate election in Ohio
← 1938 November 7, 1944 1950 →
 
Nominee Robert A. Taft William Pickrel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,500,609 1,482,610
Percentage 50.30% 49.70%
County results
Taft:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Pickrel:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Robert A. Taft
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert A. Taft
Republican

Background edit

Senator Taft unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and was a national leader of the party's conservative wing. He was an isolationist before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, then he changed his mind and supported Congress' bipartisan effort to pass wartime appropriations for World War 2. In 1944, Taft decided to be a candidate for re-election before considering future presidential runs.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

  • Marvin C. Harrison, former State Senator from Cleveland[2]
  • William G. Pickrel, attorney and former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1928, 1931–33)
  • John Taylor

Results edit

1944 Democratic Senate primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William G. Pickrel 109,281 44.07%
Democratic Marvin C. Harrison 77,019 31.06%
Democratic John Taylor 61,647 24.86%
Total votes 247,947 100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

1944 United States Senate election in Ohio[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert A. Taft (incumbent) 1,500,609 50.30%  3.32
Democratic William G. Pickrel 1,482,610 49.70%  3.32
Total votes 2,983,219 100.00%

By county edit

County Robert Alphonso Taft Sr.
Republican 		William Gillespie Pickrel
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast[6]
# % # % # %
Adams 5,419 57.73% 3,968 42.27% 1,451 15.46% 9,387
Allen 19,279 59.62% 13,057 40.39% 6,220 19.23 32,336
Ashland 8,097 55.95% 6,374 44.05% 1,723 11.9% 14,471
Ashtabula 16,809 57.04% 12,660 42.96% 4,149 14.08% 29,469
Athens 9,989 59.11% 6,911 40.89% 3,078 18.22% 16,900
Auglaize 8,121 62.03% 4,970 37.97% 3,151 22.06% 13,091
Belmont 15,344 41.09% 21,998 58.91% -6,654 -17.82% 37,342
Brown 4,476 49.56% 4,556 50.44% -80 -0.88% 9,032
Butler 20,199 42.95% 26,829 57.05% -6,630 -14.1% 47,028
Carroll 4,826 64.27% 2,683 35.73% 2,143 28.54% 7,509
Champaign 7,524 62.27% 4,558 37.73% 2,966 24.54% 12,082
Clark 21,448 49.76% 21,651 50.24% -203 -0.48% 43,099
Clermont 8,312 50.95% 8,002 49.05% 310 1.9% 16,314
Clinton 7,090 66.54% 3,565 33.46% 3,525 33.08% 10,615
Columbiana 19,795 54.16% 16,752 45.84% 3,043 8.32% 36,547
Coshocton 7,262 58.45% 5,163 41.55% 2,099 16.9% 12,425
Crawford 9,039 54.3% 7,606 45.7% 1,433 8.6% 16,645
Cuyahoga 199,422 40.27% 295,775 59.73% -96,353 -19.46% 495,197
Darke 10,454 57.14% 7,842 42.86% 2,612 14.28% 18,296
Defiance 6,976 65.55% 3,667 34.45% 3,309 31.1% 10,643
Delaware 8,806 65.78% 4,582 34.22% 4,224 31.56% 13,388
Erie 10,079 58.14% 7,256 41.86% 2,823 16.28% 17,335
Fairfield 10,212 54.07% 8,676 45.93% 1,536 8.14% 18,888
Fayette 5,717 60.24% 3,774 39.76% 1,943 20.48% 9,491
Franklin 93,200 51.28% 88,553 48.72% 4,647 2.56% 181,753
Fulton 7,775 77.85% 2,212 22.15% 5,563 55.7% 9,987
Gallia 6,150 70.85% 2,530 29.15% 3,620 41.7% 8,680
Geauga 5,104 63.99% 2,872 36.01% 2,232 27.98% 7,976
Greene 9,425 55.91% 7,431 44.09% 1,994 11.82% 16,856
Guernsey 8,571 58.35% 6,117 41.65% 2,454 16.7% 14,688
Hamilton 149,226 52.0% 137,752 48.0% 11,474 4.0% 286,978
Hancock 12,587 65.83% 6,534 34.17% 6,053 31.66% 19,121
Hardin 8,318 61.75% 5,153 38.25% 3,165 23.5% 13,471
Harrison 4,968 60.81% 3,202 39.19% 1,766 21.62% 8,170
Henry 6,407 69.03% 2,875 30.97% 3,532 38.06% 9,282
Highland 7,592 58.75% 5,330 41.25% 2,262 17.5% 12,922
Hocking 4,233 54.48% 3,537 45.52% 696 8.96% 7,770
Holmes 2,618 49.83% 2,636 50.17% -18 -0.34% 5,254
Huron 10,681 64.19% 5,959 35.81% 4,722 28.38% 16,640
Jackson 6,674 59.85% 4,478 40.15% 2,196 19.7% 11,152
Jefferson 15,812 41.76% 22,053 58.24% -6,241 -16.48% 37,865
Knox 9,554 64.62% 5,231 35.38% 4,323 29.24% 14,785
Lake 13,086 54.74% 10,820 45.26% 2,266 9.48% 23,906
Lawrence 8,942 56.17% 6,978 43.83% 1,964 12.34% 15,920
Licking 15,756 56.1% 12,328 43.9% 3,428 12.2% 28,084
Logan 9,497 66.6% 4,763 33.4% 4,734 33.2% 14,260
Lorain 23,154 49.55% 23,578 50.45% -424 -0.9% 46,732
Lucas 75,177 51.18% 71,720 48.82% 3,457 2.36% 146,897
Madison 5,501 63.35% 3,183 36.65% 2,318 26.7% 8,684
Mahoning 36,891 37.52% 61,442 62.48% -24,551 -24.96% 98,333
Marion 11,252 55.75% 8,931 44.25% 2,321 11.5% 20,183
Medina 9,978 63.83% 5,654 36.17% 4,324 27.66% 15,632
Meigs 6,151 67.65% 2,941 32.35% 3,210 35.3% 9,092
Mercer 6,830 60.5% 4,459 39.5% 2,371 21.0% 11,289
Miami 14,641 60.19% 9,684 39.81% 4,957 20.38% 24,325
Monroe 3,228 51.58% 3,030 48.42% 198 3.16% 6,258
Montgomery 60,771 42.78% 81,272 57.22% -20,501 -14.44% 142,043
Morgan 4,203 72.27% 1,613 27.73% 2,590 44.54% 5,816
Morrow 5,041 67.21% 2,459 32.79% 2,582 34.42 7,500
Muskingum 16,763 57.79% 12,243 42.21% 4,520 15.58% 29,006
Noble 3,711 62.96% 2,183 37.04% 1,528 25.92% 5,894
Ottawa 6,045 55.38% 4,870 44.62% 1,175 10.76% 10,915
Paulding 4,316 65.11% 2,313 34.89% 2,003 30.22% 6,629
Perry 6,828 59.22% 4,702 40.78% 2,126 18.44% 11,530
Pickaway 5,592 50.93% 5,387 49.07% 205 1.86% 10,979
Pike 2,865 40.82% 4,154 59.18% -1,289 -18.36% 7,019
Portage 11,880 50.22% 11,775 49.78% 105 0.44% 23,655
Preble 6,380 57.25% 4,764 42.75% 1,616 14.5% 11,144
Putnam 6,781 66.12% 3,475 33.88% 3,306 32.24% 10,256
Richland 16,431 50.48% 16,117 49.52% 314 0.96% 32,548
Ross 11,060 53.44% 9,637 46.56% 1,423 6.88% 20,697
Sandusky 13,123 69.18% 5,847 30.82% 7,276 38.36% 18,970
Scioto 16,787 50.45% 16,487 49.55% 300 0.9% 33,274
Seneca 13,261 67.04% 6,519 32.96% 6,742 34.08% 19,780
Shelby 6,174 52.36% 5,617 47.64% 557 4.72% 11,791
Stark 48,952 46.18% 57,054 53.82% -8,102 -7.64% 106,006
Summit 64,085 43.39% 83,596 56.61% -19,511 -13.22% 147,681
Trumbull 24,602 43.36% 32,131 56.64% -7,529 -13.28% 56,733
Tuscarawas 13,303 45.88% 15,694 54.12% -2,391 -8.24 28,997
Union 6,492 70.15% 2,762 29.85% 3,730 40.3% 9,254
Van Wert 8,065 60.79% 5,202 39.21% 2,863 21.58% 13,267
Vinton 2,541 59.56% 1,725 40.44% 816 19.12% 4,266
Warren 8,248 59.55% 5,602 40.45% 2,646 19.1% 13,850
Washington 11,197 63.47% 6,445 36.53% 4,752 26.94% 17,642
Wayne 12,665 56.98% 9,564 43.02% 3,101 13.96 22,229
Williams 8,399 71.6% 3,332 28.4% 5,067 43.2% 11,731
Wood 15,473 66.02% 7,964 33.98% 7,509 32.04% 23,437
Wyandot 5,599 63.45% 3,225 36.55% 2,374 26.9% 8,824
Totals 1,500,609 50.30% 1,482,610 49.70% 17,999 0.6% 2,983,219

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (Patterson, p. 278)
  2. ^ "In Senator Race". Mansfield News-Journal. Cleveland. February 21, 1944. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "1944 Democratic Primary". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944".
  6. ^ "OH US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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