Electoral history of Robert Taft

Electoral history of Robert A. Taft, United States Senator from Ohio (1939–1953), United States Senate Majority Leader (1953) and a candidate for 1940, 1948 and 1952 Republican presidential nominations

Senator Robert A. Taft (R-OH)

Senator Taft was a longtime leader of conservative wing of the Republican Party, as well as co-leader of so-called Conservative coalition, which dominated United States Congress for decades

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1938:[1]

  • Robert Taft (R) - 1,255,414 (53.62%)
  • Robert J. Bulkley (D) (inc.) - 1,085,792 (46.38%)

Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1940:[2]

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 70,168 (72.57%)
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 26,182 (27.08%)
  • Robert Taft - 341 (0.35%)

Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1940:[3]

Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1940:[4]

Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1940:[5]

New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1940:[6]

All candidates, except Dewey, run as write-in

1940 Republican presidential primaries:[7]

1940 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):[8]

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Third ballot:

Fourth ballot:

Fifth ballot:

Sixth ballot (before shifts):

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1944:[9]

Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1948:[10]

Illinois Republican presidential primary, 1948:[11]

All candidate, except Bender, run as write-in

New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1948:[12]

Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1948:[13]

All candidates except Martin and Vandenberg, run as write-in

Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1948:[14]

1948 Republican presidential primaries:[15]

1948 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):[16]

First ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 434
  • Robert Taft - 224
  • Harold Stassen - 157
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 62
  • Earl Warren - 59
  • David H. Green - 56
  • Alfred Driscoll - 35
  • Others - 65

Second ballot:

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1950:[17]

New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 1952:[18]

All candidates run as write-in

New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, 1952:[19]

Minnesota Republican presidential primary, 1952:[20]

All candidates except Stassen and Slettedahl run as write-in

Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1952:[21]

Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1952:[22]

All candidates, except Stassen and Kenny, run as write-in

Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1952:[23]

  • Robert Taft - 315,541 (40.63%)
  • Earl Warren - 262,271 (33.77%)
  • Harold Stassen - 169,679 (21.85%)
  • Grant A. Ritter - 26,208 (3.38%)
  • Perry J. Stearns - 2,925 (0.38%)

Illinois Republican presidential primary, 1952:[24]

All candidates, except Taft and Bender, run as write-in

New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1952:[25]

Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, 1952:[26]

All candidates run as write-in

Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1952:[27]

West Virginia Republican presidential primary, 1952:[28]

Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952:[29]

Taft was only write-in candidate in Oregon

South Dakota Republican presidential primary, 1952:[30]

  • Robert Taft - 64,695 (50.32%)
  • George T. Mickelson - 63,879 (49.68%)

1952 Republican presidential primaries:[31]

1952 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):[32] First ballot before shifts:

Second ballot after shifts:

United States Senate Majority Leader, 1953:[33]

  • Robert Taft - unanimously

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