1944 United States Senate election in Ohio

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Nominee  | Robert A. Taft | William Pickrel |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 1,500,609 | 1,482,610
Percentage  | 50.30% | 49.70%

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County results
Taft: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Pickrel: 50–60% 60–70%

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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.

## Background

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Senator Taft unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and was a national leader of the party's conservative wing. He opposed American involvement in World War II 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

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### Candidates

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* 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

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1944 Democratic Senate primary[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| 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

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### Results

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1944 United States Senate election in Ohio[4][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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County  | Robert Alphonso Taft Sr.
Republican  | William Gillespie Pickrel
Democratic  | Margin  | Total votes cast[6]

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
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

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* 1944 United States Senate elections

## References

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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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