1928 United States Senate election in Ohio

Not to be confused with 1928 United States Senate special election in Ohio.

1928 United States Senate election in Ohio

←  1922 November 6, 1928 1934  →

Nominee Simeon Fess Charles Truax Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,412,805 908,952 Percentage 60.73% 39.07%

County results Fess:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Truax:      50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election Simeon Fess Republican Elected U.S. Senator Simeon Fess Republican

The 1928 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Republican Senator Simeon Fess was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic Director of Agriculture Charles Truax.

General election

Candidates

• Simeon Fess, incumbent Senator since 1923 (Republican)
• James Goward (Socialist Labor)
• J. Wetherell Hutton, Quaker schoolmaster (Prohibition)
• Charles Truax, Ohio Director of Agriculture (Democratic)
• Joseph Willnecker (Workers)

Results

1928 U.S. Senate election in Ohio ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Simeon Fess (incumbent)	1,412,805	60.73%	9.83
	Democratic	Charles Truax	908,952	39.07%	8.65
	Communist	Joseph Willnecker	2,061	0.09%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	James Goward	1,384	0.06%	N/A
	Prohibition	J. Wetherell Hutton	1,003	0.04%	N/A
Total votes			2,326,205	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1928 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
2. "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.