1946 United States Senate elections in Ohio

1946 United States Senate election in Ohio

←  1940 November 5, 1946 1952  →

Nominee John W. Bricker James W. Huffman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,275,774 947,610 Percentage 57.02% 42.36%

County results Bricker:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Huffman:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election James W. Huffman Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John W. Bricker Republican

The 1946 United States Senate elections in Ohio was held on November 5, 1946, alongside a concurrent special election to the same seat.

Former Republican Governor of Ohio and 1944 nominee for the U.S. vice presidency John W. Bricker defeated Democratic interim senator James W. Huffman, who had been appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Supreme Court Justice Harold Hitz Burton. In a concurrent special election to finish Burton's unexpired term, Republican Kingsley Taft defeated Henry P. Webber.

Background

Incumbent Senator Harold Hitz Burton resigned from office in October 1945 to accept a seat on the United States Supreme Court. Governor Frank Lausche appointed James W. Huffman to fill Burton's vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. The special election to fill the seat was scheduled for November 5, 1946, concurrent with the election to the next full term.

Huffman did not run in the special election, but ran in the election for the full term beginning in 1947.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Marvin C. Harrison, former State Senator from Cleveland and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1944
• James W. Huffman, interim appointee Senator and former Ohio Director of Commerce
• Edward A. Huth, University of Dayton professor of sociology
• Stephen M. Young, former U.S. Representative from Cleveland (representing Ohio at-large) (1933–37, 1941–43)

Results

1946 Democratic Senate primary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James W. Huffman (incumbent)	108,329	38.58%
	Democratic	Stephen M. Young	89,651	31.93%
	Democratic	Marvin C. Harrison	70,697	25.18%
	Democratic	Edward A. Huth	12,133	4.32%
Total votes			280,810	100.00%

General election

Results

1946 U.S. Senate election in Ohio ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Bricker	1,275,774	57.02%
	Democratic	James W. Huffman (incumbent)	947,610	42.36%
	Socialist	William Farkas	13,885	0.62%
Total votes			2,237,269	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Special election

1946 U.S. Senate special election in Ohio ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kingsley Taft	1,193,852	56.22%
	Democratic	Henry P. Webber	929,584	43.78%
Total votes			2,123,436	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 1946 United States Senate elections

References

1. "OH US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
2. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
3. "OH US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
4. "OH US Senate - Special Election". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 31, 2020.