The 1928 United States Senate special election in Ohio was held on November 6, 1928 to elect a successor to
Frank B. Willis, who died in office in March 1928. Republican U.S. Representative
Theodore E. Burton, who previously held this seat from 1909 to 1915, won the open race to succeed him.
Background
Incumbent Republican Senator
Frank B. Willis died in office on March 30, 1928. Governor of Ohio
Vic Donahey
Alvin Victor "Honest Vic" Donahey (July 7, 1873April 8, 1946) was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. Donahey was the 50th governor of Ohio and a United States Senator from Ohio.
Donahey left school early to become a printer; in ...
appointed
Cyrus Locher to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected. The special election to fill the seat was scheduled for November 6, 1928, concurrent with the general election for President of the United States, Governor, and Ohio's other U.S. Senate seat.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*Graham P. Hunt, Cincinnati resident
*
Cyrus Locher, interim U.S. Senator
[
The primary was contested over the issue of ]Prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol ...
; Locher was an advocate of the policy, allied with the Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League (now known as the ''American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems'') is an organization of the temperance movement that lobbied for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century.
Founded in 1893 in Ober ...
, while Hunt was an opponent.[
]
Republican primary
Candidates
* Theodore E. Burton, U.S. Representative and former U.S. Senator (1909–1915)
*H.D. Cook[
* Jacob S. Coxey Sr., former populist activist, welfare advocate, and perennial candidate][
* Charles W. F. Dick, former U.S. Senator (1904–11)][
* Carrington T. Marshall, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court][
]
General election
Candidates
*Israel Amter
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(Workers)
* Theodore E. Burton, U.S. Representative from Cleveland
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and former U.S. Senator (1909–1915)
*Graham P. Hunt (Democratic)
*Anna K. Storck (Socialist Labor)
Results
See also
* 1928 United States Senate elections
References
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Ohio
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United States Senate
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