The 1950 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Senator

Robert A. Taft Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leade ...

was elected to a third term in office, easily defeating Democratic State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.

Background

Senator Taft unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 and 1948 and was a national leader of the party's conservative wing.

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Henry M. Busch *

Michael DiSalle Michael Vincent DiSalle (January 6, 1908September 16, 1981) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of Toledo from 1948 to 1950, and as the 60th governor of Ohio from 1959 to 1963. ...

, Mayor of Toledo * Joseph T. Ferguson, Ohio Auditor *John Martin *Walter A. Kelley *Edward Welsh *William L. White

Results

General election

References

{{1950 United States elections

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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...