Election Name: | 1954 United States Senate special election in Ohio |
Country: | Ohio |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 United States Senate election in Ohio |
Previous Year: | 1950 |
Next Election: | 1956 United States Senate election in Ohio |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1954 |
Image1: | George Bender (3x4a).jpg |
Nominee1: | George H. Bender |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,257,874 |
Percentage1: | 50.06% |
Nominee2: | Thomas A. Burke |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,254,904 |
Percentage2: | 49.94% |
Map Size: | 211px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Thomas A. Burke |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | George H. Bender |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The United States Senate special election in Ohio of 1954 was held on November 2, 1954 to complete the unexpired term of late Senator Robert A. Taft, who died in office on July 31, 1953. Interim Senator Thomas A. Burke ran to complete the term in office but was narrowly defeated by U.S. Representative George Bender.
On July 31, 1953, incumbent Republican Senator Robert A. Taft died in office. His term was scheduled to expire in 1957. Governor Frank Lausche appointed Thomas A. Burke, the Democratic Mayor of Cleveland, to fill his seat until a successor could be duly elected.
The special election was scheduled for November 2, 1954, concurrent with the regularly scheduled state and federal elections. Burke ran to complete the term.