Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, At-Large Seats
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Voters in Ohio, as in other U.S. states elect a certain number of representatives to the United States House of Representatives. The following chart shows the results of the elections for the At-Large Seat for Ohio, which were eliminated after redistricting following the 1964 election (at-large seats were banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1964). Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Robert E. Sweeney: 1,872,351 | Oliver P. Bolton: 1,716,480 | |
| 1962 | Richard D. Kennedy: 1,164,628 | Robert Taft Jr.: 1,786,018 |
After 1950, the at-large seat became the 23rd district. The at-large seat was created again after the 1960 census.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Stephen M. Young: 1,237,409 | George H. Bender: 1,447,154 | |
| 1948 | Stephen M. Young: 1,455,972 | George H. Bender: 1,342,388 | |
| 1946 | William M. Boyd: 871,660 | George H. Bender: 1,281,864 | |
| 1944 | William Glass: 1,362,843 | George H. Bender: 1,542,422 | |
| 1942 | Stephen M. Young*: 717,692 | George H. Bender: 945,995 |
- Young held an incumbency in the second at-large seat, which was eliminated for the 1942 election. Thus, there were two incumbents vying for this seat.
In the elections from 1932 to 1940, there were two seats elected at large. All the candidates ran in one race and the top two vote-getters won the two seats:
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Stephen M. Young: 1,483,879 Francis W. Durbin: 1,384,745 | George H. Bender: 1,519,559 L. L. Marshall: 1,386,627 | |
| 1938 | John McSweeney: 1,068,916 Stephen M. Young: 1,015,041 | George H. Bender: 1,177,982 L. L. Marshall: 1,101,193 | |
| 1936 | John McSweeney: 1,553,059 Harold G. Mosier*: 1,493,152 | George H. Bender: 1,226,147 L. L. Marshall: 1,121,370 | William C. Sandberg (C): 8,947 |
| 1934 | Charles V. Truax*: 1,061,857 Stephen M. Young: 1,050,089 | George H. Bender: 905,233 L. L. Marshall: 871,432 | Ben Atkins (C): 13,972 John Marshall (C): 13,808 |
| 1932 | Charles V. Truax: 1,206,631 Stephen M. Young: 1,200,946 | George H. Bender: 1,109,562 L. T. Palmer: 1,102,567 | Edward R. Stafford (P): 24,625 Alfred H. Stratton (P): 17,844 John Rehms (C): 7,050 William Hughey (C): 6,010 |
- In 1938, Mosier failed to win renomination in the Democratic primary.
- In 1936, incumbent Democrat Stephen M. Young declined to run for re-election to the House, instead running for his party's nomination for governor of Ohio. Young failed to win the nomination that year and in 1938, he returned to contest for the at-large House seat.
- Truax died in office in 1936. In a 1936 special election, Daniel S. Earhart was elected to fill out the remainder of Truax's term. Earhart did not run for re-election in 1936 for the full term beginning in 1937.
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