The 1940 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Vic Donahey did not run for re-election to a second term. In the open race to succeed him, Republican Mayor of ClevelandHarold Hitz Burton defeated Democratic U.S. Representative John McSweeney.
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January 01, 1970
1940, united, states, senate, election, ohio, took, place, november, 1940, incumbent, democratic, senator, donahey, election, second, term, open, race, succeed, republican, mayor, cleveland, harold, hitz, burton, defeated, democratic, representative, john, mcs. The 1940 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 5 1940 Incumbent Democratic Senator Vic Donahey did not run for re election to a second term In the open race to succeed him Republican Mayor of Cleveland Harold Hitz Burton defeated Democratic U S Representative John McSweeney 1940 United States Senate election in Ohio 1934 November 5 1940 1946 Nominee Harold Burton John McSweeney Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1 602 498 1 457 304 Percentage 52 37 47 63 U S senator before election Vic Donahey Democratic Elected U S Senator Harold Hitz Burton Republican Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Herbert S Bigelow former U S Representative from Cincinnati 1937 39 John McSweeney former U S Representative from Wooster 1923 29 1937 39 Results edit 1940 Democratic Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John McSweeney 272 690 61 62 Democratic Herbert S Bigelow 169 818 38 38 Total votes 442 508 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Harold Hitz Burton Mayor of Cleveland Charles E Wharton Dudley A White U S Representative from New London Results edit 1940 Republican Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Harold Hitz Burton 303 339 52 85 Republican Dudley A White 235 344 41 01 Republican Charles E Wharton 35 258 6 14 Total votes 573 941 100 00 General election editResults edit 1940 U S Senate election in Ohio 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Republican Harold Hitz Burton 1 602 498 52 37 nbsp 12 96 Democratic John McSweeney 1 457 304 47 63 nbsp 12 32 Total votes 3 059 802 100 00 Republican gain from DemocraticSee also edit1940 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Our Campaigns OH US Senate D Primary Race May 14 1940 Our Campaigns OH US Senate R Primary Race May 14 1940 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3 1940 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved December 31 2020 Our Campaigns OH US Senate Race Nov 05 27792 www ourcampaigns com Retrieved December 31 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States Senate election in Ohio amp oldid 1173833841, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
