. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electoral history of Robert A. Taft, United States Senator from Ohio (1939\u20131953), United States Senate Majority Leader (1953) and a candidate for the 1940, 1948 and 1952 Republican presidential nominations. Senator Taft was a longtime leader of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, as well as co-leader of the Conservative coalition, which dominated United States Congress for decades. United States Senate election in Ohio, 1938: \n* Robert Taft (R) - 1,255,414 (53.62%) \n* Robert J. Bulkley (D) (inc.) - 1,085,792 (46.38%) Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1940: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 70,168 (72.57%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 26,182 (27.08%) \n* Robert Taft - 341 (0.35%) Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1940: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 52,661 (66.68%) \n* Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) - 8,294 (10.50%) \n* Arthur H. James - 8,172 (10.35%) \n* Robert Taft - 5,213 (6.60%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 2,384 (3.02%) \n* Herbert Hoover - 1,082 (1.37%) \n* Wendell Willkie - 707 (0.90%) \n* Others - 463 (0.59%) Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1940: \n* Robert Taft - 510,025 (99.52%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey (write-in) - 2,059 (0.40%) \n* John W. Bricker - 188 (0.04%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg (write-in) - 83 (0.02%) \n* Wendell Willkie - 53 (0.01%) \n* Others - 53 (0.01%) Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1940: \n* Charles L. McNary - 133,488 (95.89%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 5,190 (3.73%) \n* Robert Taft - 254 (0.18%) \n* Wendell Willkie - 237 (0.17%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 36 (0.03%) New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1940: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 340,734 (93.85%) \n* Wendell Willkie - 20,143 (5.55%) \n* Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1,202 (0.33%) \n* Robert Taft - 595 (0.16%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 168 (0.05%) \n* Scattering - 90 (0.03%) \n* Arthur H. James - 81 (0.02%) \n* Herbert Hoover - 69 (0.02%) All candidates, except Dewey, run as write-in 1940 Republican presidential primaries: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 1,605,754 (49.76%) \n* - 538,112 (16.68%) \n* Robert Taft - 516,428 (16.00%) \n* Unpledged - 186,157 (5.77%) \n* Charles L. McNary - 133,488 (4.14%) \n* - 106,123 (3.29%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 100,651 (3.12%) \n* Wendell Willkie - 21,140 (0.66%) \n* Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) - 9,496 (0.29%) \n* Arthur H. James - 8,172 (0.25%) \n* Herbert Hoover - 1,082 (0.03%) \n* John W. Bricker - 188 (0.01%) \n* Charles Montgomery - 5 (0.00%) \n* Joseph William Martin, Jr. - 1 (0.00%) 1940 Republican National Convention (presidential tally): First ballot: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 360 \n* Robert Taft - 189 \n* Wendell Willkie - 105 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 76 \n* Arthur H. James - 74 \n* Joseph William Martin - 44 \n* Scattering - 40 \n* Hanford MacNider - 34 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 33 \n* Styles Bridges - 28 \n* Herbert Hoover - 17 Second ballot: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 338 \n* Robert Taft - 203 \n* Wendell Willkie - 171 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 73 \n* Arthur H. James - 66 \n* Hanford MacNider - 34 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 30 \n* Scattering - 29 \n* Joseph William Martin - 26 \n* Herbert Hoover - 21 \n* Styles Bridges - 9 Third ballot: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 315 \n* Wendell Willkie - 259 \n* Robert Taft - 212 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 72 \n* Arthur H. James - 59 \n* Herbert Hoover - 32 \n* - 28 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 11 \n* Scattering - 11 \n* Styles Bridges - 1 Fourth ballot: \n* Wendell Willkie - 306 \n* Robert Taft - 254 \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 250 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 61 \n* Arthur H. James - 56 \n* Herbert Hoover - 31 \n* Scattering - 11 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 4 \n* Styles Bridges - 1 Fifth ballot: \n* Wendell Willkie - 429 \n* Robert Taft - 377 \n* Arthur H. James - 59 \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 57 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 42 \n* Herbert Hoover - 20 \n* Scattering - 11 \n* - 4 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 1 Sixth ballot (before shifts): \n* Wendell Willkie - 655 \n* Robert Taft - 318 \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 11 \n* Herbert Hoover - 10 \n* Scattering - 5 \n* Frank E. Gannett - 1 United States Senate election in Ohio, 1944: \n* Robert Taft (R) (inc.) - 1,500,609 (50.30%) \n* William G. Pickrel (D) - 1,482,610 (49.70%) Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1948: \n* Harold Stassen - 80,979 (43.54%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 64,242 (34.54%) \n* Robert Taft - 21,608 (11.62%) \n* Arthur Vandenberg - 9,590 (5.16%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 6,893 (3.71%) \n* Earl Warren - 1,761 (0.95%) \n* Joseph William Martin, Jr. - 910 (0.49%) \n* Others - 24 (0.01%) Illinois Republican presidential primary, 1948: \n* Riley A. Bender - 324,029 (96.90%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 6,672 (2.00%) \n* Harold Stassen - 1,572 (0.47%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 953 (0.29%) \n* Robert Taft - 705 (0.21%) \n* Others - 475 (0.14%) All candidate, except Bender, run as write-in New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1948: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 3,714 (41.38%) \n* Harold Stassen - 3,123 (34.79%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 718 (8.00%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 516 (5.75%) \n* Robert Taft - 495 (5.52%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 288 (3.21%) \n* Joseph William Martin, Jr. - 64 (0.71%) \n* Alfred Driscoll - 44 (0.49%) \n* Earl Warren - 14 (0.16%) Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1948: \n* Harold Stassen - 81,242 (31.47%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 76,988 (29.82%) \n* Edward Martin - 45,072 (17.46%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 18,254 (7.07%) \n* Robert Taft - 15,166 (5.88%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 8,818 (3.42%) \n* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 4,907 (1.90%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 4,726 (1.83%) \n* Henry A. Wallace - 1,452 (0.56%) \n* Others - 1,537 (0.60%) All candidates except Martin and Vandenberg, run as write-in Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1948: \n* Robert Taft - 426,767 (56.79%) \n* Harold Stassen - 324,707 (43.21%) 1948 Republican presidential primaries: \n* Earl Warren - 771,295 (26.99%) \n* Harold Stassen - 627,321 (21.96%) \n* Robert Taft - 464,741 (16.27%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 330,799 (11.58%) \n* Riley A. Bender - 324,029 (11.34%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 87,839 (3.07%) \n* Leverett Saltonstall - 72,191 (2.53%) \n* Herbert E. Hitchcock - 45,463 (1.59%) \n* Edward Martin - 45,072 (1.58%) \n* Unpledged - 28,854 (1.01%) \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 18,924 (0.66%) 1948 Republican National Convention (presidential tally): First ballot: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 434 \n* Robert Taft - 224 \n* Harold Stassen - 157 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 62 \n* Earl Warren - 59 \n* - 56 \n* Alfred Driscoll - 35 \n* Others - 65 Second ballot: \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 515 \n* Robert Taft - 274 \n* Harold Stassen - 149 \n* Arthur H. Vandenberg - 62 \n* Earl Warren - 57 \n* Others - 37 United States Senate election in Ohio, 1950: \n* Robert Taft (R) (inc.) - 1,645,643 (57.54%) \n* Joseph T. Ferguson (D) - 1,214,459 (42.46%) New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 1952: \n* Styles Bridges - 6,535 (30.85%) \n* Harold Stassen - 5,876 (27.74%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 4,722 (22.29%) \n* Earl Warren - 2,148 (10.14%) \n* Robert Taft - 1,590 (7.51%) \n* Sherman Adams - 310 (1.46%) All candidates run as write-in New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 46,661 (50.43%) \n* Robert Taft - 35,838 (38.73%) \n* Harold Stassen - 6,574 (7.11%) \n* Douglas MacArthur (write-in) - 3,227 (3.49%) \n* - 230 (0.25%) Minnesota Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Harold Stassen - 129,706 (44.37%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 108,692 (37.18%) \n* Robert Taft - 24,093 (8.24%) \n* - 22,712 (7.77%) \n* Earl Warren - 5,365 (1.84%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 1,369 (0.47%) \n* Estes Kefauver - 386 (0.13%) All candidates except Stassen and Slettedahl run as write-in Nebraska Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 9,357 (36.20%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 66,078 (30.15%) \n* Harold Stassen - 53,238 (24.29%) \n* - 10,411 (4.75%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 7,478 (3.41%) \n* Earl Warren - 1,872 (0.85%) \n* Others - 767 (0.35%) Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 863,785 (73.62%) \n* Robert Taft* - 178,629 (15.23%) \n* Harold Stassen - 120,305 (10.25%) \n* Douglas MacArthur* - 6,028 (0.51%) \n* Earl Warren - 3,158 (0.27%) \n* Harry S. Truman* (inc.) - 267 (0.02%) \n* Others - 1,121 (0.10%) All candidates, except Stassen and Kenny, run as write-in Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 315,541 (40.63%) \n* Earl Warren - 262,271 (33.77%) \n* Harold Stassen - 169,679 (21.85%) \n* - 26,208 (3.38%) \n* - 2,925 (0.38%) Illinois Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 935,867 (73.56%) \n* Harold Stassen - 155,041 (12.19%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 147,518 (11.59%) \n* Riley A. Bender - 22,321 (1.75%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 7,504 (0.59%) \n* Earl Warren - 2,841 (0.22%) \n* Others - 1,229 (0.10%) All candidates, except Taft and Bender, run as write-in New Jersey Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 390,591 (60.74%) \n* Robert Taft - 228,916 (35.60%) \n* Harold Stassen - 23,559 (3.66%) Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 254,898 (68.68%) \n* Robert Taft - 110,188 (29.69%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 2,277 (0.61%) \n* Earl Warren - 1,538 (0.41%) \n* Harold Stassen - 1,069 (0.29%) \n* Estes Kefauver - 417 (0.11%) \n* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 98 (0.03%) \n* Leverett Saltonstall - 77 (0.02%) \n* Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 36 (0.01%) \n* William O. Douglas - 33 (0.01%) \n* Herbert Hoover - 17 (0.01%) \n* Thomas E. Dewey - 15 (0.00%) \n* Paul A. Dever - 14 (0.00%) \n* Paul H. Douglas - 1 (0.00%) \n* Others - 442 (0.12%) All candidates run as write-in Ohio Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 663,791 (78.79%) \n* Harold Stassen - 178,739 (21.22%) West Virginia Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 139,812 (78.52%) \n* Harold Stassen - 38,251 (21.48%) Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 172,486 (64.55%) \n* Earl Warren - 44,034 (16.48%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 18,603 (6.96%) \n* Robert A. Taft - 18,009 (6.74%) \n* Wayne Morse - 7,105 (2.66%) \n* Harold Stassen - 6,610 (2.47%) \n* - 350 (0.13%) Taft was only write-in candidate in Oregon South Dakota Republican presidential primary, 1952: \n* Robert Taft - 64,695 (50.32%) \n* George T. Mickelson - 63,879 (49.68%) 1952 Republican presidential primaries: \n* Robert Taft - 2,794,736 (35.84%) \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 2,050,708 (26.30%) \n* Earl Warren - 1,349,036 (17.30%) \n* Harold Stassen - 881,702 (11.31%) \n* Thomas H. Werdel - 521,110 (6.68%) \n* George T. Mickelson - 63,879 (0.82%) \n* Douglas MacArthur - 44,209 (0.57%) 1952 Republican National Convention (presidential tally):First ballot before shifts: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 595 \n* Robert Taft - 500 \n* Earl Warren - 81 \n* Harold Stassen - 20 \n* Douglas MacArthur - 10 Second ballot after shifts: \n* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 845 \n* Robert Taft - 280 \n* Earl Warren - 77 \n* Douglas MacArthur - 4 United States Senate Majority Leader, 1953: \n* Robert Taft - unanimously"@en . "22828097"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electoral history of Robert A. Taft, United States Senator from Ohio (1939\u20131953), United States Senate Majority Leader (1953) and a candidate for the 1940, 1948 and 1952 Republican presidential nominations. Senator Taft was a longtime leader of the conservative wing of the Republican Party, as well as co-leader of the Conservative coalition, which dominated United States Congress for decades. United States Senate election in Ohio, 1938: \n* Robert Taft (R) - 1,255,414 (53.62%) \n* Robert J. Bulkley (D) (inc.) - 1,085,792 (46.38%) Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, 1940: First ballot:"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electoral history of Robert Taft"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1115594761"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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