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. Senator Thom
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Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Party, he briefly served a
1954 United States Senate special election in Ohio
…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. Senator Thomas A. Burke (who was appointed as Taft's successor) ran to complete the term in office but was narrowly…
Taft during his Senate tenure, from the US Senate Historical Office collection
Rudolf Anton Bernatschke's portrait of Taft standing in front of what would later become the Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building on Constitution Avenue