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  Bender, George H.
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NameGeorge H. Bender
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio , United States
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Born September 29, 1896
Died June 18, 1961 (65 years)
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InfoRepresentative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 1896; attended the public schools; owner of an insurance business; in 1934 founder, editor and publisher of the National Republican magazine; member, State senate 1920-1930; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in 1930, 1932, 1934, and 1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; elected to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his resignation effective December 15, 1954; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1957, caused by the death of Robert A. Taft, and served from December 16, 1954, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956; special assistant to Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1957-1958; died in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, June 18, 1961; interment in Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Cleveland, Ohio.



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  07/01/1960 US President - R Primaries Lost 3.68% (-82.96%)
  11/06/1956 OH US Senate Lost 47.11% (-5.78%)
  11/02/1954 OH US Senate - Special Election Won 50.06% (+0.12%)
  05/04/1954 OH US Senate - Special R Primary Won 57.40% (+14.80%)
  11/04/1952 OH District 23 Won 64.55% (+29.10%)
  11/07/1950 OH - At Large Won 53.91% (+7.81%)
  11/02/1948 OH - At Large Lost 47.97% (-4.06%)
  11/05/1946 OH - At Large Won 59.52% (+19.05%)
  11/07/1944 OH - At-Large Won 53.09% (+6.18%)
  11/03/1942 OH - At Large Won 56.86% (+13.72%)
  11/05/1940 OH - At Large Won 26.31% (+0.62%)
  11/08/1938 OH - At Large Won 27.00% (+1.76%)
  11/03/1936 OH - At Large Lost 22.70% (-6.05%)
  11/06/1934 OH - At Large Lost 23.11% (-4.00%)
  11/08/1932 OH - At Large Lost 23.73% (-2.08%)
  11/04/1930 OH District 21 Lost 48.55% (-2.74%)
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