In his testimony during the hearings with Senator Barry Goldwater , Bender defended his behavior : " When you run for office , you have to have the votes of the washed and the unwashed as well . If cats and dogs could vote I 'd shake hands with them . " He subsequently lost both a 1960 bid to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention and a 1961 campaign for the post of Republican Precinct Committeeman . He retreated to a self-imposed retirement and died in Chagrin Falls , a suburb of Cleveland . He was buried at Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights , Ohio
Republican National Convention
1960 Republican National Convention
George H. Bender