Electoral history of Robert A. Taft , United States Senator from Ohio ( 1939 &ndash; 1953 ) , United States Senate Majority Leader ( 1953 ) and a candidate for 1940 , 1948 and 1952 Republican presidential nominations Senator Taft was a longtime leader of conservative wing of the Republican Party , as well as co-leader of so-called Conservative coalition , which dominated United States Congress for decades United States Senate election in Ohio , 1938 : Wisconsin Republican presidential primary , 1940 : Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary , 1940 : Ohio Republican presidential primary , 1940 : Oregon Republican presidential primary , 1940 : New Jersey Republican presidential primary , 1940 : All candidates , except Dewey , run as write-in 1940 Republican presidential primaries : 1940 Republican National Convention ( presidential tally ) : First ballot : Second ballot : Third ballot : Fourth ballot : Fifth ballot : Sixth ballot ( before shifts ) : United States Senate election in Ohio , 1944 : Nebraska Republican presidential primary , 1948 : Illinois Republican presidential primary , 1948 : All candidate , except Bender , run as write-in New Jersey Republican presidential primary , 1948 : Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary , 1948 : All candidates except Martin and Vandenberg , run as write-in Ohio Republican presidential primary , 1948 : 1948 Republican presidential primaries : 1948 Republican National Convention ( presidential tally ) : First ballot : Second ballot : United States Senate election in Ohio , 1950 : New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary , 1952 : All candidates run as write-in New Hampshire Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Minnesota Republican presidential primary , 1952 : All candidates except Stassen and Slettedahl run as write-in Nebraska Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary , 1952 : All candidates , except Stassen and Kenny , run as write-in Wisconsin Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Illinois Republican presidential primary , 1952 : All candidates , except Taft and Bender , run as write-in New Jersey Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Massachusetts Republican presidential primary , 1952 : All candidates run as write-in Ohio Republican presidential primary , 1952 : West Virginia Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Oregon Republican presidential primary , 1952 : Taft was only write-in candidate in Oregon South Dakota Republican presidential primary , 1952 : 1952 Republican presidential primaries : 1952 Republican National Convention ( presidential tally ) : First ballot before shifts : Second ballot after shifts : United States Senate Majority Leader , 1953 :
1948 Republican National Convention
1948 Republican National Convention
Electoral history of Robert Taft