| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
|---|
| 1920 | Mathew B. Excell: 30,738 | Theodore E. Burton: 91,062 | Max J. Sillins: 760 |
| 1922 | William J. Zoul: 20,511 | Theodore E. Burton: 57,781 | D. B. Washburn: 401 |
| 1924 | Sam B. Fitzsimmons*: 32,970 | Theodore E. Burton: 95,174 | Alfred F. Coyle: 25,489 A. V. Severino (W): 259 |
| 1926 | [ none ] | Theodore E. Burton: 55,589 | [ none ] |
| 1928 | Simon B. Fitzsimmons*: 65,742 | Chester C. Bolton: 151,565 | [ none ] |
| 1930 | Edward F. Carran: 55,868 | Chester C. Bolton: 91,222 | Helen Green: 13,372 |
| 1932 | Florence E. Allen: 98,427 | Chester C. Bolton: 141,296 | G. Racheff (C): 803 Joe T. Thomas: 367 |
| 1934 | William C. Dixon: 88,551 | Chester C. Bolton: 99,535 | C. B. Cowan (C): 2,046 Max Epstein (S): 943 |
| 1936 | Anthony A. Fleger: 144,660 | Chester C. Bolton: 137,570 | [ none ] |
| 1938 | Anthony A. Fleger: 87,635 | Chester C. Bolton*: 109,494 | [ none ] |
| 1940 | Anthony A. Fleger: 126,273 | Frances P. Bolton*: 165,322 | [ none ] |
| 1942 | James Metzenbaum: 69,601 | Frances P. Bolton: 92,644 | [ none ] |
| 1944 | Don O. Cameron: 137,546 | Frances P. Bolton: 185,187 | [ none ] |
| 1946 | Earl Heffley: 69,050 | Frances P. Bolton: 174,823 | Matthew DeMore: 9,029 |
| 1948 | Jack G. Day: 141,018 | Frances P. Bolton: 170,085 | [ none ] |
| 1950 | Chat Paterson: 130,623 | Frances P. Bolton: 219,788 | [ none ] |
| 1952 | Chat Paterson: 61,197 | Frances P. Bolton: 87,316 | [ none ] |
| 1954 | Chat Paterson: 44,072 | Frances P. Bolton: 61,738 | [ none ] |
| 1956 | Harry A. Blachman: 48,169 | Frances P. Bolton: 96,468 | [ none ] |
| 1958 | Chat Paterson: 57,508 | Frances P. Bolton: 71,143 | [ none ] |
| 1960 | Chat Paterson: 66,930 | Frances P. Bolton: 88,389 | [ none ] |
| 1962 | Edward Corrigan: 35,353 | Frances P. Bolton: 74,603 | Ronald B. Peltz: 5,595 |
| 1964 | Chat Paterson: 64,454 | Frances P. Bolton: 84,183 | [ none ] |
| 1966 | Anthony O. Calabrese Jr.: 56,803 | Frances P. Bolton: 71,927 | [ none ] |
| 1968 | Charles A. Vanik*: 102,686 | Frances P. Bolton: 84,975 | [ none ] |
| 1970 | Charles A. Vanik: 114,790 | Adrian Fink: 45,657 | [ none ] |
| 1972 | Charles A. Vanik: 126,462 | Donald W. Gropp: 64,577 | Thomas W. Lippitt (AI): 3,463 Caryl A. Loeb: 3,342 |
| 1974 | Charles A. Vanik: 112,671 | William J. Franz: 30,585 | [ none ] |
| 1976 | Charles A. Vanik: 128,535 | Harry A. Hanna: 42,727 | Thomas W. Lippitt (A): 5,461 |
| 1978 | Charles A. Vanik: 87,551 | Richard W. Sander: 30,930 | Robert E. Lehman: 6,966 James F. Sexton: 7,125 |
| 1980 | Dennis E. Eckart*: 108,137 | Joseph J. Nahra: 80,836 | Arnold Gleisser: 6,896 |