The owner of an insurance business, Bender served in the Ohio State Senate from 1920-1930. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1930 and each of the three succeeding elections, finally winning on his fifth try in 1938. He spent five terms in office before losing a bid for a fifth term in 1948. Bender won back the seat two years later. He won re-election in 1952, but resigned in early 1954 after winning a special election to fill the open seat created by the death of Robert A. Taft. He sought re-election in 1956, but lost to Frank Lausche.
George Harrison Bender (September 29, 1896, Cleveland, Ohio - June 18, 1961, Chagrin Falls, Ohio) was a Republican politician from Ohio.
The owner of an insurance business, Bender served in the Ohio State Senate from 1920-1930.
He ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1930 and each of the three succeeding elections, finally winning on his fifth try in 1938.
In 1930, he ran for the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio but lost to fellow Democrat George White, who went on to win the governorship.
In 1940, Young was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, one of two at-large representatives elected that year (the other being Republican GeorgeH. Bender).
He again lost his seat to Bender in the 1950 election.
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