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Lausche served as Municipal Court judge from 1932 to 1937 and Common Pleas Court judge from 1937 to 1941, before winning election as mayor in 1941.<ref name=odenkirk/>

Lausche served as Municipal Court judge from 1932 to 1937 and Common Pleas Court judge from 1937 to 1941, before winning election as mayor in 1941.<ref name=odenkirk/>

Lausche served as mayor until 1944, when he first won election as governor, the first [[Roman Catholic]] in that position when term were for two years. He was narrowly defeated in 1946, a heavily Republican year by the Republican Thomas H. Herbert (1894–1974) but rebounded in 1948 by unseating Herbert. He served four consecutive terms from 1949 to 1957. In the 1950 gubernatorial election, he defeated state Treasurer Don H. Ebright; in 1952, he beat then Cincinnati Mayor Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983), the youngest son of former [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]]. In 1954, he toppled state Auditor [[Jim Rhodes|James J. Rhodes]], who later became governor himself. Lausche resigned in early 1957, having won election to the United States Senate in November 1956; he unseated Republican [[George Bender]].

Lausche served as mayor until 1944, when he first won election as governor, the first [[Roman Catholic]] in that position when term were for two years. He was narrowly defeated in 1946, a heavily Republican year by the Republican Thomas H. Herbert (1894–1974) but rebounded in 1948 by unseating Herbert. He served four consecutive terms from 1949 to 1957. In the 1950 gubernatorial election, he defeated state Treasurer Don H. Ebright; in 1952, he beat then Cincinnati Mayor Charles Phelps Taft, II (1897–1983), the youngest son of former [[U.S. President]] [[William Howard Taft]]. In 1954, he toppled state Auditor [[Jim Rhodes|James J. Rhodes]], who later became governor himself. Lausche resigned in early 1957, having won election to the United States Senate in November 1956; he unseated Republican [[George Bender]].

In his first term in the Senate, Lausche threatened to support Republican [[William F. Knowland]] of [[California]] as the Senate Majority Leader rather than future [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of [[Texas]], but he did not do so. The plain-spoken old school politician, Lausche built a coalition of ethnic voters in Cleveland. He was even considered for the Republican vice-presidential nomination by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in both 1952 and 1956, but the selection went to Senator [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]]. Coincidentally, Lausche lost his Senate seat the same year that Nixon was elected president. With his bipartisan and [[Independent voter|independent]] approach to politics, Lausche was easily re-elected to the Senate in 1962 at the height of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. In 1968, [[organized labor]] turned against him, and he was rather handily defeated in the Democratic primary by later Governor John Joyce Gilligan (1921–2013). In the [[general election]], however, Gilligan lost to [[Moderate Republican]] state attorney general [[William B. Saxbe]] won the seat.

In his first term in the Senate, Lausche threatened to support Republican [[William F. Knowland]] of [[California]] as the Senate Majority Leader rather than future [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of [[Texas]], but he did not do so. The plain-spoken old school politician, Lausche built a coalition of ethnic voters in Cleveland. He was even considered for the Republican vice-presidential nomination by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in both 1952 and 1956, but the selection went to Senator [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]]. Coincidentally, Lausche lost his Senate seat the same year that Nixon was elected president. With his bipartisan and [[Independent voter|independent]] approach to politics, Lausche was easily re-elected to the Senate in 1962 at the height of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. In 1968, [[organized labor]] turned against him, and he was rather handily defeated in the Democratic primary by later Governor John Joyce Gilligan (1921–2013). In the [[general election]], however, Gilligan lost to [[Moderate Republican]] state attorney general [[William B. Saxbe]] won the seat.