Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.


Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total

% Vote

1915:

Circa

Frank E. Herrick No data No data  

1934

Senator

Albert Jackman
4,987
0.34

Secretary of State

Alson E. Wrentmore
5,005
0.35

Auditor

George Flanagan
4,984
0.35

Treasurer

Chester E. Hayworth
5,031
0.35

Clerk

Bertha Richardson
4,983
0.35

Supt. Public Instruction

Walter H. Brinson
5,017
0.35

Justice, Appelate Court

Howard H. Weir
4,848
0.34
 
Beran Brussert
4,742
0.33

Congr. Dist.   3
    (South Bend)

William Brandon
261
0.24

Congr. Dist.   5
    (eastcentral)

George Schafer
657
0.52

Congr. Dist. 10 (Muncie)

Eugene S. Lewis
350
0.28

Congr. Dist. 11
    (Indianapolis)

Ross L. Davis
228
0.19

Congr. Dist. 12
    (Indianapolis)

Elmer Stoddard
123
0.11

State Senate,
    St. Joseph County

Joseph A. Watson
156
0.27

State Senate,
    Wayne County

Ernest Wiggans
40
0.19

State Senate, Indianapolis

Beth Fuson
233
0.14

State House, Indianapolis

George Arbuckle
233
0.14
 
J. Fred Boyer
236
0.14
 
Harry Breedlove
237
0.14
 
Florence Bremer
230
0.13
 
Alice Fuson
233
0.14
 
William Hafer
233
0.14
 
Harvey Rains
237
0.14
 
Sretha Rasin
231
0.13
 
Edwin Saunders
233
0.14
 
S.L. Walls
232
0.13

State House,
    St. Joseph County

Edward Johnson
163
0.28
Albert E. Schwartz
174
0.30
Esther Ziegler
169
0.29

State House,
    Wayne County

Martin Davis
36
0.17

State Senate,
    St. Joseph County

Joseph A. Watson
156
0.27

State Senate,
    Wayne County

Ernest Wiggans
40
0.19

State Senate, Indianapolis

Beth Fuson
233
0.14

State House, Indianapolis

George Arbuckle
233
0.14
 
J. Fred Boyer
236
0.14
 
Harry Breedlove
237
0.14
 
Florence Bremer
230
0.13
 
Alice Fuson
233
0.14
 
William Hafer
233
0.14
 
Harvey Rains
237
0.14
 
Sretha Rasin
232
0.13
 
Edwin Saunders
233
0.14
 
S.L. Walls
233
0.14

State House,
    St. Joseph County

Edward Johnson
163
0.28
Albert E. Schwartz
174
0.30
Esther Ziegler
169
0.29

State House,
    Wayne County

Martin Davis
36
0.17

1936

Governor

Harold G. Mason
write-in

Lt. Governor

Herman L. Seeger
write-in

Secretary of State

David Noland
write-in

Auditor

Altie Stoddard
write-in

Treasurer

G.A. Hottell
write-in

Supt. Public Instruction

Walter Brinson
write-in

Reporter

O.D. Lewis
write-in

1938

Senator

Herman L. Seeger 6,905 0.44

Secretary of State

Helen I. Root 6,884 0.44

Auditor

Paul W. Cox 6,733 0.43

Treasurer

A. Adam Ireland 6,609 0.42

Supt. Public Instruction

Walter Brinson 6,376 0.41

1940

Senator

Carl W. Thompson 5,621 0.32

Governor

Omer S Whiteman 4,869 0.27

Lt. Governor

Harry Peacock 4,832 0.27

Secretary of State

A.E. Wrentmore 4,958 0.28

Auditor

F. Beeson 4,870 0.28

Treasurer

George A. Hottell 4,876 0.28

Supt. Public Instruction

Marion C. Miller 4,889 0.28

Reporter

Lewis P. Miller 4,371 0.25

1942:

Senator

Carl W. Thompson 5,621 0.32  

Governor

Omer S. Whiteman 4,869 0.27  

Lt. Governor

Harry Peacock 4,832 0.27  

Secretary of State

A.E. Wrentmore 4,958 0.28  

Auditor

F. Beeson 4,870 0.28  

Treasurer

George A. Hottell 4,876 0.28  

Supt. Public Instruction

Marion C. Miller 4,889 0.28  

Supreme Court Reporter
    of Decisions

Lewis P. Miller 4,371 0.25  

Secretary of State

George G. Holston
9,186
0.71  

Auditor

Cecil W. Johnston
8,674
0.68  

Treasurer

F.O. Ross 
8,713
0.68  

Supt. Public Instruction

Myron L. Tripp
8,784
0.69  

Attorney General

F.W. Lough
8,663
0.68  

Clerk

C.E. Haworth
8,748
0.69  

1944:      

Senator

George W. Holston 12,213 0.74
 
Carl W. Thompson 12,349 0.75

Governor

Waldo E. Yeater 12,358 0.75

Lt. Governor 

John T. Chappell 12,087 0.73

Secretary of State 

F.W. Lough 12,181 0.74

Auditor

Fred W. Knott 12,275 0.75

Treasurer 

Omer F. Smith 12,199 0.74

Supreme Court Reporter
    of Decisions

Florence Penrod 11,645 0.71

Cong. Dist. 1
    (Lake County) 

J. Ralston Miller 396 0.32

Cong. Dist. 2 (Lafayette)

John W. Root  636 0.50

Cong. Dist. 3 (South Bend)

Granville B. Leeke 975 0.59

Cong. Dist. 4 (Fort Wayne)

James Dawson 623 0.46

Cong. Dist. 5 (Anderson)

Jasper A. Huffman 3,206 1.80

Cong. Dist. 6 (Terre Haute)

Pliny Cox 422 0.31

Cong. Dist. 7 (Vincennes)

G. Manson Mood 695 0.51

Cong. Dist. 8 (Evansville)

C. Dana Malpass 709 0.44

Cong. Dist. 9 (Columbus)

Garnett Jewell 798 0.71

Cong. Dist. 10 (Muncie)

Eugene S. Lewis 1,744 1.15

Cong. Dist. 11
    (Indianapolis)

Ralph Ernest Webber 754 0.34

State Senate,
    Green-Monroe

Roy Robert Wall 458 2.00

State Senate,
    Elkhart County

Howard H. Keim 501 1.51

State Senate,
    Grant County

C.Wesley Brough 900 3.54

State Senate,
    Kosciusko-Wabash

Lee R. Cory 760 2.78

State Senate,
    Lake County 

William H. HoweFrances A. Malmstone 413 0.34
481 0.39

State Senate,
    Madison County

Allen C. Watson 454 0.98

State Senate,
    Marion County

Albert Batts 790 0.35
George L. Carr 805 0.36
 
Charles M. Filmore 792 0.36
 
Robert Gemmer 801 0.36

Assembly
    (Batholomew County)

Roy Eggers 298 2.04

Assembly
    (Grant-Blackford)

Burt W. Ayres 1,181 3.75

Assembly
    (Delaware County)

Marcus Davis 377 1.04

Assembly (Elkhart County)

Jesse T. Mitchell 513 1.55
 
Orba A. Peffly 506 1.52

Assembly (Grant County)

Walter L. Thomas 933 3.66

Assembly
    (Hamilton County)

Woody Shields 172 1.40

Assembly (Henry County)

Orion Fuller 449 2.43

Assembly (Henry-Rush)

Riley Wilson 519 1.86

Assembly
    (Howard County)

John W. Linville 398 1.76

Assembly
    (Howard-Tipton)

Alva Hewitt 514 1.71

Assembly
    (Huntington County)

Benjamin F. Powe 299 2.02

Assembly
    (Kosciusko County)

Margaret Willard 234 1.62

Assembly (Lake County)

Lillie Berry 371 0.30
 
Pearl Griffith 385 0.31
 
Frank L. Johnson 382 0.31

Assembly
    (Madison County)

Kenneth Harting 459 0.99
 
Orvis Detrick 447 0.97

Assembly (Marion County)

Ed F. Bayless 795 0.36
 
Daniel H. Carrick 794 0.36
 
Paul W. Cox 794 0.36
 
Albert L. Daniel 788 0.35
 
Lottie Duncan 782 0.35
 
Lucille Floyd 787 0.35
 
Eleanor Fulmer 781 0.35
 
Dora Hurt 787 0.35
 
John L. Price 726 0.33
 
M. Ruth White 786 0.35
 
J.W. Wills 788 0.35

Assembly
    (Monroe County)

J.W. Hanger 411 2.63

Assembly
    (Vanderburgh-Warren)

Elmer O. Riggs 293 0.36

Assembly
    (Randolph County)

Mattie Brumfield 337 2.71

Assembly
    (St. Joseph County) 

Robert L. Frame 381 0.44

Assembly (Union-Wayne)

Ella L. Page 328 1.08

Assembly
    (Vanderburgh County)  

Wayne Marker 251 0.39
Gilbert Groben 246 0.38
 
Elizabeth Haberer 245 0.38

Assembly
    (Wabash County) 

Arthur Tinkle 705 5.41

Assembly (Wayne County)

Abraham D. Bowman 319 1.17

Bartholomew County

    Prosecuting Attorney

Frank Youngman
309
3.95
*

Grant County

    Prosecuting Attorney

Leonard E. Hayes
896
3.52

Marion County

    Circuit Court Judge

Denzil D. Hunt
779
0.35

    Prosecuting Attorney

J. E. Bittle
786
0.35

Monroe County

    Commissioner

J.O. Daniel
(no data)

    Auditor

Anna Edwards
(no data)

    Treasurer

May R. Greene
(no data)

    Sherrif

W.O. Medlan
(no data)

Tipton County

    Prosecuting Attorney

Wilbur Collins
83
1.08

Vanderburgh County

    Clerk

Raymond M. Morris
(no data)

    Sherrif

Vernon Brown
(no data)

Wabash County

    Prosecuting Attorney

Cletus Smith
676
7.36
*

1946:      

Senator

Elmer D. Riggs
21,008
1.56

Secretary of State   

Sara Halladay
21,196
1.60

Auditor 

S.P. Jenkins
20,669
1.56

Treasurer   

Ralph G. Stallsmith   
20,627
1.55

Supt. Public Instruction  

Jasper A. Huffman
21,646
1.63

Clerk

Orval L. Huffman, Sr.
20,854
1.57

JA1 

Omer S. Whiteman
20,253
1.54

JA2

Zoe M. Wyatt
20,329
1.54

JA2

Glenn E. Miller
20,599
1.56

Congress 1
    (Lake County)

Hubert F. Jackson
833
0.83

Congress 2 (Lafayette) 

F.W. Lowe
1,047
0.97

Congress 3
    (South Bend)

William Oesch 
1,064
0.81

Congress 4
    (Fort Wayne)

George W. Holston
1,111
1.04

Congress 5 (Anderson)

A.W. Snyder
3,810
2.64

Congress 6
    (Terre Haute) 

John R. Sheets
1,035
0.90

Congress 7 (Vincennes)

Robert Gemmer
2,086
1.66

Congress 8 (Evansville)

C. Dana Malpais 
1,185
0.93

Congress 9 (Columbus)

Garnet Jewell 
945
0.90

Congress 10 (Muncie) 

Carl W. Thompson
3,913
3.27

Congress 11
    (Indianapolis)

Marion Gatlin  
868
0.56

State Senate,
    Adams-Wells

Andrew H. Wollard 273 1.33

State Senate,
    Bartholomew-Decatur 

Charles Galbreth 118 0.40

State Senate,
    Crawford-Floyd 

G.W. Lee 553 2.10

State Senate,
    Grant County   

Irwin Jackson  899 4.81

State Senate,
    Hamilton-Boone

Myron Morris 513 1.89

State Senate,
    Madison County

Elmer E. Merrill 1,085 1.86

State Senate,
    Howard-Miami   

Charles R. Oberlin 836 2.68

State Senate,
    Jay-Randolph

Charles A. Fisher 1,276 6.43

State Senate,
    Lake County 

Warren A. Reeder, Jr. 890 0.89

State Senate,
    Marion County   

Marvin P. Jewell  853 0.55

State Senate,
    St. Joseph County

Herman F. Kuhl 358 0.52

State House,
    Bartholomew County

Freman Bruner 292 2.20

State House,
    Delaware County

Thomas Booher    1,646 6.40
Angus R. Jeffers 1,632 6.31

State House,
    Crawford County  

M.M. Terry 413 3.19

State House,
    Floyd County

Shelby L. Benham 149 1.11

State House,
    Grant County

Leonard R. Hayes  1,189 5.06
Walter L. Thomas  1,015 5.47
State House,
    Hamilton County
Woodson Shields 324 3.32

State House,
    Madison County 

Russell Jeffrey 113 0.26

State House,
    Howard County

John Linville 423 2.25
Charles Speck 635 2.47

State House,
    Miami County

Arthur Tinkle  316 2.99

State House,
    Randolph County

George W. Wilhelm 846 8.46

State House,
    Lake County

Floyd Conway 854 0.86
William H. Howe  844 0.85

 

Albert R. Burns 830 0.83

 

Joseph Torris 816 0.82
 
Ora E. Huffman 835 0.84

State House,
    Lake-Porter  

J. Ralston Miller 906 0.82

State House,
    Marion County

Charles M. Kroft 890 0.57
Edith Grant 870 0.56

  

Lottie Duncan 861 0.55

  

Frank Brady 866 0.56

  

Esther Stewart 867 0.56

  

Henry F. Hammonds 860 0.55

  

Cordilia Smith 875 0.56

  

Dora Hunt 878 0.57

  

Grover C. Mills  885 0.57

  

Alfred L. Beatty 877 0.57

  

Ruby White  873 0.56

 State House,
    Marion-Johnson 

Paul W. Cox 934 0.57

 State House,
   
St. Joseph County

Cecil W. Johnson 394 0.57
 
Clarence W. Marks 368 0.53
 
Ernest McDonald 366 0.56

State House,
    Vanderburgh County

Raymond W. Morris 399 0.73
Gilbert Goben 350 0.88
 
Elizabeth Haberer 308 0.77
 
Zora M. Taylor 302 0.76

State House,
    Wabash County

C.W. Speicker 991 9.52

State House,
    Wayne County

Ella L. Page 593 2.49
David S. Hoover 500 2.59

State House,
    Clark County

Henry M. Alexander 107 0.79

State House,
    Decatur-Jennings Countyy 

Jesse Speer  75 0.53

State House,
    DeKalb County 

Samuel C. Perkins 387 3.86

State House,
    Elkhart County

Jesse Mitchell 485 1.93
Nina D. Weldy  507 1.98

State House,
    Fulton-Pulaski County  

John Kreamer  492 3.73

State House,
    Kosciusko County

Jenne Howland 251 2.03

State House,
    Monroe County

Raymond J. Duke  1,617 1.22

State House,
    Montgomery County

Eugene Vest   220 1.97

State House,
    Morgan County

Fred Hamilton 150 1.67

State House,
    Noble County  

J. Warren Moore 202 2.19

State House,
    Perry-Spencer counties

Russell Lynch   54 0.34

State House,
    Shelby County 

Clarence M. Morrison 307 2.58

NOTE: Winger's record has a sheet for "Adams County," but no data

And then he says "Indiana county tickets:  Lake-Fulton, Kosciusko, Elkart, Laporte, Marshall, St. Joseph, Adams, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, Blackford, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Madison, Tipton, Wabash, Hamilton, Montgomery, Monroe, Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Decatur, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union, Wayne, Marion, Morgan, Jackson, Scott, Switzerland"  And then there is a hand-written notation: "54 had been alleged)

Bartholomew County,
    Prosecuting Attorney 

Frank Youngman
332
4.29
*

Wabash County,
    Prosecuting Attorney

Cletus Smith
779
9.98
*

Delaware County

    Judge, Circuit Court

Frank R. Wilson 
1,825
7.07

    Prosecuting Attorney 

Frances A. Shaw   
1,702
6.59

Grant County

  Prosecuting Attorney 

Thomas A. Wildey
940
5.02

Hamilton County

  Judge, Circuit Court

Paul T. Nogle
321
4.43
*

Monroe County

  County Council 

John A. Hoadley
(no data)
 
Marshon W. DePoister
(no data)

  County Commissioner

R.J. Duke
(no data)

Bloomington Township

  Trustee  

George Schlafer 
(no data)

1947:      

Cong. Dist. 10 (Muncy)

Carl W. Thompson 2,477 2.43

1948:      

Governor

Clinton W. Spiecher
13,582
0.82

Lt. Governor 

Orval L. Huffman
13,883
0.85

Secretary of State

H. Robert Gemmer
14,167
0.88

Auditor

Anna M. Edwards
14,111
0.87

Treasurer

Omer F. Smith
13,967
0.86

Attorney General 

Zoe M. Wyatt
14,017
0.86

Supt. Public Instruction

Jasper A. Huffman
14,028
0.86

Rpt

Myrna Flory
13,996
0.86

Sup 

George G. Ranck
14,032
0.87

Cong. Dist. 1 (Lake)

J. Ralston Miller
752
0.58

Cong. Dist. 2
  (Lafayette)

F.W. Lough
1,032
0.79

Cong. Dist. 3
  (South Bend)

Bristol Oesch
1,042
0.63

Cong. Dist. 4
  (Fort Wayne)

Lewis Black
1,139
0.87

Cong. Dist. 5
  (Anderson)

Ralph W. Stallsmith
2,281
1.29

Cong. Dist. 6
  (Terre Haute)

Ernie Beck
847
0.64

Cong. Dist. 7
  (Vincennes)

Graydon E. Terbush
1,349
0.97

Cong. Dist. 8
  (Evansville)

Raymond E. Morris 
910
0.56

Cong. Dist. 9
  (Columbus) 

Garnet Jewell
851
0.73

Cong. Dist. 10
  (Muncie) 

Leroy Mills
1,737
1.20

Cong. Dist. 11
  (Indianapolis)

Alson E. Wrentmore
946
0.46

State Senate,
  Cass-Fulton 

Charles A. Mullican 
275
1.02

State Senate,
  Brown-Green-Monroe

Robert Hankins
629
1.85

State Senate,
  Delaware County 

Angus Jeffers 
650
1.94

State Senate,
  Fayette-Rush-Shelby 

William J. Reeves
349
1.07

State Senate,
  Marion-Johnson

Anna L. Talley
1,003
0.47

State Senate,
  Marion County

Elbert R. Jones
961
0.47
Ralph Lind
1,007
0.50
 
Jaretta Patrick
954
0.47
 
Grace Schmitz
949
0.47

State Senate,
  Kosciusko-Wabash

Lee R. Cory 
314
1.17

State Senate,
  Lake County

William H. Howe
727
0.55
Francis A. Malstone 
719
0.55

State Senate,
  Vanderburgh County

Gilbert C. Groben 
440
0.72

State Representative,
  Delaware County

Emet W. Harris 
647
1.94
 
Harold Sloniker
661
1.99

State Representative,
  Johnson-Marion

Herman Rose
992
0.46

State Representative,
  Marion County

Carrie Barbieve 
980
0.48
Paul W. Cox
956
0.47
 
Sindy Ferguson 
956
0.47
 
Eleanor Fulmer
974
0.48
 
Edith Grant
967
0.47
 
Jessie Hufford
982
0.48
 
Addie Lancaster
1,005
0.50
 
Bertha Dixon Lewis
954
0.47
 
Grover C. Mills 
980
0.48
 
Cordelia Smith
967
0.48
 
Eli Williams 
962
0.47

State Representative,
  Kosciusko County 

Clarence Young
318
2.23

State Representative,
  Lake-Porter 

J. Jerry Baboo
740
0.52

State Representative,
  Lake County

George F. Clemenz
663
0.50
Roy Duke
662
0.50
 
Ora E. Huffman
663
0.51
 
Matthew W. Morton
672
0.51
 
Marjorie D. Sisco 
660
0.50

State Representative,
  Vanderburgh-Posey-
  Warren

Ruth N. McCool
660
0.50

State Representative,
  Vanderburgh County

J.C. Kelly
P.E. Connor
543
421
0.59
0.68
 
Parrish O. Snyder
411
0.68

State Representative,
  Blackford-Grant

Walter Thompson 
1,057
3.27

State Representative,
  Grant County

Leonard E. Hayes 
765
2.94

State Representative,
  Brown-Jackson 

Victor Dobbs
165
1.09

State Representative,
  DeKalb County 

P.A. Hubart 
388
3.20

State Representative,
  Dubois-Martin

McKinley L. Franklin 
195
1.93
*

State Representative,
  Fulton-Pulaski

John W. Kreamer 
409
2.97

State Representative,
  Hamilton County

Woodrow Shields
217
1.89

State Representative,
  Howard County 

David Martin 
277
1.17

State Representative,