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OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1940 - 05:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 13, 1941 - 12:00pm
Term End January 08, 1945 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedArthur December 08, 2023 09:41am
Data SourcesCongressional Quarterly Guide to U S Elections
American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Glashan
Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1940, p. 1121-1122
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1936
NameM. Clifford Townsend Votes908,494 (55.36%)
Term01/11/1937 - 01/13/1941 Margin180,968 (+11.03%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1944
NameRalph F. Gates Votes849,346 (50.97%)
Term01/08/1945 - 01/10/1949 Margin46,581 (+2.80%)
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Name Henry F. Schricker Glenn R. Hillis Omer S. Whiteman Mary Donovan Hapgood Herman Barcus Barefield  
PartyDemocratic Republican Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor  
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Certified Votes 889,620 (49.92%) 885,657 (49.69%) 4,869 (0.27%) 1,455 (0.08%) 651 (0.04%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -3,963 (-0.22%) -884,751 (-49.64%) -888,165 (-49.83%) -888,969 (-49.88%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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