1928 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1928 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee Arthur Robinson Albert Stump
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 782,144 623,996
Percentage 55.30% 44.12%

County results
Robinson:      50–60%      60–70%
Stump:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Arthur Raymond Robinson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Arthur Raymond Robinson
Republican

The 1928 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arthur Robinson, who had been appointed and elected to finish the unexpired term of Samuel Ralston, was re-elected to a full term in office.

General election

Candidates

Results

1928 U.S. Senate election in Indiana[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arthur R. Robinson (incumbent) 782,144 55.30% Increase4.68
Democratic Albert Stump 623,996 44.12% Decrease4.28
Prohibition William H. Harris 4,033 0.29% Decrease0.22
Socialist Philip K. Reinbold 3,346 0.24% Decrease0.23
Socialist Labor Charles Ginsberg 443 0.03% N/A
Communist William F. Jackson 327 0.02% N/A
National John Zahnd 151 0.01% N/A
Total votes 1,414,440 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ Verbeek, Ann Gilliom (December 2011). "The League and the Law: Arthur L. Gilliom and the Problem of Due Process in Prohibition-Era Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History. 107 (4): 289–326. doi:10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289. JSTOR 10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289.
  2. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1929). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1928" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns – IN US Senate Race – Nov 06, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com.