William Selkirk Haggard

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 60th General Assembly (1896-1898)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 61st General Assembly (1898-1900)

Offices

Indiana House
Clinton, Tippecanoe Counties
In office
Nov 5, 1890 to Nov 9, 1892

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
Tippecanoe County
In office
Nov 9, 1892 to Nov 7, 1894

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
4 years, 3 days
Indiana Senate
Tippecanoe County
In office
Nov 7, 1894 to Mar 11, 1895

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
4 months, 4 days
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 11, 1897 to Jan 14, 1901

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
4 years, 3 days
Indiana House
Tippecanoe County
In office
Nov 4, 1908 to Nov 9, 1910

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
2 years, 5 days
William Selkirk Haggard spent 10 years, 4 months, 13 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1896–Lieutenant Governor WON
General Election–Sunday, November 8, 1896
50.93%
William Selkirk Haggard*, Republican, 320,887 votes
46.77%
John C. Lawler, Democratic, 294,717 votes
 1.37%
Adam P. Hanna, People's (Populist), 8,636 votes
 0.49%
William Edgerton, Prohibition, 3,065 votes
 0.39%
Sampson J. North, National, 2,485 votes
 0.05%
Harry C. Sharp, Socialist, 296 votes
Out of 630,086 votes casts, the margin of victory was 26,170 (4.16%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, William Selkirk Haggard had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.