James Matthews

Offices

We found no record of James Matthews serving in elected office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they served at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database.

Elections

1912–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
42.95%
Samuel M. Ralston*, Democratic, 275,357 votes
25.91%
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Progressive (Bull Moose), 166,124 votes
22.28%
Winfield T. Durbin, Republican, 142,850 votes
 5.53%
Stephen Reynolds, Socialist, 35,464 votes
 2.88%
William Hickman, Prohibition, 18,465 votes
 0.45%
James Matthews, Socialist Labor, 2,861 votes
Out of 641,121 votes casts, the margin of victory was 109,233 (17.04%)
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1914–U.S. Senate (Class 3) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
42.14%
Benjamin F. Shively (i)*, Democratic, 272,249 votes
35.10%
Hugh Thomas Miller, Republican, 226,766 votes
 16.81%
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Progressive (Bull Moose), 108,581 votes
 3.36%
Stephen Reynolds, Socialist, 21,719 votes
 2.15%
Sumner W. Haynes, Prohibition, 13,860 votes
 0.45%
James Matthews, Socialist Labor, 2,884 votes
Out of 646,059 votes casts, the margin of victory was 45,483 (7.04%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, James Matthews had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.