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Information on William Lemcke Fortune
William Lemcke Fortune
Offices
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Indiana House
Marion
County
In office
Nov 6, 1946 to Nov 3, 1948
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Treasurer of State
Statewide
In office
Feb 10, 1951 to Feb 10, 1953
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Did Not Run
William Lemcke Fortune spent 3 years, 11 months, 29 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
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1950–Treasurer of State
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1950
53.16%
William Lemcke Fortune
*
, Republican, 839,576 votes
45.99%
F. Shirley Wilcox
(i)
, Democratic, 726,360 votes
0.84%
Horace N. Smith
, Prohibition, 13,325 votes
Out of
1,579,261
votes casts, the margin of victory was
113,216
(7.17%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, William Lemcke Fortune had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.
