William H. Richards

Offices

We found no record of William H. Richards 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

1936–Treasurer of State LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
55.97%
Peter F. Hein (i)*, Democratic, 901,685 votes
43.73%
David R. Scott, Republican, 704,523 votes
 0.23%
William H. Richards, Socialist, 3,650 votes
 0.07%
John Gaines, Communist, 1,111 votes
Out of 1,610,969 votes casts, the margin of victory was 197,162 (12.24%)
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1944–Lieutenant Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
51.77%
Richard Thomas James*, Republican, 853,417 votes
47.39%
Floyd John Hemmer, Democratic, 781,303 votes
 0.73%
John T. Chappell, Prohibition, 12,087 votes
 0.10%
William H. Richards, Socialist, 1,710 votes
Out of 1,648,517 votes casts, the margin of victory was 72,114 (4.38%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, William H. Richards had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.