Lew G. Ellingham

Offices

Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Nov 27, 1910 to Nov 27, 1914

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 1 day
Lew G. Ellingham spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1910–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910
47.83%
Lew G. Ellingham*, Democratic, 299,935 votes
45.85%
Otis E. Gulley, Republican, 287,568 votes
 3.13%
Sherman G. Jones, Socialist, 19,632 votes
 2.71%
George Hitz, Prohibition, 17,024 votes
 0.47%
Oliver P. Stoner, Socialist Labor, 2,974 votes
Out of 627,133 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,367 (1.98%)
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1912–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
43.27%
Lew G. Ellingham (i)*, Democratic, 276,759 votes
24.59%
Lawson Nichols Mace, Progressive (Bull Moose), 157,309 votes
23.21%
Fred Innis King, Republican, 148,475 votes
 5.60%
Reece C. Townsend, Socialist, 35,816 votes
 2.88%
Isaac S. Wade, Prohibition, 18,453 votes
 0.45%
Ernest Viewegh, Socialist Labor, 2,850 votes
Out of 639,662 votes casts, the margin of victory was 119,450 (18.68%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Lew G. Ellingham had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.