Information on William Hunter O'Brien, Sr.

Offices

Indiana Senate

Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio Counties

In office
Nov 5, 1902 to Nov 7, 1906

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election

4 years, 3 days

State Comptroller (Auditor)

Statewide

In office
Nov 24, 1910 to Nov 24, 1914

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited

4 years, 1 day

William Hunter O'Brien, Sr. spent 8 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1910–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON

General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910

47.89%

William Hunter O'Brien, Sr.*, Democratic, 295,243 votes

45.90%

John E. Reed, Republican, 282,984 votes

3.08%

Russell Wyttenbach, Socialist, 19,013 votes

2.66%

John O. Morrison, Prohibition, 16,413 votes

0.46%

Grover Mundy, Socialist Labor, 2,861 votes

Out of 616,514 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,259 (1.99%)

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1912–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON

General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912

43.27%

William Hunter O'Brien, Sr. (i)*, Democratic, 276,884 votes

24.57%

Harry E. Cushman, Progressive (Bull Moose), 157,222 votes

23.19%

Isaac Newton Brown, Republican, 148,393 votes

5.60%

William Sheffler, Socialist, 35,832 votes

2.91%

David W. Hull, Prohibition, 18,622 votes

0.45%

Frank Helbich, Socialist Labor, 2,875 votes

Out of 639,828 votes casts, the margin of victory was 119,662 (18.70%)