Mercer Brown

Offices

We found no record of Mercer Brown 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

1902–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
52.88%
James E. Watson (i)*, Republican, 23,641 votes
43.70%
James T. Arbuckle, Democratic, 19,535 votes
 3.42%
Mercer Brown, Prohibition, 1,529 votes
Out of 44,705 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,106 (9.18%)
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1912–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
43.90%
Finly H. Gray (i)*, Democratic, 19,987 votes
24.69%
William L. Risk, Republican, 11,242 votes
23.71%
Gierluf Jansen, Progressive (Bull Moose), 10,797 votes
 4.68%
R. F. VanVorhis, Socialist, 2,129 votes
 3.03%
Mercer Brown, Prohibition, 1,378 votes
Out of 45,533 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,745 (19.21%)
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1914–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
42.57%
Richard McClellan Milburn*, Democratic, 266,663 votes
36.77%
Ele Stansbury, Republican, 230,296 votes
 14.52%
Arthur G. Manning, Progressive (Bull Moose), 90,921 votes
 3.46%
Harry J. Valentine, Socialist, 21,667 votes
 2.24%
Mercer Brown, Prohibition, 14,035 votes
 0.44%
Frank Herder, Socialist Labor, 2,787 votes
Out of 626,369 votes casts, the margin of victory was 36,367 (5.80%)
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In the 3 races for which we have results, Mercer Brown had a record of 0-3. That includes a record of 0-3 in 3 general elections.