Evan Brown Stotsenburg

Notable Facts

  • Served as Senate President Pro Tempore in the 67th General Assembly (1910-1912)

Offices

Indiana House
Floyd County
In office
Nov 7, 1894 to Nov 4, 1896

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
Indiana Senate
Floyd, Harrison Counties
In office
Nov 7, 1906 to Nov 4, 1914

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
7 years, 11 months, 29 days
Attorney General
Statewide
In office
Nov 13, 1915 to Jan 1, 1917

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Appointed by Governor
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
1 year, 1 month, 19 days
Evan Brown Stotsenburg spent 11 years, 1 month, 16 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1916–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
47.83%
Ele Stansbury*, Republican, 336,979 votes
46.01%
Evan Brown Stotsenburg (i), Democratic, 324,108 votes
 3.06%
Frank S. LaMont, Socialist, 21,591 votes
 2.23%
Tilghman E. Ballard, Prohibition, 15,742 votes
 0.64%
John H. Kingsbury, Progressive (Bull Moose), 4,486 votes
 0.22%
Henry Kuerst, Socialist Labor, 1,557 votes
Out of 704,463 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,871 (1.82%)
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1918–Attorney General LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
52.75%
Ele Stansbury (i)*, Republican, 296,950 votes
43.90%
Evan Brown Stotsenburg, Democratic, 247,116 votes
 1.94%
Phillip H. Doty, Socialist, 10,900 votes
 1.42%
WIlliam Gray Lake, Prohibition, 7,986 votes
Out of 562,952 votes casts, the margin of victory was 49,834 (8.85%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Evan Brown Stotsenburg had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.