Uz McMurtrie

Offices

Treasurer of State
Statewide
In office
Feb 10, 1917 to Feb 10, 1921

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 1 day
Uz McMurtrie spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1916–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
47.80%
Uz McMurtrie*, Republican, 336,912 votes
46.07%
George A. Bittler (i), Democratic, 324,718 votes
 3.08%
Charles R. Fenimore, Socialist, 21,682 votes
 2.20%
Alexander W. Benham, Prohibition, 15,493 votes
 0.63%
Ward A. Smith, Progressive (Bull Moose), 4,458 votes
 0.22%
Oscar Viewegh, Socialist Labor, 1,556 votes
Out of 704,819 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,194 (1.73%)
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1918–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
52.67%
Uz McMurtrie (i)*, Republican, 296,607 votes
43.99%
John B. McCarthy, Democratic, 247,769 votes
 1.91%
Francis M. Wampler, Socialist, 10,741 votes
 1.43%
Richard D. Voorhees, Prohibition, 8,062 votes
Out of 563,179 votes casts, the margin of victory was 48,838 (8.68%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Uz McMurtrie had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.