Fassett A. Cotton

Offices

Secretary of Education (State Supt.)
Statewide
In office
Mar 15, 1903 to Mar 15, 1909

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
6 years, 2 days
Fassett A. Cotton spent 6 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1902–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
50.70%
Fassett A. Cotton*, Republican, 294,038 votes
44.61%
Samuel L. Scott, Democratic, 258,730 votes
 2.99%
Andrew F. Mitchell, Prohibition, 17,330 votes
 1.19%
Martha Biegler, Socialist, 6,899 votes
 0.30%
Harry A. Barnes, Socialist Labor, 1,744 votes
 0.22%
William Smith, People's (Populist), 1,250 votes
Out of 579,991 votes casts, the margin of victory was 35,308 (6.09%)
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1904–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1904
53.75%
Fassett A. Cotton (i)*, Republican, 360,522 votes
40.70%
Levi H. Scott, Democratic, 272,999 votes
 3.37%
Arthur L. Green, Prohibition, 22,612 votes
 1.65%
John W. Newbern, Socialist, 11,069 votes
 0.31%
William E. Hurley, People's (Populist), 2,072 votes
 0.22%
James S. Decker, Socialist Labor, 1,470 votes
Out of 670,744 votes casts, the margin of victory was 87,523 (13.05%)
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1906–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
50.07%
Fassett A. Cotton (i)*, Republican, 289,756 votes
44.77%
Robert J. Aley, Democratic, 259,064 votes
 3.41%
William O. Bailey, Prohibition, 19,730 votes
 1.33%
Oren C. McDonald, Socialist, 7,702 votes
 0.26%
Fred Beach, Socialist Labor, 1,503 votes
 0.16%
William E. Hurley, People's (Populist), 922 votes
Out of 578,677 votes casts, the margin of victory was 30,692 (5.30%)
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In the 3 races for which we have results, Fassett A. Cotton had a record of 3-0. That includes a record of 3-0 in 3 general elections.