Union B. Hunt

Offices

Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Jan 17, 1899 to Jan 17, 1903

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years
Union B. Hunt spent 4 years in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1898–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1898
49.99%
Union B. Hunt*, Republican, 286,643 votes
46.94%
Samuel M. Ralston, Democratic, 269,125 votes
 1.74%
Aaron Worth, Prohibition, 9,961 votes
 1.02%
Henry H. Morrison, People's (Populist), 5,867 votes
 0.31%
William Yochum, Socialist, 1,795 votes
Out of 573,391 votes casts, the margin of victory was 17,518 (3.05%)
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1900–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1900
50.60%
Union B. Hunt (i)*, Republican, 331,870 votes
46.65%
Adam Heimberger, Democratic, 305,957 votes
 2.06%
Robert E. Pretlow, Prohibition, 13,487 votes
 0.34%
Edward H. Evinger, Social Democratic, 2,234 votes
 0.22%
William T. Carmichael, People's (Populist), 1,467 votes
 0.10%
Elmer W. Byram, Socialist Labor, 647 votes
 0.04%
J. D. Wheeler, Union Reform, 238 votes
Out of 655,900 votes casts, the margin of victory was 25,913 (3.95%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Union B. Hunt had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.