Fred A. Sims

Offices

Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Apr 1, 1906 to Nov 27, 1910

Party: Republican
Assumed: Appointed by Governor
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 7 months, 28 days
Fred A. Sims spent 4 years, 7 months, 28 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1906–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
49.95%
Fred A. Sims (i)*, Republican, 294,351 votes
44.72%
James Franklin Cox, Democratic, 263,526 votes
 3.56%
Absolem L. Crim, Prohibition, 20,985 votes
 1.33%
Leroy B. Sweetland, Socialist, 7,824 votes
 0.27%
Theodore Bernine, Socialist Labor, 1,586 votes
 0.16%
John W. Clark, People's (Populist), 972 votes
Out of 589,244 votes casts, the margin of victory was 30,825 (5.23%)
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1908–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
47.83%
Fred A. Sims (i)*, Republican, 339,499 votes
47.76%
James Franklin Cox, Democratic, 339,007 votes
 2.40%
William Herbert Hill, Prohibition, 17,029 votes
 1.71%
Frederick G. Strickland, Socialist, 12,138 votes
 0.17%
Richard Bonewitz, People's (Populist), 1,188 votes
 0.08%
Allen B. Cobbs, Socialist Labor, 599 votes
 0.06%
John W. Close, Independence, 410 votes
Out of 709,870 votes casts, the margin of victory was 492 (0.07%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Fred A. Sims had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.