John O. Henderson

Offices

State Comptroller (Auditor)
Statewide
In office
Jan 25, 1891 to Jan 25, 1895

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
John O. Henderson spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1890–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1890
49.06%
John O. Henderson*, Democratic, 232,409 votes
44.71%
Ivan N. Walker, Republican, 211,799 votes
 3.68%
James M. Johnson, People's (Populist), 17,427 votes
 2.56%
Abraham Huntsinger, Prohibition, 12,134 votes
Out of 473,769 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,610 (4.35%)
1892–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1892
50.66%
John O. Henderson (i)*, Democratic, 260,340 votes
49.34%
John W. Coons, Republican, 253,568 votes
Out of 513,908 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,772 (1.32%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, John O. Henderson had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.