William H. Hart

Offices

State Comptroller (Auditor)
Statewide
In office
Jan 25, 1899 to Jan 25, 1903

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

Elections

1898–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1898
50.19%
William H. Hart*, Republican, 283,565 votes
46.81%
John W. Minor, Democratic, 264,472 votes
 1.69%
David M. Shoemaker, Prohibition, 9,525 votes
 1.01%
William H. H. Parks, People's (Populist), 5,722 votes
 0.30%
Gustave Rempler, Socialist, 1,711 votes
Out of 564,995 votes casts, the margin of victory was 19,093 (3.38%)
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1900–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1900
50.62%
William H. Hart (i)*, Republican, 331,965 votes
46.63%
John W. Minor, Democratic, 305,855 votes
 2.05%
Mordecai B. McKinsey, Prohibition, 13,449 votes
 0.34%
William J. Croke, Social Democratic, 2,235 votes
 0.22%
John W. Wales, People's (Populist), 1,470 votes
 0.10%
Thomas F. Soules, Socialist Labor, 649 votes
 0.04%
Allen Withrow, Union Reform, 238 votes
Out of 655,861 votes casts, the margin of victory was 26,110 (3.99%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, William H. Hart had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.