William L. Taylor

Offices

Attorney General
Statewide
In office
Nov 22, 1898 to Jan 1, 1903

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
4 years, 1 month, 9 days
William L. Taylor spent 4 years, 1 month, 9 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1898–Attorney General WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1898
50.36%
William L. Taylor*, Republican, 283,617 votes
46.91%
John G. McNutt, Democratic, 264,163 votes
 1.69%
Benjamin F. Watson, Prohibition, 9,538 votes
 1.03%
Tilghman E. Ballard, People's (Populist), 5,822 votes
Out of 563,140 votes casts, the margin of victory was 19,454 (3.45%)
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1900–Attorney General WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1900
50.65%
William L. Taylor (i)*, Republican, 332,010 votes
46.65%
Charles Printy Drummond, Democratic, 305,787 votes
 2.04%
Mahlon H. Krauss, Prohibition, 13,393 votes
 0.34%
Charles A. Thornton, Social Democratic, 2,226 votes
 0.22%
David F. Boger, People's (Populist), 1,474 votes
 0.10%
John Youngman, Socialist Labor, 650 votes
Out of 655,540 votes casts, the margin of victory was 26,223 (4.00%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, William L. Taylor had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.