James Bingham

Offices

Attorney General
Statewide
In office
Jan 1, 1907 to Jan 1, 1911

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
4 years, 1 day
James Bingham spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1906–Attorney General WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
50.09%
James Bingham*, Republican, 289,988 votes
44.69%
Walter J. Lotz, Democratic, 258,714 votes
 3.47%
Charles F. Holler, Prohibition, 20,074 votes
 1.34%
Edward Sayre, Socialist, 7,766 votes
 0.26%
Henry Schnautz, Socialist Labor, 1,482 votes
 0.16%
Orlando L. Ross, People's (Populist), 926 votes
Out of 578,950 votes casts, the margin of victory was 31,274 (5.40%)
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1908–Attorney General WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
47.87%
James Bingham (i)*, Republican, 339,805 votes
47.76%
Walter J. Lotz, Democratic, 339,017 votes
 2.36%
Tilghman E. Ballard, Prohibition, 16,718 votes
 1.71%
Stephen Reynolds, Socialist, 12,116 votes
 0.16%
John S. Bender, People's (Populist), 1,160 votes
 0.08%
Christ Schaad, Socialist Labor, 595 votes
 0.06%
Henry W. Dickman, Independence, 410 votes
Out of 709,821 votes casts, the margin of victory was 788 (0.11%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, James Bingham had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.