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Information on John A. Matson
John A. Matson
Offices
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Indiana House
Franklin
County
In office
Dec 3, 1838 to Dec 2, 1839
Party:
Whig
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Did Not Run
Indiana House
Franklin
County
In office
Dec 7, 1840 to Dec 22, 1840
Party:
Whig
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Resigned
John A. Matson spent 1 year, 14 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
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1849–Governor
LOST
General Election–Monday, August 6, 1849
52.27%
Joseph Albert Wright
*
, Democratic, 76,996 votes
45.64%
John A. Matson
, Whig, 67,218 votes
2.09%
James Harrison Cravens
, Free Soil, 3,076 votes
0.00%
Ephraim Traube
, Write-In, 3 votes
Out of
147,293
votes casts, the margin of victory was
9,778
(6.63%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, John A. Matson had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.
