James Harrison Cravens

Offices

Indiana House
Jefferson County
In office
Dec 5, 1831 to Dec 2, 1833
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
Indiana Senate
Ripley County
In office
Dec 2, 1839 to Dec 6, 1841

Party: Whig
Assumed: Special Election
2 years, 5 days
U.S. House
District 4
In office
Mar 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1843

Party: Whig
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
2 years
Indiana House
Ripley County
In office
Dec 7, 1846 to Dec 6, 1847

Party: Whig
Assumed: General Election
12 months, 4 days
James Harrison Cravens spent 7 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, including 2 years at the federal level and 5 years, 2 days at the state level.

Elections

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%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, James Harrison Cravens had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.