Isaac Pusey Gray

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 50th General Assembly (1876-1878)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 51st General Assembly (1878-1880)

Offices

Indiana Senate
Randolph County
In office
Nov 4, 1868 to Nov 6, 1872

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
4 years, 3 days
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 13, 1877 to Nov 20, 1880

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
3 years, 10 months, 8 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Nov 20, 1880 to Jan 10, 1881

Party: Democratic
Assumed: Legal Succession
Left: Ran For Other Office
1 month, 21 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 12, 1885 to Jan 14, 1889

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 3 days
Isaac Pusey Gray spent 12 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1884–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1884
49.51%
Isaac Pusey Gray*, Democratic, 245,140 votes
48.02%
William Henry Calkins, Republican, 237,748 votes
 1.68%
Hiram Z. Leonard, Greenback, 8,338 votes
 0.78%
Robert Starbuck Dwiggins, Prohibition, 3,868 votes
Out of 495,094 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,392 (1.49%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Isaac Pusey Gray had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.