Christopher Harrison

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 1st General Assembly (1816-1817)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 2nd General Assembly (1817-1818)

Offices

Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Nov 7, 1816 to Dec 17, 1818
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
2 years, 1 month, 9 days
Christopher Harrison spent 2 years, 1 month, 9 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1819–Governor LOST
General Election–Monday, August 2, 1819
81.45%
Jonathan Jennings (i)*, 9,168 votes
 17.83%
Christopher Harrison, 2,007 votes
 0.71%
Samuel Carr, 80 votes
 0.01%
Out of 11,256 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,161 (63.62%)
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1834–Governor LOST
General Election–Monday, August 4, 1834
57.43%
Noah Noble (i)*, Whig, 36,773 votes
42.57%
James Gray Read, Democratic, 27,257 votes
 0.00%
Out of 64,031 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,516 (14.86%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Christopher Harrison had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.