John W. Boehne, Jr.

Offices

U.S. House
District 1
In office
Mar 4, 1931 to Mar 4, 1933

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 8
In office
Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 3, 1943

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
11 years, 10 months, 4 days
John W. Boehne, Jr. spent 11 years, 10 months, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1928–U.S. House (District 1) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1928
50.83%
Harry Emerson Rowbottom (i)*, Republican, 49,013 votes
49.17%
John W. Boehne, Jr., Democratic, 47,404 votes
Out of 96,417 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,609 (1.66%)
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1930–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1930
53.93%
John W. Boehne, Jr.*, Democratic, 46,836 votes
46.07%
Harry Emerson Rowbottom (i), Republican, 40,015 votes
Out of 86,851 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,821 (7.86%)
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1932–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1932
63.45%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i)*, Democratic, 83,396 votes
36.55%
French Clements, Republican, 48,031 votes
Out of 131,427 votes casts, the margin of victory was 35,365 (26.90%)
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1934–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1934
56.90%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i)*, Democratic, 75,268 votes
42.69%
Charles F. Werner, Republican, 56,470 votes
 0.41%
Peter Shaffer, Socialist, 544 votes
Out of 132,282 votes casts, the margin of victory was 18,798 (14.21%)
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1936–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
62.61%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i)*, Democratic, 89,548 votes
35.37%
Charles F. Werner, Republican, 50,590 votes
 1.85%
John N. Van Ostveen, Union Labor, 2,652 votes
 0.17%
William Rabe, Sr., Socialist, 239 votes
Out of 143,029 votes casts, the margin of victory was 38,958 (27.24%)
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1938–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
56.44%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i)*, Democratic, 76,780 votes
43.56%
Charles F. Werner, Republican, 59,254 votes
Out of 136,034 votes casts, the margin of victory was 17,526 (12.88%)
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1940–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
55.54%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i)*, Democratic, 87,141 votes
44.46%
Charles F. Werner, Republican, 69,761 votes
Out of 156,902 votes casts, the margin of victory was 17,380 (11.08%)
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1942–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
53.74%
Charles Marion LaFollette*, Republican, 67,237 votes
46.26%
John W. Boehne, Jr. (i), Democratic, 57,868 votes
Out of 125,105 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,369 (7.48%)
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In the 8 races for which we have results, John W. Boehne, Jr. had a record of 6-2. That includes a record of 6-2 in 8 general elections.