Harry Guyer Leslie

Notable Facts

  • Served as Speaker of the House in the 74th General Assembly (1924-1926)
  • Served as Speaker of the House in the 75th General Assembly (1926-1928)

Offices

Indiana House
Tippecanoe, Warren Counties
In office
Nov 8, 1922 to Nov 7, 1928

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
6 years, 1 day
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 14, 1929 to Jan 9, 1933

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
3 years, 11 months, 26 days
Harry Guyer Leslie spent 9 years, 11 months, 27 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1928–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1928
51.25%
Harry Guyer Leslie*, Republican, 728,203 votes
48.10%
Frank Dailey, Democratic, 683,545 votes
 0.36%
Albert Stanley, Prohibition, 5,096 votes
 0.23%
Clarence E. Bond, Socialist, 3,258 votes
 0.03%
Cassimer Benward, Socialist Labor, 424 votes
 0.02%
Harry W. Garner, Workers, 319 votes
 0.01%
Henry O. Shaw, National, 168 votes
Out of 1,421,013 votes casts, the margin of victory was 44,658 (3.15%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Harry Guyer Leslie had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.