Merrill Moores

Offices

U.S. House
District 7
In office
Mar 4, 1915 to Mar 4, 1925

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Renomination Bid
10 years, 3 days
Merrill Moores spent 10 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1914–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
41.87%
Merrill Moores*, Republican, 26,451 votes
33.78%
Charles A. Korbly (i), Democratic, 21,343 votes
 16.67%
Paxton Hibben, Progressive (Bull Moose), 10,530 votes
 6.33%
William Henry, Socialist, 4,002 votes
 1.05%
Edward W. Clark, Prohibition, 661 votes
 0.30%
Unknown Candidate, Write-In, 190 votes
Out of 63,177 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,108 (8.09%)
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1916–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
51.83%
Merrill Moores (i)*, Republican, 40,862 votes
44.06%
Chalmer Schlosser, Democratic, 34,732 votes
 2.87%
Joseph A. Leonard, Prohibition, 2,259 votes
 0.96%
Edward W. Clark, Socialist, 753 votes
 0.29%
Edward F. Jones, Progressive (Bull Moose), 229 votes
Out of 78,835 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,130 (7.77%)
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1918–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
58.25%
Merrill Moores (i)*, Republican, 29,714 votes
39.77%
Chalmer Schlosser, Democratic, 20,284 votes
 1.98%
William Henry, Socialist, 1,010 votes
Out of 51,008 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,430 (18.48%)
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1920–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1920
54.92%
Merrill Moores (i)*, Republican, 79,782 votes
42.60%
Henry N. Spaan, Democratic, 61,893 votes
 2.27%
Harvey A. Simmons, Socialist, 3,297 votes
 0.21%
Arthur J. Fessler, Farmer-Labor, 309 votes
Out of 145,281 votes casts, the margin of victory was 17,889 (12.32%)
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1922–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1922
53.86%
Merrill Moores (i)*, Republican, 49,629 votes
44.63%
Joseph P. Turk, Democratic, 41,118 votes
 1.51%
Lester L. Lambert, Socialist, 1,394 votes
Out of 92,141 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,511 (9.23%)
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In the 5 races for which we have results, Merrill Moores had a record of 5-0. That includes a record of 5-0 in 5 general elections.