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Information on Milton Kraus
Milton Kraus
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U.S. House
District 11
In office
Mar 4, 1917 to Mar 4, 1923
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Reelection Bid
Milton Kraus spent 6 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.
Elections
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1916–U.S. House (District 11)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
46.30%
Milton Kraus
*
, Republican, 25,006 votes
45.51%
George W. Rauch
(i)
, Democratic, 24,578 votes
4.35%
Layman H. Jackman
, Progressive (Bull Moose), 2,350 votes
3.83%
Walen J. Conarty
, Prohibition, 2,071 votes
Out of
54,005
votes casts, the margin of victory was
428
(0.79%)
1918–U.S. House (District 11)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
53.99%
Milton Kraus
(i)*
, Republican, 24,358 votes
44.00%
George W. Rauch
, Democratic, 19,849 votes
2.01%
George Lanning
, Socialist, 905 votes
Out of
45,112
votes casts, the margin of victory was
4,509
(9.99%)
1920–U.S. House (District 11)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1920
54.73%
Milton Kraus
(i)*
, Republican, 51,106 votes
42.93%
Samuel E. Cook
, Democratic, 40,088 votes
2.34%
Michael M. Confer
, Socialist, 2,188 votes
Out of
93,382
votes casts, the margin of victory was
11,018
(11.80%)
1922–U.S. House (District 11)
LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1922
52.75%
Samuel E. Cook
*
, Democratic, 45,389 votes
45.66%
Milton Kraus
(i)
, Republican, 39,285 votes
1.59%
Harry K. Otis
, Socialist, 1,372 votes
Out of
86,046
votes casts, the margin of victory was
6,104
(7.09%)
In the 4 races for which we have results, Milton Kraus had a record of 3-1. That includes a record of 3-1 in 4 general elections.