Emmett Forrest Branch

Notable Facts

  • Served as Speaker of the House in the 65th General Assembly (1906-1908)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 72nd General Assembly (1920-1922)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 73rd General Assembly (1922-1924)

Offices

Indiana House
Morgan County
In office
Nov 5, 1902 to Nov 4, 1908

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
6 years, 1 day
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 10, 1921 to Apr 30, 1924

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
3 years, 3 months, 19 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Apr 30, 1924 to Jan 12, 1925

Party: Republican
Assumed: Legal Succession
Left: Did Not Run
8 months, 17 days
Emmett Forrest Branch spent 10 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1920–Lieutenant Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1920
54.83%
Emmett Forrest Branch*, Republican, 684,627 votes
41.01%
Samuel M. Foster, Democratic, 512,084 votes
 1.86%
John G. Lewis, Socialist, 23,192 votes
 1.33%
Carl Mullen, Farmer-Labor, 16,630 votes
 0.98%
A. Walter Gehres, Prohibition, 12,215 votes
Out of 1,248,748 votes casts, the margin of victory was 172,543 (13.82%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Emmett Forrest Branch had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.