Harry Stewart New

Notable Facts

  • Served as U.S. Postmaster General (Under President Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge) from 1923-1929

Offices

Indiana Senate
Marion County
In office
Nov 4, 1896 to Nov 7, 1900

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
4 years, 3 days
U.S. Senate
Class 1
In office
Mar 4, 1917 to Mar 4, 1923

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Renomination Bid
6 years, 1 day
Harry Stewart New spent 10 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, including 6 years, 1 day at the federal level and 4 years, 3 days at the state level.

Elections

1916–U.S. Senate (Class 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
47.77%
Harry Stewart New*, Republican, 337,089 votes
46.14%
John Worth Kern (i), Democratic, 325,588 votes
 3.05%
Joseph Zimmerman, Socialist, 21,558 votes
 2.21%
Elwood Haynes, Prohibition, 15,598 votes
 0.61%
John Napier Dyer, Progressive (Bull Moose), 4,272 votes
 0.22%
Ira J. Baker, Socialist Labor, 1,562 votes
Out of 705,667 votes casts, the margin of victory was 11,501 (1.63%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Harry Stewart New had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.