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Information on Ralph F. Gates
Ralph F. Gates
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Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 8, 1945 to Jan 10, 1949
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Term Limited
Ralph F. Gates spent 4 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
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1944–Governor
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
50.97%
Ralph F. Gates
*
, Republican, 849,346 votes
48.18%
Samuel D. Jackson
, Democratic, 802,765 votes
0.74%
Waldo E. Yeater
, Prohibition, 12,358 votes
0.11%
William Rabe, Sr.
, Socialist, 1,770 votes
Out of
1,666,239
votes casts, the margin of victory was
46,581
(2.79%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, Ralph F. Gates had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.
