John W. Boehne, Sr.

Offices

U.S. House
District 1
In office
Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
4 years, 1 day
John W. Boehne, Sr. spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1908–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
48.32%
John W. Boehne, Sr.*, Democratic, 23,054 votes
48.14%
John Hopkins Foster (i), Republican, 22,965 votes
 2.51%
Paul D. Strong, Socialist, 1,199 votes
 1.00%
David W. Hull, Prohibition, 475 votes
 0.03%
John Hisgen, Independence, 16 votes
Out of 47,709 votes casts, the margin of victory was 89 (0.18%)
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1910–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910
52.25%
John W. Boehne, Sr. (i)*, Democratic, 22,420 votes
43.36%
Francis B. Posey, Republican, 18,606 votes
 2.39%
Romalia Bishop, Socialist, 1,027 votes
 1.99%
William V. Harrell, Prohibition, 853 votes
Out of 42,906 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,814 (8.89%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, John W. Boehne, Sr. had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.