John C. Chaney

Offices

U.S. House
District 2
In office
Mar 4, 1905 to Mar 4, 1909

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
4 years, 1 day
John C. Chaney spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1902–U.S. House (District 2) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
49.46%
Robert Walter Miers (i)*, Democratic, 21,162 votes
47.73%
John C. Chaney, Republican, 20,423 votes
 1.57%
Jonathan T. Hobson, Prohibition, 672 votes
 0.78%
James C. Heenan, Socialist, 332 votes
 0.47%
William B. Wolfe, People's (Populist), 199 votes
Out of 42,788 votes casts, the margin of victory was 739 (1.73%)
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1904–U.S. House (District 2) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1904
49.70%
John C. Chaney*, Republican, 25,143 votes
46.79%
Robert Walter Miers (i), Democratic, 23,670 votes
 1.58%
John Wadsworth, Sr., Socialist, 797 votes
 1.54%
Alexander P. Asbury, Prohibition, 777 votes
 0.40%
Jacob W. Clark, People's (Populist), 204 votes
Out of 50,591 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,473 (2.91%)
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1906–U.S. House (District 2) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
48.60%
John C. Chaney (i)*, Republican, 22,229 votes
47.86%
Cyrus Edgar Davis, Democratic, 21,889 votes
 1.83%
William Herbert Hill, Prohibition, 839 votes
 1.71%
John E. Chinn, Socialist, 781 votes
Out of 45,738 votes casts, the margin of victory was 340 (0.74%)
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1908–U.S. House (District 2) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
49.97%
William Allen Cullop*, Democratic, 27,172 votes
45.26%
John C. Chaney (i), Republican, 24,609 votes
 3.35%
George W. Lackey, Socialist, 1,821 votes
 1.26%
John A. Rowe, Prohibition, 684 votes
 0.16%
John McMillin, People's (Populist), 86 votes
 0.01%
Samuel S. Doman, Independence, 6 votes
Out of 54,378 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,563 (4.71%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, John C. Chaney had a record of 2-2. That includes a record of 2-2 in 4 general elections.