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Information on George N. Craig
George N. Craig
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Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 12, 1953 to Jan 14, 1957
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Term Limited
George N. Craig spent 4 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
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1952–Governor
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1952
55.68%
George N. Craig
*
, Republican, 1,075,685 votes
43.58%
John A. Watkins
, Democratic, 841,984 votes
0.65%
Lester N. Abel
, Prohibition, 12,554 votes
0.05%
Simon Boorda
, United States Progressive Party, 920 votes
0.04%
Charles Ginsberg
, Socialist Labor, 726 votes
Out of
1,931,869
votes casts, the margin of victory was
233,701
(12.10%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, George N. Craig had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.
