Charles A. Korbly

Offices

U.S. House
District 7
In office
Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1915

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
6 years, 1 day
Charles A. Korbly spent 6 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1908–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
52.11%
Charles A. Korbly*, Democratic, 34,686 votes
45.08%
Jesse Overstreet (i), Republican, 30,003 votes
 1.52%
Joseph A. Gabriel, Socialist, 1,014 votes
 1.21%
Charles M. Lemon, Prohibition, 807 votes
 0.07%
Matt C. Mayhew, Independence, 47 votes
Out of 66,557 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,683 (7.03%)
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1910–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910
50.29%
Charles A. Korbly (i)*, Democratic, 30,330 votes
44.71%
Linton Alden Cox, Republican, 26,968 votes
 3.81%
Carl L. E. Ott, Socialist, 2,295 votes
 1.19%
James A. Lewis, Prohibition, 719 votes
Out of 60,312 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,362 (5.58%)
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1912–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
42.81%
Charles A. Korbly (i)*, Democratic, 28,901 votes
27.26%
Joseph V. Zartman, Progressive (Bull Moose), 18,402 votes
 19.73%
Thomas R. Shipp, Republican, 13,320 votes
 8.15%
Frank J. Hays, Socialist, 5,501 votes
 2.05%
Albert Stanley, Prohibition, 1,387 votes
Out of 67,511 votes casts, the margin of victory was 10,499 (15.55%)
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1914–U.S. House (District 7) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
41.87%
Merrill Moores*, Republican, 26,451 votes
33.78%
Charles A. Korbly (i), Democratic, 21,343 votes
 16.67%
Paxton Hibben, Progressive (Bull Moose), 10,530 votes
 6.33%
William Henry, Socialist, 4,002 votes
 1.05%
Edward W. Clark, Prohibition, 661 votes
 0.30%
Unknown Candidate, Write-In, 190 votes
Out of 63,177 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,108 (8.09%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Charles A. Korbly had a record of 3-1. That includes a record of 3-1 in 4 general elections.