James Thomas Johnston

Offices

Indiana House
Parke County
In office
Nov 4, 1868 to Nov 9, 1870

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
2 years, 5 days
Indiana Senate
Parke, Vermillion Counties
In office
Nov 4, 1874 to Nov 6, 1878

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
4 years, 3 days
U.S. House
District 8
In office
Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
4 years, 1 day
James Thomas Johnston spent 10 years, 9 days in office in Indiana, including 4 years, 1 day at the federal level and 6 years, 8 days at the state level.

Elections

1888–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1888
48.96%
Elijah V. Brookshire*, Democratic, 23,153 votes
48.82%
James Thomas Johnston (i), Republican, 23,084 votes
 1.23%
Lewis H. Johnson, Union Labor, 582 votes
 0.99%
John G. L. Myers, Prohibition, 467 votes
Out of 47,286 votes casts, the margin of victory was 69 (0.14%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, James Thomas Johnston had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.