Elijah V. Brookshire

Offices

U.S. House
District 8
In office
Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1895

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

Elections

1888–U.S. House (District 8) WON
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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1890–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1890
52.76%
Elijah V. Brookshire (i)*, Democratic, 21,391 votes
45.22%
James Atwell Mount, Republican, 18,333 votes
 1.59%
J. C. Ashley, Prohibition, 646 votes
 0.43%
Oliver M. Curry, People's (Populist), 176 votes
Out of 40,546 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,058 (7.54%)
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1892–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1892
48.35%
Elijah V. Brookshire (i)*, Democratic, 22,919 votes
44.99%
W. S. Carpenter, Republican, 21,327 votes
 4.90%
John T. Phillips, People's (Populist), 2,323 votes
 1.75%
John L. Shields, Prohibition, 830 votes
Out of 47,399 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,592 (3.36%)
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1894–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1894
48.00%
George W. Faris*, Republican, 23,238 votes
42.69%
Elijah V. Brookshire (i), Democratic, 20,669 votes
 7.56%
Morton C. Rankin, People's (Populist), 3,658 votes
 1.75%
Albert Jackman, Prohibition, 847 votes
Out of 48,412 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,569 (5.31%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Elijah V. Brookshire had a record of 3-1. That includes a record of 3-1 in 4 general elections.