Clarence C. Gilhams

Offices

U.S. House
District 12
In office
Nov 6, 1906 to Mar 4, 1909

Party: Republican
Assumed: Special Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
2 years, 3 months, 27 days
Clarence C. Gilhams spent 2 years, 3 months, 27 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1902–U.S. House (District 12) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
48.12%
James M. Robinson (i)*, Democratic, 19,320 votes
47.41%
Clarence C. Gilhams, Republican, 19,035 votes
 2.65%
Martin H. Wefel, Socialist, 1,065 votes
 1.82%
William W. Wyrick, Prohibition, 731 votes
Out of 40,151 votes casts, the margin of victory was 285 (0.71%)
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1906–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
48.59%
Clarence C. Gilhams*, Republican, 19,695 votes
47.73%
John W. Morr, Democratic, 19,345 votes
 2.56%
George C. Ulmer, Prohibition, 1,039 votes
 1.11%
John W. Kelley, Socialist, 451 votes
Out of 40,530 votes casts, the margin of victory was 350 (0.86%)
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1906–U.S. House (District 12) WON
Special Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
50.50%
Clarence C. Gilhams*, Republican, 19,249 votes
49.50%
John W. Morr, Democratic, 18,870 votes
Out of 38,119 votes casts, the margin of victory was 379 (1.00%)
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1908–U.S. House (District 12) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
50.56%
Cyrus Cline*, Democratic, 25,051 votes
45.83%
Clarence C. Gilhams (i), Republican, 22,706 votes
 2.14%
Charles N. Eckhart, Prohibition, 1,062 votes
 1.13%
John S. Brunskill, Socialist, 561 votes
 0.33%
Charles Andrew Phelps, Independence, 163 votes
Out of 49,543 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,345 (4.73%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Clarence C. Gilhams had a record of 2-2. That includes a record of 1-2 in 3 general elections, and 1-0 in 1 special election.