Cyrus Cline

Offices

U.S. House
District 12
In office
Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1917

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
8 years, 2 days
Cyrus Cline spent 8 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1908–U.S. House (District 12) WON
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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1910–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910
49.92%
Cyrus Cline (i)*, Democratic, 19,754 votes
45.33%
Owen N. Heaton, Republican, 17,937 votes
 2.65%
Beneville Sawyer, Prohibition, 1,048 votes
 2.10%
John S. Brunskill, Socialist, 830 votes
Out of 39,569 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,817 (4.59%)
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1912–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
48.32%
Cyrus Cline (i)*, Democratic, 19,903 votes
27.07%
Charles R. Lane, Republican, 11,147 votes
 19.70%
Louis F. Littman, Progressive (Bull Moose), 8,114 votes
 4.91%
William F. Dibble, Prohibition, 2,022 votes
Out of 41,186 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,756 (21.25%)
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1914–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
46.89%
Cyrus Cline (i)*, Democratic, 18,612 votes
37.92%
Charles R. Lane, Republican, 15,052 votes
 10.02%
H. M. Widney, Prohibition, 3,976 votes
 3.19%
William F. Dibble, Socialist, 1,266 votes
 1.99%
Jacob G. Wise, Progressive (Bull Moose), 789 votes
Out of 39,695 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,560 (8.97%)
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1916–U.S. House (District 12) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
51.09%
Louis W. Fairfield*, Republican, 23,773 votes
44.28%
Cyrus Cline (i), Democratic, 20,603 votes
 2.60%
L. Lloyd Armstrong, Prohibition, 1,211 votes
 2.02%
William O. Bailey, Progressive (Bull Moose), 942 votes
Out of 46,529 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,170 (6.81%)
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In the 5 races for which we have results, Cyrus Cline had a record of 4-1. That includes a record of 4-1 in 5 general elections.