1928 United States Senate election in Indiana

1928 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee Arthur Robinson Albert Stump Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 782,144 623,996 Percentage 55.30% 44.12%

County results Robinson:      50–60%     60–70% Stump:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election Arthur Raymond Robinson Republican Elected U.S. Senator Arthur Raymond Robinson Republican

The 1928 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arthur Robinson, who had been appointed and elected to finish the unexpired term of Samuel Ralston, was re-elected to a full term in office.

General election

Candidates

• Charles Ginsberg (Socialist Labor)
• William F. Jackson (Workers)
• Philip K. Reinbold (Socialist)
• Arthur Raymond Robinson, incumbent Senator since 1925 (Republican)
• Arthur L. Gilliom, Indiana Attorney General (Republican) ^[1]
• Albert Stump (Democratic)
• John Zahnd (National)

Results

1928 U.S. Senate election in Indiana ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur R. Robinson (incumbent)	782,144	55.30%	4.68
	Democratic	Albert Stump	623,996	44.12%	4.28
	Prohibition	William H. Harris	4,033	0.29%	0.22
	Socialist	Philip K. Reinbold	3,346	0.24%	0.23
	Socialist Labor	Charles Ginsberg	443	0.03%	N/A
	Communist	William F. Jackson	327	0.02%	N/A
	National	John Zahnd	151	0.01%	N/A
Total votes			1,414,440	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1928 United States Senate elections

References

1. Verbeek, Ann Gilliom (December 2011). "The League and the Law: Arthur L. Gilliom and the Problem of Due Process in Prohibition-Era Indiana" . Indiana Magazine of History. 107 (4): 289–326. doi: 10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289 . JSTOR   10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0289.
2. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1929). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1928" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. "Our Campaigns – IN US Senate Race – Nov 06, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com.