1959 Indianapolis mayoral election

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Indianapolis mayoral election, 1959
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  1955 November 3, 1959 1963  
Turnout41.1%
 
Nominee Charles H. Boswell William T. Sharp
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote70,03151,994
Percentage57.4%42.6%

Mayor before election

Charles H. Boswell
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Charles H. Boswell
Democratic

The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1959 took place on November 3, 1959 and saw the reelection of Charles H. Boswell, who had become mayor eleven months earlier, after Philip L. Bayt resigned to become Marion County Prosecutor. [1] Boswell defeated Republican William T. Sharp. [2]

Results

Boswell won election.

1959 was a good year for Democrats in Indiana's mayoral elections, with the party winning control of the mayoralties of all of the state's top seven most populous cities. [3] This is a feat that the Democratic Party would not replicate until 2003. [3]

Indianapolis mayoral election, 1959 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles H. Boswell (incumbent) 70,031 57.4
Republican William T. Sharp51,99442.6
Turnout 122,02541.1
Majority18,03714.7
Democratic hold

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References

  1. Bodenhamer, David J. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. p. 341. ISBN   0-253-31222-1.
  2. "State Mayor Wins Piled Up By Democrats INDIANAPOLIS". Anderson Herald Bulletin. November 4, 1959. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Howey, Brian A. (November 5, 2003). "Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities" (PDF). The Howey Political Report. 10 (14). Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  4. Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. p. 1356 and 1357. ISBN   0-253-31222-1.
Preceded by
1955
Indianapolis mayoral election
1959
Succeeded by
1963