John Peters

Offices

Treasurer of State
Statewide
In office
Feb 10, 1953 to Feb 10, 1957

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
John Peters spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1952–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1952
55.93%
John Peters*, Republican, 1,074,299 votes
43.39%
Arthur R. Kinser, Democratic, 833,367 votes
 0.68%
Horace N. Smith, Prohibition, 12,991 votes
Out of 1,920,657 votes casts, the margin of victory was 240,932 (12.54%)
1954–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1954
51.05%
John Peters (i)*, Republican, 805,771 votes
48.25%
Arthur R. Kinser, Democratic, 761,594 votes
 0.69%
Curtis E. Miser, Prohibition, 10,933 votes
Out of 1,578,298 votes casts, the margin of victory was 44,177 (2.80%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, John Peters had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.