Robert E. Hughes

Offices

Treasurer of State
Statewide
In office
Feb 10, 1961 to Feb 10, 1965

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

Elections

1960–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1960
50.74%
Robert E. Hughes*, Republican, 1,069,634 votes
49.00%
Jack A. Haymaker (i), Democratic, 1,033,037 votes
 0.26%
Pearl Ewald, Prohibition, 5,540 votes
Out of 2,108,211 votes casts, the margin of victory was 36,597 (1.74%)
1962–Treasurer of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1962
50.35%
Robert E. Hughes (i)*, Republican, 891,563 votes
49.65%
William C. Smith, Democratic, 879,209 votes
Out of 1,770,772 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,354 (0.70%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, Robert E. Hughes had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.