Home
Articles
All Posts
Historical Figures
Historical Women
Congressional History
General Assembly History
Gubernatorial History
Electoral History
General History
Data Analysis
Database Features
Data Updates
Database
Elections
Election Results
List of Elections in Database
Divider
Records & Stats
Electoral Vote Records
Length of Tenure Records
Legislative Caucus Elections
Charts, Graphs, & Maps
Visualizations
Voter Turnout in Indiana
Female Legislators Over Time Graph
Party Control of State Government Chart
Average Tenure by Legislative Body Graph
Divider
Maps
Congressional Maps
State Senate Maps
State Representative Maps
Politicians & Offices
Politicians
Search All Politicians
Individual Politicians
Minorities and Women in Office
Hoosiers in the U.S. Presidential Cabinet
Statewide Stepping Stones?
Divider
Offices
List of All Current Officeholders
Offices by County
U.S. Senate Pairs
General Assembly Session Rosters
General Assembly Casualty List
About C&W
C&W Home
Politicians
Information on James A. Emmert
James A. Emmert
Offices
Show/Hide Offices
Attorney General
Statewide
In office
Jan 1, 1943 to Jan 1, 1947
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Did Not Run
Indiana Supreme Court Justice
District 2
In office
Jan 6, 1947 to Jan 5, 1959
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Reelection Bid
James A. Emmert spent 16 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
Show/Hide Races
1942–Attorney General
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
54.26%
James A. Emmert
*
, Republican, 693,178 votes
44.92%
George N. Beamer
(i)
, Democratic, 573,915 votes
0.68%
Fessenden W. Lough
, Prohibition, 8,663 votes
0.15%
Arthur Chenoweth
, Socialist Labor, 1,867 votes
Out of
1,277,623
votes casts, the margin of victory was
119,263
(9.34%)
1944–Attorney General
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
52.44%
James A. Emmert
*
, Republican, 856,730 votes
47.56%
Hubert E. Wickens
, Democratic, 776,998 votes
Out of
1,633,728
votes casts, the margin of victory was
79,732
(4.88%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, James A. Emmert had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.