Morris Porterfield

Offices

We found no record of Morris Porterfield serving in elected office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they served at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database.

Elections

1930–U.S. House (District 7) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1930
61.60%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 87,777 votes
37.77%
Archibald M. Hall, Republican, 53,822 votes
 0.43%
William O. Fogleson, Socialist, 606 votes
 0.17%
Morris Porterfield, Communist, 237 votes
 0.04%
Bert Decker, Nationalist, 56 votes
Out of 142,498 votes casts, the margin of victory was 33,955 (23.83%)
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1946–Secretary of State LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
55.26%
Thomas A. Bath*, Republican, 733,867 votes
42.96%
Harry E. McClain, Democratic, 570,493 votes
 1.60%
Sara Halladay, Prohibition, 21,196 votes
 0.12%
Charles Ginsberg, Socialist, 1,539 votes
 0.07%
Morris Porterfield, Communist, 983 votes
Out of 1,328,078 votes casts, the margin of victory was 163,374 (12.30%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Morris Porterfield had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.