Archie Newton Bobbitt

Offices

State Comptroller (Auditor)
Statewide
In office
Dec 1, 1928 to Dec 1, 1930

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
2 years
Indiana Supreme Court Justice
District 3
In office
Jan 1, 1951 to Jan 7, 1963

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
12 years, 9 days
Archie Newton Bobbitt spent 14 years, 9 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1928–State Comptroller (Auditor) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1928
55.64%
Archie Newton Bobbitt*, Republican, 783,259 votes
43.83%
George W. Sweigart, Democratic, 617,085 votes
 0.28%
Joseph A. Fried, Prohibition, 3,960 votes
 0.23%
Anthony T. Klingebiel, Socialist, 3,299 votes
 0.01%
David L. Campbell, National, 175 votes
Out of 1,407,778 votes casts, the margin of victory was 166,174 (11.81%)
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1930–State Comptroller (Auditor) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1930
51.66%
Floyd E. Williamson*, Democratic, 617,643 votes
47.34%
Archie Newton Bobbitt (i), Republican, 566,031 votes
 0.63%
Frank N. Williams, Prohibition, 7,476 votes
 0.33%
Arlington Binford, Socialist, 3,918 votes
 0.04%
Chauncey P. Reddick, Nationalist, 517 votes
Out of 1,195,585 votes casts, the margin of victory was 51,612 (4.32%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Archie Newton Bobbitt had a record of 1-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections.