James M. Tucker

Offices

Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Dec 1, 1938 to Jul 25, 1942

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
3 years, 7 months, 24 days
James M. Tucker spent 3 years, 7 months, 24 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1938–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
49.72%
James M. Tucker*, Republican, 775,364 votes
49.65%
Edward D. Koenemann, Democratic, 774,303 votes
 0.44%
Helen I. Root, Prohibition, 6,884 votes
 0.12%
Gordon A. Long, Socialist Labor, 1,922 votes
 0.06%
Wenzel Stocker, Communist, 992 votes
Out of 1,559,465 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,061 (0.07%)
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1940–Secretary of State WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
50.21%
James M. Tucker (i)*, Republican, 883,453 votes
49.39%
Clarence J. Donovan, Democratic, 868,885 votes
 0.28%
Allison E. Wrentmore, Prohibition, 4,958 votes
 0.08%
Clarence H. Owen, Socialist, 1,466 votes
 0.04%
Walter Joseph Klobucher, Socialist Labor, 644 votes
Out of 1,759,406 votes casts, the margin of victory was 14,568 (0.82%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, James M. Tucker had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.