Linnaeus N. Hines

Offices

Secretary of Education (State Supt.)
Statewide
In office
Mar 15, 1919 to Oct 1, 1921

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
2 years, 6 months, 18 days
Linnaeus N. Hines spent 2 years, 6 months, 18 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1918–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
52.62%
Linnaeus N. Hines*, Republican, 296,176 votes
44.01%
Willis A. Fox, Democratic, 247,740 votes
 1.92%
Andrew J. Hart, Socialist, 10,792 votes
 1.46%
Elizabeth T. Stanley, Prohibition, 8,201 votes
Out of 562,909 votes casts, the margin of victory was 48,436 (8.61%)
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1920–Secretary of Education (State Supt.) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1920
54.91%
Linnaeus N. Hines (i)*, Republican, 685,714 votes
40.89%
Daniel C. McIntosh, Democratic, 510,681 votes
 1.87%
Lillith Martin, Socialist, 23,336 votes
 1.33%
Margaret Doebber, Farmer-Labor, 16,638 votes
 1.00%
Laura B. Leonard, Prohibition, 12,510 votes
Out of 1,248,879 votes casts, the margin of victory was 175,033 (14.02%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, Linnaeus N. Hines had a record of 2-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections.