James R. Riggs

Offices

We found no record of James R. Riggs 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

1902–State Comptroller (Auditor) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
50.73%
David E. Sherrick*, Republican, 294,516 votes
44.60%
James R. Riggs, Democratic, 258,917 votes
 2.97%
J. Levy Lord, Prohibition, 17,246 votes
 1.19%
James Hutchison, Socialist, 6,897 votes
 0.30%
Philip H. More, Socialist Labor, 1,762 votes
 0.22%
Joseph B. Cline, People's (Populist), 1,249 votes
Out of 580,587 votes casts, the margin of victory was 35,599 (6.13%)
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1904–State Comptroller (Auditor) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1904
53.76%
David E. Sherrick (i)*, Republican, 360,911 votes
40.67%
James R. Riggs, Democratic, 273,016 votes
 3.40%
William V. King, Prohibition, 22,848 votes
 1.65%
Winfield S. Silver, Socialist, 11,056 votes
 0.31%
Allen Jennings, People's (Populist), 2,091 votes
 0.22%
Jacob Fritz, Socialist Labor, 1,451 votes
Out of 671,373 votes casts, the margin of victory was 87,895 (13.09%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, James R. Riggs had a record of 0-2. That includes a record of 0-2 in 2 general elections.