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Information on James Douglas Williams
James Douglas Williams
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Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Dec 4, 1843 to Dec 2, 1844
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Dec 6, 1847 to Dec 4, 1848
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Dec 1, 1851 to Nov 3, 1852
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Nov 5, 1856 to Nov 3, 1858
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Ran For Other Office
Indiana Senate
Daviess
,
Knox
Counties
In office
Nov 3, 1858 to Nov 7, 1866
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Nov 4, 1868 to Mar 4, 1869
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Resigned
Indiana House
Knox
County
In office
Mar 24, 1869 to May 13, 1869
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
Special Election
Left:
Resigned
Indiana Senate
Daviess
,
Knox
Counties
In office
Nov 9, 1870 to Nov 4, 1874
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Ran For Other Office
U.S. House
District 2
In office
Mar 4, 1875 to Dec 1, 1876
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Assumed Other Office
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 8, 1877 to Nov 20, 1880
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Died
James Douglas Williams spent 23 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, including 1 year, 8 months, 29 days at the federal level and 21 years, 3 months, 1 day at the state level.
Elections
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1876–Governor
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1876
49.07%
James Douglas Williams
*
, Democratic, 213,219 votes
47.88%
Benjamin Harrison
, Republican, 208,080 votes
3.04%
Henry W. Harrington
, Greenback, 13,212 votes
0.01%
Samuel Phillips
, Independent, 37 votes
Out of
434,548
votes casts, the margin of victory was
5,139
(1.19%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, James Douglas Williams had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.