William Henry Calkins

Offices

Indiana House
Porter County
In office
Nov 9, 1870 to Nov 6, 1872

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
U.S. House
District 10
In office
Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 13
In office
Mar 4, 1881 to Oct 20, 1884

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Resigned
7 years, 7 months, 19 days
William Henry Calkins spent 9 years, 7 months, 17 days in office in Indiana, including 7 years, 7 months, 19 days at the federal level and 1 year, 11 months, 28 days at the state level.

Elections

1884–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1884
49.51%
Isaac Pusey Gray*, Democratic, 245,140 votes
48.02%
William Henry Calkins, Republican, 237,748 votes
 1.68%
Hiram Z. Leonard, Greenback, 8,338 votes
 0.78%
Robert Starbuck Dwiggins, Prohibition, 3,868 votes
Out of 495,094 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,392 (1.49%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, William Henry Calkins had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.