Courtland C. Matson

Offices

U.S. House
District 5
In office
Mar 4, 1881 to Mar 4, 1889

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
Courtland C. Matson spent 8 years, 2 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1888–Governor LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1888
49.03%
Alvin Peterson Hovey*, Republican, 263,194 votes
48.62%
Courtland C. Matson, Democratic, 260,994 votes
 1.85%
Jasper S. Hughes, Prohibition, 9,920 votes
 0.50%
John B. Milroy, Union Labor, 2,702 votes
Out of 536,810 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,200 (0.41%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, Courtland C. Matson had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.