James Atwell Mount

Offices

Indiana Senate
Boone, Clinton, Montgomery Counties
In office
Nov 7, 1888 to Nov 9, 1892

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
4 years, 3 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 11, 1897 to Jan 14, 1901

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
4 years, 3 days
James Atwell Mount spent 8 years, 6 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1890–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1890
52.76%
Elijah V. Brookshire (i)*, Democratic, 21,391 votes
45.22%
James Atwell Mount, Republican, 18,333 votes
 1.59%
J. C. Ashley, Prohibition, 646 votes
 0.43%
Oliver M. Curry, People's (Populist), 176 votes
Out of 40,546 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,058 (7.54%)
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1896–Governor WON
General Election–Sunday, November 8, 1896
50.93%
James Atwell Mount*, Republican, 320,932 votes
46.79%
Benjamin F. Shively, Democratic, 294,855 votes
 1.37%
Thomas Wadsworth, People's (Populist), 8,626 votes
 0.48%
Leander M. Crist, Prohibition, 2,997 votes
 0.40%
James G. Kingsbury, National, 2,500 votes
 0.04%
Philip H. More, Socialist, 283 votes
Out of 630,193 votes casts, the margin of victory was 26,077 (4.14%)
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In the 2 races for which we have results, James Atwell Mount had a record of 1-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections.