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Information on John R. Walsh
John R. Walsh
Offices
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U.S. House
District 5
In office
Jan 3, 1949 to Jan 3, 1951
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Reelection Bid
Secretary of State
Statewide
In office
Dec 1, 1958 to Dec 1, 1960
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Reelection Bid
John R. Walsh spent 4 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, including 2 years at the federal level and 2 years, 1 day at the state level.
Elections
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1948–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1948
51.94%
John R. Walsh
*
, Democratic, 91,861 votes
46.77%
Forest A. Harness
(i)
, Republican, 82,730 votes
1.29%
Ralph G. Stallsmith
, Prohibition, 2,281 votes
Out of
176,872
votes casts, the margin of victory was
9,131
(5.17%)
1950–U.S. House (District 5)
LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1950
54.14%
John Valentine Beamer
*
, Republican, 91,929 votes
45.28%
John R. Walsh
(i)
, Democratic, 76,878 votes
0.59%
Ralph G. Stallsmith
, Prohibition, 994 votes
Out of
169,801
votes casts, the margin of victory was
15,051
(8.86%)
1954–U.S. House (District 5)
LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1954
53.12%
John Valentine Beamer
(i)*
, Republican, 88,428 votes
46.24%
John R. Walsh
, Democratic, 76,972 votes
0.65%
Ralph G. Stallsmith
, Prohibition, 1,074 votes
Out of
166,474
votes casts, the margin of victory was
11,456
(6.88%)
1958–Secretary of State
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1958
55.29%
John R. Walsh
*
, Democratic, 945,230 votes
43.94%
Frank A. Lenning
(i)
, Republican, 751,260 votes
0.77%
J. Ralston Miller
, Prohibition, 13,238 votes
Out of
1,709,728
votes casts, the margin of victory was
193,970
(11.35%)
In the 4 races for which we have results, John R. Walsh had a record of 2-2. That includes a record of 2-2 in 4 general elections.