Robert A. Grant

Offices

U.S. House
District 3
In office
Jan 3, 1939 to Jan 3, 1949

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
10 years, 3 days
Robert A. Grant spent 10 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1938–U.S. House (District 3) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
51.02%
Robert A. Grant*, Republican, 61,836 votes
48.98%
George N. Beamer, Democratic, 59,359 votes
Out of 121,195 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,477 (2.04%)
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1940–U.S. House (District 3) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
51.29%
Robert A. Grant (i)*, Republican, 73,914 votes
48.71%
George Washington Sands, Democratic, 70,208 votes
Out of 144,122 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,706 (2.58%)
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1942–U.S. House (District 3) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
55.17%
Robert A. Grant (i)*, Republican, 66,434 votes
44.83%
Lewis J. Murphy, Democratic, 53,992 votes
Out of 120,426 votes casts, the margin of victory was 12,442 (10.34%)
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1944–U.S. House (District 3) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
51.75%
Robert A. Grant (i)*, Republican, 85,362 votes
47.66%
Marshall Force Kizer, Democratic, 78,621 votes
 0.59%
Granville B. Leek, Prohibition, 975 votes
Out of 164,958 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,741 (4.09%)
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1946–U.S. House (District 3) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
55.60%
Robert A. Grant (i)*, Republican, 73,239 votes
43.59%
John Samuel Gonas, Democratic, 57,425 votes
 0.81%
William Oesch, Prohibition, 1,064 votes
Out of 131,728 votes casts, the margin of victory was 15,814 (12.01%)
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1948–U.S. House (District 3) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1948
51.93%
Thurman Charles Crook*, Democratic, 86,382 votes
47.45%
Robert A. Grant (i), Republican, 78,935 votes
 0.63%
Bristol Oesch, Prohibition, 1,042 votes
Out of 166,359 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,447 (4.48%)
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In the 6 races for which we have results, Robert A. Grant had a record of 5-1. That includes a record of 5-1 in 6 general elections.