George W. Gillie

Offices

U.S. House
District 4
In office
Jan 3, 1939 to Jan 3, 1949

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

Elections

1938–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
58.12%
George W. Gillie*, Republican, 72,567 votes
41.88%
James I. Farley (i), Democratic, 52,293 votes
Out of 124,860 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,274 (16.24%)
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1940–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
57.98%
George W. Gillie (i)*, Republican, 80,259 votes
42.02%
Frank E. Corbett, Democratic, 58,157 votes
Out of 138,416 votes casts, the margin of victory was 22,102 (15.96%)
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1942–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
60.99%
George W. Gillie (i)*, Republican, 61,032 votes
39.01%
Samuel C. Cleland, Democratic, 39,032 votes
Out of 100,064 votes casts, the margin of victory was 22,000 (21.98%)
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1944–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
59.92%
George W. Gillie (i)*, Republican, 81,110 votes
39.62%
Robert W. Bushee, Democratic, 53,636 votes
 0.46%
J. M. Dawson, Prohibition, 623 votes
Out of 135,369 votes casts, the margin of victory was 27,474 (20.30%)
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1946–U.S. House (District 4) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
59.39%
George W. Gillie (i)*, Republican, 59,790 votes
39.50%
Walter E. Frederick, Democratic, 39,766 votes
 1.10%
George W. Holston, Prohibition, 1,111 votes
Out of 100,667 votes casts, the margin of victory was 20,024 (19.89%)
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1948–U.S. House (District 4) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1948
50.82%
Edward H. Kruse, Jr.*, Democratic, 66,689 votes
48.31%
George W. Gillie (i), Republican, 63,403 votes
 0.87%
Lewis Black, Prohibition, 1,139 votes
Out of 131,231 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,286 (2.51%)
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In the 6 races for which we have results, George W. Gillie had a record of 5-1. That includes a record of 5-1 in 6 general elections.