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Information on Forest A. Harness
Forest A. Harness
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U.S. House
District 5
In office
Jan 3, 1939 to Jan 3, 1949
Party:
Republican
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Reelection Bid
Forest A. Harness spent 10 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.
Elections
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1938–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
54.66%
Forest A. Harness
*
, Republican, 73,102 votes
45.34%
Glenn Griswold
(i)
, Democratic, 60,643 votes
Out of
133,745
votes casts, the margin of victory was
12,459
(9.32%)
1940–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
54.69%
Forest A. Harness
(i)*
, Republican, 78,691 votes
45.31%
George W. Wolf
, Democratic, 65,200 votes
Out of
143,891
votes casts, the margin of victory was
13,491
(9.38%)
1942–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
55.70%
Forest A. Harness
(i)*
, Republican, 80,464 votes
44.30%
Edward Cormacan Hays
, Democratic, 63,989 votes
Out of
144,453
votes casts, the margin of victory was
16,475
(11.40%)
1944–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
53.06%
Forest A. Harness
(i)*
, Republican, 94,274 votes
45.14%
Bennett Hill Rockey
, Democratic, 80,208 votes
1.80%
Jasper A. Huffman
, Prohibition, 3,206 votes
Out of
177,688
votes casts, the margin of victory was
14,066
(7.92%)
1946–U.S. House (District 5)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
55.03%
Forest A. Harness
(i)*
, Republican, 79,752 votes
42.34%
William W. Welsh
, Democratic, 61,364 votes
2.63%
A. W. Snyder
, Prohibition, 3,810 votes
Out of
144,926
votes casts, the margin of victory was
18,388
(12.69%)
1948–U.S. House (District 5)
LOST
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%)
In the 6 races for which we have results, Forest A. Harness had a record of 5-1. That includes a record of 5-1 in 6 general elections.