Edward A. Mitchell

Offices

U.S. House
District 8
In office
Jan 3, 1947 to Jan 3, 1949

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
Edward A. Mitchell spent 2 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1946–U.S. House (District 8) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
51.80%
Edward A. Mitchell*, Republican, 66,050 votes
47.28%
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton, Democratic, 60,286 votes
 0.93%
C. Dana Malpass, Prohibition, 1,185 votes
Out of 127,521 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,764 (4.52%)
1948–U.S. House (District 8) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1948
55.37%
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton*, Democratic, 89,990 votes
44.07%
Edward A. Mitchell (i), Republican, 71,634 votes
 0.56%
Raymond M. Morris, Prohibition, 910 votes
Out of 162,534 votes casts, the margin of victory was 18,356 (11.30%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, Edward A. Mitchell had a record of 1-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections.