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Information on John Samuel Gonas
John Samuel Gonas
Offices
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Indiana House
St. Joseph
County
In office
Nov 4, 1936 to Nov 9, 1938
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Indiana Senate
Marshall
,
St. Joseph
Counties
In office
Nov 6, 1940 to Nov 3, 1948
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
John Samuel Gonas spent 10 years, 4 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
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1946–U.S. House (District 3)
LOST
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%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, John Samuel Gonas had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.