Louis Ludlow

Offices

U.S. House
District 7
In office
Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Redistricting
District 12
In office
Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 3, 1943

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Office/District Ceased to Exist
District 11
In office
Jan 3, 1943 to Jan 3, 1949

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
19 years, 10 months, 6 days
Louis Ludlow spent 19 years, 10 months, 6 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1928–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1928
51.51%
Louis Ludlow*, Democratic, 94,643 votes
48.04%
Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (i), Republican, 88,263 votes
 0.45%
Edward M. Lentz, Prohibition, 828 votes
Out of 183,734 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,380 (3.47%)
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1930–U.S. House (District 7) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1930
61.60%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 87,777 votes
37.77%
Archibald M. Hall, Republican, 53,822 votes
 0.43%
William O. Fogleson, Socialist, 606 votes
 0.17%
Morris Porterfield, Communist, 237 votes
 0.04%
Bert Decker, Nationalist, 56 votes
Out of 142,498 votes casts, the margin of victory was 33,955 (23.83%)
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1932–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1932
52.14%
Louis Ludlow*, Democratic, 70,128 votes
45.53%
William Henry Harrison, Republican, 61,241 votes
 2.07%
George J. Lehnert, Socialist, 2,779 votes
 0.27%
Arthur Crane, National, 360 votes
Out of 134,508 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,887 (6.61%)
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1934–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1934
55.57%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 60,358 votes
43.40%
Delbert O. Wilmeth, Republican, 47,134 votes
 0.92%
Wilmert B. Schreiber, Socialist, 996 votes
 0.11%
Elmer Stoddard, Prohibition, 123 votes
Out of 108,611 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,224 (12.17%)
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1936–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
57.72%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 77,510 votes
40.88%
Homer Elliott, Republican, 54,885 votes
 1.12%
Aileen Klaiber, Union Labor, 1,501 votes
 0.28%
Cecil E. Allen, Socialist, 379 votes
Out of 134,275 votes casts, the margin of victory was 22,625 (16.84%)
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1938–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
53.72%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 65,368 votes
46.28%
Charles W. Jewett, Republican, 56,319 votes
Out of 121,687 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,049 (7.44%)
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1940–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
52.87%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 80,954 votes
47.13%
James A. Collins, Republican, 72,174 votes
Out of 153,128 votes casts, the margin of victory was 8,780 (5.74%)
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1942–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1942
50.25%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 79,932 votes
49.75%
Howard M. Meyer, Republican, 79,136 votes
Out of 159,068 votes casts, the margin of victory was 796 (0.50%)
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1944–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1944
51.07%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 114,051 votes
48.59%
Judson L. Stark, Republican, 108,503 votes
 0.34%
Ralph E. Webber, Prohibition, 754 votes
Out of 223,308 votes casts, the margin of victory was 5,548 (2.48%)
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1946–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1946
51.11%
Louis Ludlow (i)*, Democratic, 79,040 votes
48.33%
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Republican, 74,745 votes
 0.56%
Marion Gatlin, Prohibition, 868 votes
Out of 154,653 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,295 (2.78%)
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In the 10 races for which we have results, Louis Ludlow had a record of 10-0. That includes a record of 10-0 in 10 general elections.