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Information on William T. Schulte
William T. Schulte
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U.S. House
District 1
In office
Mar 4, 1933 to Jan 3, 1943
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Renomination Bid
William T. Schulte spent 9 years, 10 months, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.
Elections
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1932–U.S. House (District 1)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1932
50.01%
William T. Schulte
*
, Democratic, 45,473 votes
46.82%
Oscar Alexander Ahlgren
, Republican, 42,575 votes
1.42%
Eugene Cooney
, Socialist, 1,293 votes
0.71%
Robert A. Johnson
, Communist, 642 votes
0.54%
Walter E. Harmon
, United Dry, 495 votes
0.50%
Fred B. Osborne
, National, 458 votes
Out of
90,936
votes casts, the margin of victory was
2,898
(3.19%)
1934–U.S. House (District 1)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1934
53.54%
William T. Schulte
(i)*
, Democratic, 44,983 votes
45.86%
E. Miles Norton
, Republican, 38,531 votes
0.59%
Harry O. Stevens
, Socialist, 497 votes
Out of
84,011
votes casts, the margin of victory was
6,452
(7.68%)
1936–U.S. House (District 1)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1936
66.38%
William T. Schulte
(i)*
, Democratic, 68,210 votes
33.34%
Fred F. Schultz
, Republican, 34,259 votes
0.28%
Albert Stross
, Socialist, 283 votes
Out of
102,752
votes casts, the margin of victory was
33,951
(33.04%)
1938–U.S. House (District 1)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1938
54.94%
William T. Schulte
(i)*
, Democratic, 56,630 votes
44.99%
M. Elliott Belshaw
, Republican, 46,370 votes
0.07%
Ralph Logsdon
, Socialist, 73 votes
Out of
103,073
votes casts, the margin of victory was
10,260
(9.95%)
1940–U.S. House (District 1)
WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
60.81%
William T. Schulte
(i)*
, Democratic, 71,606 votes
39.02%
M. Elliott Belshaw
, Republican, 45,947 votes
0.17%
Arthur B. Frame
, Socialist, 200 votes
Out of
117,753
votes casts, the margin of victory was
25,659
(21.79%)
In the 5 races for which we have results, William T. Schulte had a record of 5-0. That includes a record of 5-0 in 5 general elections.