William T. Schulte

Offices

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

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.