Samuel E. Cook

Offices

U.S. House
District 11
In office
Mar 4, 1923 to Mar 4, 1925

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
2 years, 1 day
Samuel E. Cook spent 2 years, 1 day in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1920–U.S. House (District 11) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1920
54.73%
Milton Kraus (i)*, Republican, 51,106 votes
42.93%
Samuel E. Cook, Democratic, 40,088 votes
 2.34%
Michael M. Confer, Socialist, 2,188 votes
Out of 93,382 votes casts, the margin of victory was 11,018 (11.80%)
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1922–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1922
52.75%
Samuel E. Cook*, Democratic, 45,389 votes
45.66%
Milton Kraus (i), Republican, 39,285 votes
 1.59%
Harry K. Otis, Socialist, 1,372 votes
Out of 86,046 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,104 (7.09%)
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1924–U.S. House (District 11) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1924
54.03%
Albert R. Hall*, Republican, 47,978 votes
45.04%
Samuel E. Cook (i), Democratic, 39,998 votes
 0.93%
Charles B. Scott, Socialist, 822 votes
Out of 88,798 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,980 (8.99%)
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1926–U.S. House (District 11) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 1926
54.24%
Albert R. Hall (i)*, Republican, 42,519 votes
45.76%
Samuel E. Cook, Democratic, 35,870 votes
Out of 78,389 votes casts, the margin of victory was 6,649 (8.48%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Samuel E. Cook had a record of 1-3. That includes a record of 1-3 in 4 general elections.