James A. Hemenway

Offices

U.S. House
District 1
In office
Mar 4, 1895 to Mar 4, 1905

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
10 years, 2 days
U.S. Senate
Class 3
In office
Mar 4, 1905 to Mar 4, 1909

Party: Republican
Assumed: Elected by Legislature
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
4 years, 1 day
James A. Hemenway spent 14 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1894–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1894
47.83%
James A. Hemenway*, Republican, 20,535 votes
42.50%
Arthur H. Taylor (i), Democratic, 18,245 votes
 8.90%
James A. Boyce, People's (Populist), 3,820 votes
 0.78%
James C. Pruitt, Prohibition, 333 votes
Out of 42,933 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,290 (5.33%)
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1896–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Sunday, November 8, 1896
49.59%
James A. Hemenway (i)*, Republican, 21,807 votes
47.43%
Thomas Duncan, Democratic, 20,856 votes
 2.99%
Josephus Lee, People's (Populist), 1,313 votes
Out of 43,976 votes casts, the margin of victory was 951 (2.16%)
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1898–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1898
50.71%
James A. Hemenway (i)*, Republican, 20,383 votes
48.11%
Thomas Duncan, Democratic, 19,337 votes
 1.18%
Josephus Lee, Prohibition, 475 votes
Out of 40,195 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,046 (2.60%)
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1900–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1900
49.71%
James A. Hemenway (i)*, Republican, 22,262 votes
49.26%
Alfred Dale Owen, Democratic, 22,060 votes
 1.01%
George W. Norman, Prohibition, 454 votes
 0.02%
Matthew Hallenberger, People's (Populist), 9 votes
Out of 44,785 votes casts, the margin of victory was 202 (0.45%)
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1902–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 1902
51.99%
James A. Hemenway (i)*, Republican, 21,524 votes
43.08%
John Wesley Spencer, Democratic, 17,833 votes
 3.52%
Moses Smith, Socialist, 1,459 votes
 1.30%
George W. Norman, Prohibition, 540 votes
 0.10%
Samuel P. Aydelotte, People's (Populist), 41 votes
Out of 41,397 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,691 (8.91%)
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1904–U.S. House (District 1) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1904
51.07%
James A. Hemenway (i)*, Republican, 23,158 votes
42.78%
Albert Gallatin Holcomb, Democratic, 19,399 votes
 4.32%
Alvin L. Heim, Socialist, 1,959 votes
 1.84%
Albert C. DeForest, Prohibition, 833 votes
Out of 45,349 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,759 (8.29%)
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In the 6 races for which we have results, James A. Hemenway had a record of 6-0. That includes a record of 6-0 in 6 general elections.