George W. Rauch

Offices

U.S. House
District 11
In office
Mar 4, 1907 to Mar 4, 1917

Party: Democratic
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
10 years, 3 days
George W. Rauch spent 10 years, 3 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the federal level.

Elections

1906–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1906
50.19%
George W. Rauch*, Democratic, 22,988 votes
43.30%
Frederick Landis (i), Republican, 19,833 votes
 5.17%
Levi F. Pennington, Prohibition, 2,367 votes
 1.34%
John W. Kelly, Socialist, 616 votes
Out of 45,804 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,155 (6.89%)
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1908–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1908
48.31%
George W. Rauch (i)*, Democratic, 25,526 votes
46.01%
Charles H. Good, Republican, 24,313 votes
 4.23%
Oliver W. Outland, Prohibition, 2,237 votes
 1.44%
Edward G. Nix, Socialist, 762 votes
Out of 52,838 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,213 (2.30%)
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1910–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1910
47.71%
George W. Rauch (i)*, Democratic, 22,528 votes
45.07%
John L. Thompson, Republican, 21,282 votes
 3.94%
Charles P. Baldwin, Prohibition, 1,860 votes
 3.28%
Newell G. Marlott, Socialist, 1,551 votes
Out of 47,221 votes casts, the margin of victory was 1,246 (2.64%)
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1912–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1912
43.80%
George W. Rauch (i)*, Democratic, 21,894 votes
24.43%
John W. G. Stewart, Republican, 12,213 votes
21.67%
Edgar M. Baldwin, Progressive (Bull Moose), 10,830 votes
 5.63%
Ernest Malott, Socialist, 2,813 votes
 4.47%
Edward H. Kennedy, Prohibition, 2,232 votes
Out of 49,982 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,681 (19.37%)
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1914–U.S. House (District 11) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1914
41.72%
George W. Rauch (i)*, Democratic, 20,666 votes
34.32%
S. L. Strickler, Republican, 16,999 votes
 16.36%
Bernard Bobbs Shively, Progressive (Bull Moose), 8,106 votes
 4.29%
Ernest Malott, Socialist, 2,124 votes
 3.31%
Burt W. Ayres, Prohibition, 1,641 votes
Out of 49,536 votes casts, the margin of victory was 3,667 (7.40%)
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1916–U.S. House (District 11) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 1916
46.30%
Milton Kraus*, Republican, 25,006 votes
45.51%
George W. Rauch (i), Democratic, 24,578 votes
 4.35%
Layman H. Jackman, Progressive (Bull Moose), 2,350 votes
 3.83%
Walen J. Conarty, Prohibition, 2,071 votes
Out of 54,005 votes casts, the margin of victory was 428 (0.79%)
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1918–U.S. House (District 11) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1918
53.99%
Milton Kraus (i)*, Republican, 24,358 votes
44.00%
George W. Rauch, Democratic, 19,849 votes
 2.01%
George Lanning, Socialist, 905 votes
Out of 45,112 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,509 (9.99%)
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In the 7 races for which we have results, George W. Rauch had a record of 5-2. That includes a record of 5-2 in 7 general elections.