Jacob D. Leighty

Offices

Indiana House
DeKalb County
In office
Nov 3, 1886 to Nov 7, 1888

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
U.S. House
District 12
In office
Mar 4, 1895 to Mar 4, 1897

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Lost Reelection Bid
Jacob D. Leighty spent 4 years, 6 days in office in Indiana, including 2 years, 1 day at the federal level and 2 years, 5 days at the state level.

Elections

1894–U.S. House (District 12) WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1894
49.87%
Jacob D. Leighty*, Republican, 19,658 votes
43.49%
William F. McNagny (i), Democratic, 17,145 votes
 5.57%
Freeman Kelly, People's (Populist), 2,195 votes
 1.07%
James E. Graham, Prohibition, 423 votes
Out of 39,421 votes casts, the margin of victory was 2,513 (6.38%)
1896–U.S. House (District 12) LOST
General Election–Sunday, November 8, 1896
50.62%
James M. Robinson*, Democratic, 22,752 votes
49.38%
Jacob D. Leighty (i), Republican, 22,196 votes
Out of 44,948 votes casts, the margin of victory was 556 (1.24%)
In the 2 races for which we have results, Jacob D. Leighty had a record of 1-1. That includes a record of 1-1 in 2 general elections.