Charles M. Dawson

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 82nd General Assembly (1940-1942)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 83rd General Assembly (1942-1944)

Offices

Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 13, 1941 to Jan 8, 1945

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Did Not Run
3 years, 11 months, 26 days
Charles M. Dawson spent 3 years, 11 months, 26 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1940–Lieutenant Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1940
50.08%
Charles M. Dawson*, Republican, 881,684 votes
49.52%
Carrie Anderson Ketchum, Democratic, 871,922 votes
 0.27%
Harry Peacock, Prohibition, 4,832 votes
 0.08%
Eugene R. Cole, Socialist, 1,496 votes
 0.04%
Louis Branson Roebuck, Socialist Labor, 644 votes
Out of 1,760,578 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,762 (0.56%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Charles M. Dawson had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.