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1956-11-06 U.S. House Election Results for Indiana (District 05)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County John Beamer*
(R)		 William Whitehead
(D)		 Ralph Stallsmith
(Prohibition)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 113,52656.4% 86,79743.1% 9120.5% 00.0% 26,729 201,235
Total R vote: 113,526 (56.4%)      Total D vote: 86,797 (43.1%)      Total Other vote: 912 (0.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   William Whitehead 11,620 34.8%
2   Edward Roush 7,485 22.4%
3   Paul Hillsamer 6,465 19.3%
4   W.C. Smith 4,527 13.5%
5   Willis Himelick 3,333 10.0%
TOTAL VOTES 33,430