1929 Indianapolis mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 Indianapolis mayoral election, 1929 Indianapolis presidential no 1925 Indianapolis mayoral election 1925 1934 Indianapolis mayoral election 1934 November 5, 1929 x150px Reginald H. Sullivan Democratic Party (United States) x150px Alfred M. Glossbrenner Republican Party (United States) 200px Mayor Lemuel Ertus Slack Democratic Party (United States) Reginald H. Sullivan Democratic Party (United States) The 1929 Indianapolis mayoral election took place on November 5, 1929, and saw Democrat Reginald H. Sullivan winning in a landslide victory.Madison James H. Indiana Through Tradition and Change: A History of the Hoosier State and Its People, 1920-1945 1982 Indiana Historical Society 73 and 74 https://books.google.com/books?id=9-AlDQAAQBAJ Incumbent mayor, Democrat Lemuel Ertus Slack, had been appointed mayor in 1927 following the resignation of Republican John L. Duvall after he was convicted of corruption. Duvall had been elected mayor in 1925 with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, and the Marion County Republican Party had close Klan ties. The City Council and school board both were composed of Klan-supported members. Shortly after the election, Klan leader and Duvall ally D. C. Stephenson was convicted of the abduction, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer.Lutholtz M. William Grand Dragon: D. C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana Purdue University Press 1991 West Lafayette, Indiana 1-55753-046-7 In 1927, Duvall was found guilty of violating the corrupt practices act for promising a wealthy businessman and political leader the ability make three appointments in the city government in exchange for his support and a $14,500 campaign contribution.Catholic Helped Klansman, Charge https://books.google.com/books?id=NKlCAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22John+L.+Duvall%22&article_id=5225,311690&hl=en 20 September 2026 The Border Cities Star September 14, 1927Klan Leaders File Before Grand Jury To Give Testimony https://books.google.com/books?id=lwRXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=James+E.+Armitage&article_id=4838,1967457&hl=en 20 September 2026 The News-Sentinel September 8, 1927 By November 1927, six of the nine members of the Indianapolis City Council were under indictment for corruption.Four Indianapolis Councilmen Are Indicted https://books.google.com/books?id=JydHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%22John+L.+Duvall%22&article_id=6527,6011991&hl=en 20 September 2026 Warsaw Union November 18, 1927 Sullivan's victory was seen as a rebuke of the Ku Klux Klan and corruption in the city government. The Republican nominee was businessman Alfred M. Glossbrenner.Image 24 of [Broadsides, tickets, leaflets, sample official ballots, etc. 1929]. https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.0190320b/?sp=24 Library of Congress 5 July 2020 Sullivan spent much of the campaign in a hospital bed after being injured in an airplane crash.Hamlett Ryan Lake Reginald Sullivan https://historicindianapolis.com/lake-reginald-sullivan/ Historic Indianapolis All Things Indianapolis History 5 July 2020 10 September 2013 Sullivan received strong support from African American and Catholic voters. Coinciding mayoral elections across the state also saw Klan-supported, generally Republican, mayors voted out and replaced by new, generally Democratic, mayors. Anderson, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Muncie, and Terre Haute all replaced Klan-supported Republicans with Democratic mayors in what the New York Times hoped would be, "The dawn of a more liberal and cleaner political day in Indiana". References collapsed 1925 Indianapolis mayoral election1929 1934 1929 Category:1929 United States mayoral elections Category:1929 Indiana elections