1925 Indianapolis mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 Indianapolis mayoral election, 1925 Indianapolis presidential no 1921 Indianapolis mayoral election 1921 1929 Indianapolis mayoral election 1929 November 3, 1925 John L. Duvall (1) (a).jpg John L. Duvall Republican Party (United States) 55% 3x4.svg Walter Myers Democratic Party (United States) 45% 63.9% 200px Mayor Samuel L. Shank Republican Party (United States) John L. Duvall Republican Party (United States) The 1925 Indianapolis mayoral election was held on November 3, 1925, and saw the election of Republican Marion County treasurer John L. Duvall, who defeated Democratic former Indianapolis city attorney Walter Myers.David J. Bodenhamer Robert G. Barrows The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Indiana University Press 1994 0-253-31222-1 557 https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8CStone Andrew E. Wicked Indianapolis https://books.google.com/books?id=Vu9-CQAAQBAJ Arcadia Publishing 85 28 June 2011 The 1925 municipal elections were notable for the presence of the Ku Klux Klan. John L. Duvall backed by the Indiana Klan. However, contemporarily, the election was considered to one of the most tame municipal elections in then-recent memory. Nominations Walter Myers defeated A.G. Emhardt for the Democratic nomination. Duvall beat anti-Klan candidate Ralph Lemcke by a plurality of 5,779 votes in a three-way contest with Delbert O. Wilmeth, who finished a distant third.John L. Duval Nominated By 6,500 Plurality https://books.google.com/books?id=2khfAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%22John+L.+Duvall%22&article_id=1462,301499&hl=en 20 September 2026 Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian May 6, 1925 Results Duvall won roughly 52,000 votes to Myers' roughly 43,000 votes. Duvall carried every ward except the city's 12th and 13th wards. Despite his being a Klansman, Duvall's victory was, in part, due to his carrying the predominantly African American 5th and 6th wards. Duvall, despite winning, underperformed in many wards compared to down-ticket Republicans. Voter turnout was considered to be low, with only 95,872 out of an estimated 150,000 registered voters participating in the municipal election. In the coinciding city council elections, which were voted at-large, six out of nine city council members elected were also pro-Klan Republicans. Additionally, the Klan-backed "United Protestant" slate won in the city's coinciding school board elections. References 1921 Indianapolis mayoral election1925 1929 collapsed 1925 Category:1925 United States mayoral elections Category:1925 Indiana elections