Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege The Lincoln funeral train arrived in a rainy Indianapolis at 7 A.M. on Sunday, April 30, 1865. The coffin was… Read More »Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege
Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board
Municipal Election of 1925 Beginning with the May primary race for mayor in the Republican Party, the city elections of 1925 were dominated by… Read More »Municipal Election of 1925
Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke… Read More »Election Riot of 1876
Municipal election of 1914 One of the city’s most notorious campaign scandals occurred in 1914. According to government prosecutors, Indianapolis Mayor Joseph Bell and… Read More »Municipal election of 1914
Municipal Election of 1967 With the support of the Republican Action Committee, Richard G. Lugar won to become mayor and Republicans took control of… Read More »Municipal Election of 1967
Municipal Election of 1975 Former congressman William H. Hudnut Iii defeated businessman Robert V. Welch to win his first of four Indianapolis mayoral elections.… Read More »Municipal Election of 1975
Municipal Election of 1991 A decision in December 1990, by Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut Iii not to seek reelection following his unsuccessful run for… Read More »Municipal Election of 1991
Municipal Election of 1995 Although incumbent Republican mayor Stephen Goldsmith easily won a second term, running against Z. Mae Jimison made the election historic.… Read More »Municipal Election of 1995
Municipal Election of 1999 Bart Peterson made history in the election of 1999 when he became the first Democrat elected mayor of Indianapolis since… Read More »Municipal Election of 1999
