1847 Rhode Island U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 1847 Rhode Island U.S. House District 1 Election?

Robert Cranston won the 1847 Rhode Island U.S. House District 1 Election. Robert Cranston received 3,303 popular votes (50.37%). The main challenger was George H Brown (37.04%).

See the full head-to-head between Cranston and Brown

Cranston +13.3 pts · won by 874 votes
Robert CranstonwhigWINNER50.37%
3,303 votes
John Boyden Jr.free soil1.77%
116 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 10.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.