1857 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election
Who won the 1857 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election?
William Brayton won the 1857 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election. William Brayton received 3,933 popular votes (54.42%). The main challenger was Richard Jackson (44.4%).
See the full head-to-head between Brayton and Jackson
Brayton +10.0 pts · won by 724 votes
3,933 votes
3,209 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.2% 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.