1878 Massachusetts U.S. House District 5 Election
Who won the 1878 Massachusetts U.S. House District 5 Election?
Selwyn Bowman won the 1878 Massachusetts U.S. House District 5 Election. Selwyn Bowman received 15,308 popular votes (58.21%). The main challenger was David T Clark (40.51%).
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Bowman +17.7 pts · won by 4,390 votes
15,308 votes
10,918 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% 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.