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1912 Illinois U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 1912 Illinois U.S. House District 2 Election?

James Mann won the 1912 Illinois U.S. House District 2 Election. James Mann received 21,374 popular votes (37.37%). The main challenger was John Charles Vaughan (27.67%).

See the full head-to-head between Mann and Vaughan

Mann +9.7 pts · won by 5,547 votes
James MannRepublicanWINNER37.37%
21,374 votes
John Charles VaughanDemocratic27.67%
15,827 votes
Thomas D Knightprogressive26.3%
15,042 votes
John C Florasocialist8.11%
4,637 votes
John S Leeprohibition0.56%
323 votes
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.