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1914 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 1914 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election?

Walter Stiness won the 1914 Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 Election. Walter Stiness received 13,072 popular votes (49.04%). The main challenger was Peter Gerry (45.38%).

See the full head-to-head between Stiness and Gerry

Stiness +3.7 pts · won by 975 votes
Walter StinessRepublicanWINNER49.04%
13,072 votes
Peter GerryDemocratic45.38%
12,097 votes
Schmidtsocialist2.58%
689 votes
Ballprogressive2.27%
604 votes
Mattesonprohibition0.72%
193 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.