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1918 Pennsylvania U.S. House At-large Election

Pennsylvania · 20 candidates · See every 1918 U.S. House race

Who won the 1918 Pennsylvania U.S. House At-large Election?

William Burke won the 1918 Pennsylvania U.S. House At-large Election. William Burke received 546,373 popular votes (16.05%). The main challenger was Mahlon Garland (15.55%).

See the full head-to-head between Burke and Garland

Burke +0.5 pts · won by 16,863 votes
William BurkeRepublicanWINNER16.05%
546,373 votes
Mahlon GarlandRepublicanWINNER15.55%
529,510 votes
Thomas CragoRepublicanWINNER15.36%
527,961 votes
Anderson WaltersRepublicanWINNER15.33%
525,615 votes
Joseph F GormanDemocratic8.13%
276,836 votes
Fred IkelerDemocratic7.61%
264,065 votes
O D BrubakerPROHIBITION0.86%
29,309 votes
Elisha Kent KanePROHIBITION0.78%
26,473 votes
Albert GaddisPROHIBITION0.74%
25,347 votes
James L McKeePROHIBITION0.7%
23,793 votes
David BixlerSOCIALIST0.68%
23,273 votes
Henry W SchlegelSOCIALIST0.64%
21,831 votes
John C EulerSOCIALIST0.63%
21,477 votes
Harry T VaughnSOCIALIST0.62%
21,143 votes
Samuel R TarnerFAIR PLAY0.15%
264,971 votes
J Calvin StrayerFAIR PLAY0.14%
268,533 votes
James H DixSINGLE TAX0.06%
2,211 votes
RyanSINGLE TAX0.06%
2,129 votes
Oliver McKnightSINGLE TAX0.06%
2,006 votes
Calvin B PowerSINGLE TAX0.05%
1,631 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 15.8% 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.