1936 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 17 Election

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Who won the 1936 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 17 Election?

John Ditter won the 1936 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 17 Election. John Ditter received 67,850 popular votes (53.93%). The main challenger was George H Bartholomew (43.78%).

See the full head-to-head between Ditter and Bartholomew

Ditter +10.1 pts · won by 12,767 votes
67,850 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.3% 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.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.