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1946 New York U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 1946 New York U.S. House District 5 Election?

Robert Ross won the 1946 New York U.S. House District 5 Election. Robert Ross received 66,754 popular votes (53.04%). The main challenger was Isidor Phillips (38.35%).

See the full head-to-head between Ross and Phillips

Ross +14.7 pts · won by 7,662 votes
Robert RossRepublicanWINNER53.04%
66,754 votes
Isidor PhillipsDemocratic38.35%
59,092 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 8.6% 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.