Amor Smith

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Ohio
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1816–1964

0-29

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith640,156

Opponents1.3M

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1964, Amor Smith ran in 29 U.S. House elections, losing all 29. Smith's biggest single-election total was 82,503 votes, in the 1944 U.S. House election in Ohio's District 12.

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How many votes has Amor Smith received?

Amor Smith has received 640,156 popular votes across 29 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–29.

Election history

Amor Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	57,22339.95%	William H. Harsha (head-to-head)
1964	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	12,4169.89%	Charles A. Vanik
1960	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	65,04544.81%	William H. Harsha (head-to-head)
1960	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	47,36648.78%	Tom Moorehead
1958	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	36,06242.74%	John Henderson (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	35,95439.48%	John Henderson (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	68,20445.38%	William Ayres
1946	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	33,01345.22%	Edward McCowen
1944	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	82,50345.74%	John Vorys
1942	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	23,38430.91%	Clarence Brown
1938	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	42,84749.54%	James Polk (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	45,73345.44%	James Polk (head-to-head)
1930	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	33,90648.74%	Grant Mouser
1912	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	3,5198.05%	Horatio Claypool Albert Douglas
1910	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	8552.17%	James Post J Warren Keifer Daniel Hill Harry D Thomas
1904	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	1,8613.22%	James Kennedy William J Foley Chas Jenkins
1898	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	2330.55%	John Lentz Edward N Huggins Tom L Johnson
1892	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	8932.02%	Darius Hare Lewis W Hull Marcus B Chase
1890	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	6841.79%	Fernando Layton L K Stroup Henry Price
1890	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	15,56942.22%	R Rathburn Robert Doan
1884	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	2420.55%	David Paige (head-to-head) Thomas Rhodes William McKinley
1882	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	14,16646.95%	Isaac Jordan
1882	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	1,0003.49%	Joseph Keifer J H Young A S Piatt
1882	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	1,0904.34%	Ezra Taylor David L Rockwell Reuben T Harmon
1882	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	1310.45%	David Paige (head-to-head) Addison S McClure Jay Odell
1878	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	2,2317.37%	Jonathan Updegraff Daniel T Lawson William M Grimes
1856	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	6,46242.82%	Cydnor Tompkins George W Haynes
1854	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	6,90741.3%	Valentine Horton
1816	U.S. HouseOhio	Lost	6579.43%	Philemon Beecher John L Vance John G Cooper Foos Ludlow Lowry Slaughter Griswold James Kilbourn

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.