Benjamin T Jones

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Virginia
Party: unknown
On the ballot: 1799–1924

Career timeline

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0-12

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Jones14,244

Opponents162,046

Elections run

Between 1799 and 1924, Benjamin T Jones ran in 12 U.S. House elections, losing all 12. Jones's biggest single-election total was 12,066 votes, in the 1892 U.S. House election in Virginia's District 5.

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How many votes has Benjamin T Jones received?

Benjamin T Jones has received 14,244 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–12.

Election history

Benjamin T Jones’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1924	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	60.03%	Andrew Montague
1922	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	2172.1%	Schuyler Bland John S Wise
1902	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1171.84%	Robert Southall R T Vaughan Francis Lassiter Robert Hennessay Booker Ellis (head-to-head) J Henry Rives A W Willson
1898	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1941.29%	Sydney Epes (head-to-head) R T Thorp Booker Ellis (head-to-head) J H Beran T R Chambligo B W Wyche R T Shorp
1896	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	10%	Sydney Epes (head-to-head) Robert Thorp Alexander Hamilton * C Venable R M Sully F D Thailman R Gill V C Moutville R A Efes J M Burke J B Mitchell Charles Bland Custer R Phalop G A Minetree J S Mason James J McDonald * Arvin Henry C Wood E A Peebles Daniel F Bailey
1892	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	12,06646.09%	Claude Swanson
1878	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	10%	Joseph Jorgensen William E Hinton J McD Alexander W H Mann Bruce Grief T Crable William A Anderson
1874	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	10%	Beverly Douglas James B Sinen Peter Couse
1870	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	370.14%	James Platt Bolling
1847	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	86643.89%	Thomas Bayly
1835	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1546.8%	James Beale
1799	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	58448.63%	Henry Lee

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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.