Brent Spence

★ U.S. Representative

Born: December 24, 1874
Died: September 18, 1967
Age at death: 92
Home state: Kentucky
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1930–1960

Career timeline

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16-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Spence1.2M

Opponents8.6M

Elections run

Between 1930 and 1960, Brent Spence ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Spence's biggest single-election total was 574,035 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Kentucky's at-large district. Spence's closest win came in the 1946 U.S. House election in Kentucky's District 5, decided by 1,204 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Kentucky's District 5, every U.S. House race in Kentucky's at-large district, or every U.S. House race in Kentucky's District 6.

How many votes has Brent Spence received?

Brent Spence has received 1,239,967 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.

Election history

Brent Spence’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	63,55555.42%	Jule Appel (head-to-head)
1958	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	34,91971.92%	Jule Appel (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	59,40255.92%	Jule Appel (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	63,64061.01%	M J See
1952	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	78,43155.43%	Wm D Cochran
1950	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	33,92063.3%	Thomas W Hardesty
1948	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	47,51866.22%	J D Smith (head-to-head)
1946	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	26,44451.16%	J Z Moore
1944	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	45,22858.01%	Davis R L Grubbs
1942	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	18,51053.47%	Lewis R Kimberly Ed Wimmer Jerome Bihl
1940	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	51,95461.17%	Charles W Cook
1938	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	28,38368.43%	Joseph A Kreke
1936	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	57,84266.71%	Ervin L Bramlage Kathrine J Madden
1934	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	24,66665.1%	J L Newhall Thobe (head-to-head) Joseph Goodenough
1932	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	574,0356.59%	Frederick Vinson John Brown Andrew May Virgil Chapman Glover Cary William Gregory Cap Carden Finley Hamilton J D Smith (head-to-head) J G Blackburn Kendrick R Lewis George P Ellison D E McClure J C Speight Hugh H Asher B T Rountree Charles W Russell J T Scopes W G Haag C E Trimble E L Nance E C Schulz Thobe (head-to-head) J M Woodward H L Harwood Joseph B Bennett Frank Reynolds George N Conway
1930	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	31,52056.94%	Judson Newhall Blaine McLaughlin Thobe (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000717) and Wikidata (Q909840). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Brent Spence: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/brent-spence-kentucky. Accessed [date].

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.