Brown

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Illinois
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1882–1952

Career timeline

1882Rep 1888Rep 1928Rep 1930Rep 1934Rep 1936Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Brown1.5M

Opponents9.0M

Elections run

Between 1882 and 1952, Brown ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Brown's biggest single-election total was 1,171,520 votes, in the 1928 U.S. House election in Illinois's at-large district.

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How many votes has Brown received?

Brown has received 1,513,158 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Brown’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1952	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	34,57126.5%	William Dawson
1948	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	59,39746%	Robert Chiperfield
1944	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	56,24744.22%	Rolla McMillen
1938	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	60,51847.55%	Edwin Schaefer (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	66,96040.94%	Edwin Schaefer (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	48,28543.72%	Edwin Schaefer (head-to-head)
1930	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	8840.02%	William Dieterich Richard Yates (head-to-head) Walter Nesbit Perry H Smith Jr. (head-to-head) Emil Z Levitin Morris A Gold William S Feinberg John W McLain Charles A Reinhart
1928	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	1,171,52020.55%	Ruth McCormick Richard Yates (head-to-head) James M Joplin M E Kirkpatrick John E Mahoney Elizabeth G Doty Frank Gushes James S Orourke Joel T Buckley
1888	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	14,77541.73%	Edward Lane Jasper L Douthit Robert R Wallace Adlai E Stevenson William Waggoner Rob Patten Charles Kerr Perry H Smith Jr. (head-to-head) Frank Walsh Edgar L D Douthis W G Cochran
1882	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	10%	Robert Hitt James S Ticknor George Curtis W H * B F Sheets Edward B Summer Larmon G Johnson William C Sogater Duncan Stewart

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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.