Brown

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1796–1948

Career timeline

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2-16

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Brown191,910

Opponents737,613

Elections run

Between 1796 and 1948, Brown ran in 18 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 16. Brown's biggest single-election total was 52,925 votes, in the 1936 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 26. Brown's closest win came in the 1914 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 24, decided by 3,923 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 33, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 26, or every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 30.

How many votes has Brown received?

Brown has received 191,910 popular votes across 18 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–16.

Election history

Brown’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	33,10730.76%	Frank Buchanan (head-to-head)
1946	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	37,55542.1%	Frank Buchanan (head-to-head)
1940	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1600.12%	Joseph McArdle Edward M Marsh
1936	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	52,92541.53%	Charles Eckert
1926	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1520.32%	Everett Kent (head-to-head) William Coyle (head-to-head) Benjamin E Bender (head-to-head) Ralph Simmons
1924	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7871.29%	William Coyle (head-to-head) Everett Kent (head-to-head) Benjamin E Bender (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	15,94222.81%	Thomas Butler Walter N Lodge
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7801.72%	William Kirkpatrick George W Geiser Jr.
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	8093.61%	Evan Jones William E Tobias
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	14,69440.99%	Henry Temple Samuel A Barnum H R Norman J T Pender
1910	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	8,86733.38%	Alexander Palmer Evans Arthur E Meaker
1908	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,01811.82%	Nelson Wheeler Till Reiss
1902	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,2332.69%	Marcus Kline William H Sowden
1888	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,8105.46%	Myron Wright Ham
1868	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	14,35545.92%	Glenni Scofield
1834	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,71827.18%	David Wagener
1802	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	2,13612.14%	Joseph Clay Jacob Richards Michael Leib George Latimer Jonas Preston Lewis G Gordon
1796	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	86234.41%	L A Smith David Bard

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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.