Carl Mapes

★ U.S. Representative

Born: December 26, 1874
Died: December 12, 1939
Age at death: 64
Home state: Michigan
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1912–1938

Career timeline

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14-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Mapes546,137

Opponents324,332

Elections run

Between 1912 and 1938, Carl Mapes ran in 14 U.S. House elections, winning all 14. Mapes's biggest single-election total was 73,241 votes, in the 1928 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 5. Mapes's closest win came in the 1912 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 5, decided by 601 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Michigan's District 5 or all 1938 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Carl Mapes received?

Carl Mapes has received 546,137 popular votes across 14 U.S. elections, with a career record of 14–0.

Election history

Carl Mapes’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1938	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	50,47359.06%	Charles J Johnson (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	49,86048.18%	Thomas F McAllister (head-to-head) George Veldman Floyd L Yeomans Eugene Tenbrink Clyde M Ford
1934	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	39,68250.54%	Thomas F McAllister (head-to-head) Arie Vandoesburg Charles J Johnson (head-to-head) John Kosten (head-to-head)
1932	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	52,87051.31%	Edward L Briggs Winfield H Caslow Morris Armour
1930	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	31,29798.68%	Arnold Ziegler
1928	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	73,24178.77%	Roman I Jarvis (head-to-head) John Arnold Zeigler
1926	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	29,65380.16%	Roman I Jarvis (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	58,68281.3%	Peter White
1922	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	25,85371.11%	William H Taylor (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	53,37975.04%	Roman I Jarvis (head-to-head) Glenn H Pangborn William H Wenger
1918	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	22,91766.84%	Peter J Danhof (head-to-head) George W Eldredge
1916	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	24,25851.1%	Peter J Danhof (head-to-head) Olof J Hansen Amherst B Cheney (head-to-head)
1914	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	17,22358.7%	William H Taylor (head-to-head) John W Ewing Benjamin H Harris David Q Barry
1912	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	16,74935.25%	Edwin Sweet Carlos D Sheldon John Kosten (head-to-head) Amherst B Cheney (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000119) and Wikidata (Q1037538). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.