Clement Dickinson

★ U.S. Representative

Born: December 6, 1849
Died: January 14, 1938
Age at death: 88
Home state: Missouri
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1910–1932

Career timeline

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10-2

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dickinson1.2M

Opponents20.0M

Elections run

Between 1910 and 1932, Clement Dickinson ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning 10 and losing 2. Dickinson's biggest single-election total was 981,847 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Missouri's at-large district. Dickinson's closest win came in the 1918 U.S. House election in Missouri's District 6, decided by 1,710 votes.

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How many votes has Clement Dickinson received?

Clement Dickinson has received 1,225,034 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 10–2.

Election history

Clement Dickinson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1932	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	981,8474.73%	John Cochran James Claiborne Joseph Shannon Clyde Williams Clarence Cannon Frank Lee James Ruffin Ralph Lozier Jacob Milligan Reuben Wood Milton Romjue Richard Duncan Dyer Henry F Niedringhaus James Stewart John M Hadley Carl Otto Miller Phil A Bennett Clark Manlove Rowland L Johnston David Hopkins Palmer Davis Phillips Morrison Langley Becker Elliff Anderson Henschel Davidson Turner Hill Harrison (head-to-head) Shumaker Thayer Benz
1930	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	24,71354.89%	Harrison (head-to-head) Thomas Halsey (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseMissouri	Lost	26,83846.76%	Thomas Halsey (head-to-head)
1926	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	24,16155.23%	Millard E Lane R Shoemaker V (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	28,91153.81%	Sidney C Roach
1922	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	27,03853.31%	William Atkeson (head-to-head) R Shoemaker V (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseMissouri	Lost	26,99547.29%	William Atkeson (head-to-head) Oscar S Myers
1918	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	14,89852.71%	Atkeson Schneider Ward (head-to-head)
1916	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	18,86954.19%	Crawford
1914	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	15,40256.35%	Young Theilmann (head-to-head) Harrison (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	17,85852.23%	Dunaway Theilmann (head-to-head) Faris
1910	U.S. HouseMissouri	Won	17,50453.23%	Devol Ward (head-to-head) Godwin

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000316) and Wikidata (Q1100238). 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.