Clifton Woodrum

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 27, 1887
Died: October 6, 1950
Age at death: 63
Home state: Virginia
Party: Democratic
Years in office: 23 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1922–1944

Career timeline

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12-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Woodrum383,033

Opponents2.3M

Elections run

Between 1922 and 1944, Clifton Woodrum ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning all 12. Woodrum's biggest single-election total was 206,631 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Virginia's at-large district.

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How many votes has Clifton Woodrum received?

Clifton Woodrum has received 383,033 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.

Election history

Clifton Woodrum’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1944	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	30,84468.73%	John Strickler Lawrence S Wilkes (head-to-head)
1942	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	10,51093.44%	J W Moore
1940	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	30,04668.11%	J W McWane (head-to-head) Lawrence S Wilkes (head-to-head)
1938	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	11,50955.88%	J W McWane (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	25,32760.68%	J M Parsons
1934	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	10,73867.14%	George W Wilson W L Gibson John Moffett Robinson
1932	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	206,6318.33%	J A Garber Andrew Montague Schuyler Bland Thomas Burch Absalom Robertson Howard Smith Patrick Drewry Colgate Darden John Flannagan Menalcus Lankford J W McWane (head-to-head) Roland E Chase Winfield Scott John S Wise Henry Brown C C Berkeley R Lindsay Gordon Jr. A J Dunning Jr. Albon James Royal John M Dawson Herman R Ansell David G George Angie M Norris J F Spaulding Frank Lyon
1930	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	5,97999.65%	—
1928	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	25,09199.74%	—
1926	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	2,93699.8%	R H Angell J B Fishburn Daniel J Hoge T B Einstein Stewart Britts R O Martin
1924	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	13,91769.01%	J W McWane (head-to-head)
1922	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	9,50577.89%	J W McWane (head-to-head) James Woods

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (W000720) and Wikidata (Q265178). 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 September 25, 2026.