Dewitt C Davis

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1806–1974

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Davis582,580

Opponents1.2M

Elections run

Between 1806 and 1974, Dewitt C Davis ran in 19 U.S. House elections, losing all 19. Davis's biggest single-election total was 401,042 votes, in the 1884 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has Dewitt C Davis received?

Dewitt C Davis has received 582,580 popular votes across 19 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–19.

Election history

Dewitt C Davis’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	27,11622.54%	William S. Moorhead
1934	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	48,30848.15%	Michael Stack John P Innerarity Ben Gardner Romain C Hassrick Benjamin J Spang
1932	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3820.54%	James Beck John Joseph Shanahan Andrew J Biemiller
1928	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	34,60722.68%	James Wolfenden John Moore Lillian Bernardi Judson J Brooks
1926	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1900.45%	Benjamin Golder David Louis Ullman Joel Cook Alphonse Olbrick
1922	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,73912.86%	George Graham John Murphy Frances I Macauley
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	8450.8%	Thomas Templeton John Casey Earl E Husted
1904	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	13,19145.5%	Edmund Samuel Martin P Lutz John H Harris
1898	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10%	James Hall William C Arnold George W Rheem
1884	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	401,04244.59%	Edwin Osborne Black Atwood
1882	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	15,10248.98%	Isaac Evans
1880	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	500.21%	Samuel Randall Benjamin L Berry
1878	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10,16337.44%	John Mitchell (head-to-head) L A Smith
1876	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,3174.88%	John Mitchell (head-to-head) Harry White
1870	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5,26929.73%	John Storm
1843	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5,10147.01%	Michael Jenks
1832	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4519.53%	Joel Sutherland James Gowen
1808	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10,16116.34%	Matthias Richards (head-to-head) Daniel Heister Robert Jenkins (head-to-head) Robert Whitehill William Witman (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,54512.75%	Matthias Richards (head-to-head) John Hiester Robert Jenkins (head-to-head) John Whitehill William Witman (head-to-head)

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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.