Edward Black

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 30, 1806
Died: September 1, 1846
Age at death: 39
Home state: Georgia
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1838–1842

Career timeline

1838Rep 1840Rep 1842Rep

2-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Black102,765

Opponents1.7M

Elections run

Between 1838 and 1842, Edward Black ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 1. Black's biggest single-election total was 35,783 votes, in the 1840 U.S. House election in Georgia's at-large district.

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How many votes has Edward Black received?

Edward Black has received 102,765 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–1.

Election history

Edward Black’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1842	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	35,1816.45%	Mark Cooper (head-to-head) John Lamar Howell Cobb William Stiles Hugh Haralson John Lumpkin John Millen Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Roger Gamble (head-to-head) Wright Richard H Wilde Absalom Chappell Augustus H Kenan Thomas King (head-to-head) Henry P Smead
1840	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Lost	35,7835.32%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Eugenius Nisbet Thomas Foster Lott Warren (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Roger Gamble (head-to-head) Thomas King (head-to-head) James Meriwether Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Lumpkin Campbell (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Josiah S Patterson (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head)
1838	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	31,8015.59%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Thomas King (head-to-head) Lott Warren (head-to-head) Nesbit Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Campbell (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head) Josiah S Patterson (head-to-head) John Graves Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Burney McWhorter Nelson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B000494) and Wikidata (Q1292757). 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.