G A Brown

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Michigan
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1872–1964

Career timeline

1872Rep 1894Rep 1914Rep 1920Rep 1924Rep 1942Rep

1948Rep 1952Rep 1952Rep 1956Rep 1958Rep 1960Rep

1964Rep

0-13

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Brown433,531

Opponents745,538

Elections run

Between 1872 and 1964, G A Brown ran in 13 U.S. House elections, losing all 13. Brown's biggest single-election total was 103,390 votes, in the 1948 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 17.

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How many votes has G A Brown received?

G A Brown has received 433,531 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–13.

Election history

G A Brown’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	69,93145.26%	James Harvey
1960	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	44,65045.1%	Victor Knox (head-to-head) Calvin J Thorpe
1958	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	37,99547.62%	Victor Knox (head-to-head) Lawrence A Ruble
1956	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	41,60043.92%	Victor Knox (head-to-head)
1952	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	57,66637.59%	Paul Shafer (head-to-head) Clarence O Button
1952	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	37,70140.72%	Victor Knox (head-to-head)
1948	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	103,39046.83%	George Dondero O Lon Chaney Paul Oldenburg Jr.
1942	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	1,0721.72%	Paul Shafer (head-to-head) Harold E Steinbacher
1924	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	15,22226.75%	Frank Scott
1920	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	20,76627.59%	Joseph Fordney Morris McNally Coleman C Vaughn
1914	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	3,3429.88%	Louis Cramton John F Murphy Jesse M Miller Alfred Pagett Winent H D Fox
1894	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	10%	William Smith Gideon L Rutherford Josiah Tibbitts Myron H Walker
1872	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	1950.9%	Moses Field Bagg

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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.