Galusha Grow

★ U.S. Representative

Born: August 31, 1823
Died: March 31, 1907
Age at death: 83
Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1850–1900

Career timeline

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9-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Grow2.6M

Opponents5.8M

Elections run

Between 1850 and 1900, Galusha Grow ran in 9 U.S. House elections, winning all 9. Grow's biggest single-election total was 711,346 votes, in the 1896 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district. Grow's closest win came in the 1850 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 12, decided by 1,150 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's at-large district, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 14, or every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 12.

How many votes has Galusha Grow received?

Galusha Grow has received 2,553,664 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 9–0.

Election history

Galusha Grow’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	683,94130.47%	Robert Foerderer Grim Lewis Edwards William W Hague Ezra Grumbine John W Slayton Edward Kuppinger John R Root (head-to-head) Donald L Monro Robert Bringham George Main Benjamin A Bubbett William H Thomas A B Spencer Patterson W S Hale J Watson A J Doud Burns Foster J M Clark O F Ayer Whitman Dambley Benjamin G Welsh R H Hinckley John Henry Mahlon Meyers R O Molineaux J E Frost W W Burk Judson J Brooks William Bloom B A Aldrich Hiram H Fisher
1898	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	532,8990%	Samuel Davenport (head-to-head) Jerry N Weiler Franklin P Iams George H Garber Pennock E Sharpless John R Root (head-to-head) Donald L Munro Thomas Johnston Chas Percival Shaw J Acker Guss T P Hershberger George T Miller John A Wells Willis Weeks Galusha A Crow W B Bricker Silas C Swallow Garret Moulder
1896	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	711,34630.71%	Samuel Davenport (head-to-head) J T Ailman Dewitt C Dewitt Abraham A Barker Alcorn John P Correll Allwin J Walker Benjamin C Potts Emil Guwang Fred W Long J Simmons Kent Isaac G Pollard William J Brennan William J Breene James Hall James A Stahle C W Langley James A Noll George Huff (head-to-head) Sam Bowen
1894	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	571,1240%	George Huff (head-to-head) Henry Meyer Collins Elisha Kent Kane Lewis G Jordan Victor A Lotier B F Greenman Ernest Kreft Gottfried Metzler Lewis G Gordon G T Lichtie Wm A Marr Russell S Thurston Richards E A Westerman William Irvine
1860	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	14,92271.38%	Andrew Sherwood
1858	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	11,16576.87%	Parkhurst
1856	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	13,32571.31%	Sherwd
1852	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	8,06294.22%	Horton
1850	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	6,88054.56%	Nat Adams

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (G000507) and Wikidata (Q1492758). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Galusha Grow: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/galusha-grow. Accessed [date].

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.