George Hires

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 26, 1835
Died: February 16, 1911
Age at death: 76
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1884–1886

Career timeline

1884Rep 1886Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Hires38,092

Opponents38,816

Elections run

Between 1884 and 1886, George Hires ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Hires's biggest single-election total was 19,745 votes, in the 1884 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 1.

Browse every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 1 or all 1886 U.S. House races.

How many votes has George Hires received?

George Hires has received 38,092 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

George Hires’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1886	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	18,34749.01%	Wescott Nicholson
1884	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	19,74550.02%	Thomas Ferrell Harbison Atkinson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H000642) and Wikidata (Q1507579). 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.