Harold Knutson

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 20, 1880
Died: August 21, 1953
Age at death: 72
Home state: Minnesota
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1916–1946

Career timeline

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16-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Knutson1.1M

Opponents8.0M

Elections run

Between 1916 and 1946, Harold Knutson ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Knutson's biggest single-election total was 313,221 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Minnesota's at-large district. Knutson's closest win came in the 1924 U.S. House election in Minnesota's District 6, decided by 5,969 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Minnesota's District 6, every U.S. House race in Minnesota's at-large district, or all 1946 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Harold Knutson received?

Harold Knutson has received 1,078,175 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.

Election history

Harold Knutson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1946	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	55,40157.38%	Anderson (head-to-head)
1944	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	76,42164.55%	E Thomas Obrien (head-to-head) Edward L Wurst
1942	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	49,29557.08%	E Thomas Obrien (head-to-head)
1940	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	84,02361.54%	E Thomas Obrien (head-to-head)
1938	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	79,90063.23%	Harry W Christenson Harold F Deering
1936	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	55,50446.08%	C A Ryan Joseph H Kowalkowski
1934	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	56,64246.22%	Johnson Frank R Weber
1932	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	313,2214.02%	Magnus Johnson Paul Kvale Henry Arens Ernest Lundeen Theodore Christianson Einar Hoidale Ray Chase Francis Shoemaker August H Andresen W I Nolan Conrad G Selvig J A A Burnquist Peterson Henry G Teigan C F Gaarenstroom William A Pittenger N J Holmberg A C Townley Robert C Bell John P Coughlin Silas M Bryan Emil E Holmes James R Bennett Donald A Chapman Hugh T Kennedy John Bowe Victor Christgau Anderson (head-to-head) M Karson Fred Lequier Melvin Maas
1930	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	44,05860.59%	Knutsen (head-to-head) Russell (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	55,66366.31%	Knutsen (head-to-head)
1926	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	39,57059.36%	Joseph B Himsel
1924	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	39,80054.05%	S C Shipstead
1922	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	37,20160.87%	Seberger Knutsen (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	47,95468.96%	Charles A Lindbergh
1918	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	22,63372.33%	Russell (head-to-head)
1916	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	20,88956.82%	Donohue Knutsen (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (K000301) and Wikidata (Q200806). 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.