Henry Smith

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Wisconsin
Party: prohibition
On the ballot: 1848–1974

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith233,045

Opponents597,166

Elections run

Between 1848 and 1974, Henry Smith ran in 18 U.S. House elections, losing all 18. Smith's biggest single-election total was 61,615 votes, in the 1958 U.S. House election in Wisconsin's District 1.

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How many votes has Henry Smith received?

Henry Smith has received 233,045 popular votes across 18 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–18.

Election history

Henry Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	34,28829.51%	Les Aspin
1966	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	50,85041.97%	Robert W. Kastenmeier
1958	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	61,61549.42%	Gerald Flynn
1912	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	5051.47%	Michael K Reily James H Davidson Martin Georgeson
1910	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	2340.86%	John Nelson Albert C Schmedeman Francis S Cook
1902	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	10,97133.58%	William Stafford Henry C Berger W D Cox Chas Minkley
1898	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	8562.55%	Herman Dahle Jones Adam Fawcett W Bushnell
1894	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	7,09219.15%	Theobald Otjen David S Rose
1888	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	30.01%	Lucien Caswell Joseph B Doe Jr. Stephen Faville
1886	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	10%	William Price James Bracklin Gilbert Foss John Karel G W Lewis J Rusk Wm McDiarmid P M Wilson McDonald J S Tripp L Merrill Henry Kane F T Vasay C C Pope S Vanhorn
1884	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	1,2963.79%	Isaac W Vanschaick Peter Deuster C E Reed A Hobart
1884	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	15,19746.19%	Richard Guenther J J Sutton W E Hanson A H F Krueger Belva Lockwood J Bowman
1884	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	4571.04%	Isaac Stephenson Meehan William Young Thomas Lynch E L Brown J H Knight
1878	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	10,28538.33%	Edward Bragg D Giddings
1876	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	11,95240.37%	William Lynde
1872	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	11,78446.78%	Gerry Hazelton
1864	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	9,96939.69%	Ithamar Sloan
1848	U.S. HouseWisconsin	Lost	5,69040.98%	Orsamus Cole Crabb

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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.