J D Smith

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Kentucky
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1822–1948

Career timeline

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1-14

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith520,803

Opponents8.6M

Elections run

Between 1822 and 1948, J D Smith ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 14. Smith's biggest single-election total was 391,878 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Kentucky's at-large district.

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How many votes has J D Smith received?

J D Smith has received 520,803 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–14.

Election history

J D Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	24,24033.78%	Brent Spence (head-to-head)
1938	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	24,33746.81%	Andrew May (head-to-head)
1936	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	39,88735.99%	Glover H Cary
1932	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	391,8784.5%	Frederick Vinson John Brown Brent Spence (head-to-head) Andrew May (head-to-head) Virgil Chapman Glover Cary William Gregory Cap Carden Finley Hamilton J G Blackburn Kendrick R Lewis George P Ellison D E McClure J C Speight Hugh H Asher B T Rountree Charles W Russell J T Scopes W G Haag C E Trimble E L Nance E C Schulz Thobe J M Woodward H L Harwood Joseph B Bennett Frank Reynolds George N Conway
1912	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	11,76029.46%	Caleb Powers H H Seavey M O Jackson
1908	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	1770.44%	Robert Thomas Addison James Greer
1906	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	2,11814.13%	Ollie James
1900	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	15,28130.75%	Vincent Boreing W H Clark J T Montgomery
1892	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	4381.52%	William Stone W J Deboe Thomas J Key J D White (head-to-head) Hendricks
1874	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	3,86432.06%	John Brown E R Weir W W McKenzie John Fielding W J Davie
1867	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	2,81621.84%	John Y Brown B C Ritter
1861	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	1521.82%	George W Dunlop
1841	U.S. HouseKentucky	Won	—	—
1833	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	1,05017.73%	James Love J D White (head-to-head) William H Caperton
1822	U.S. HouseKentucky	Lost	2,80547.77%	Robert Letcher

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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.