J M Clark

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1848–1974

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Clark525,864

Opponents6.6M

Elections run

Between 1848 and 1974, J M Clark ran in 16 U.S. House elections, losing all 16. Clark's biggest single-election total was 272,829 votes, in the 1914 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has J M Clark received?

J M Clark has received 525,864 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–16.

Election history

J M Clark’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	64,04946.17%	Gary A. Myers
1952	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	76,21449.56%	Louis Graham
1944	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	36,47642.18%	David Brumbaugh
1940	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	31,67540.21%	Albert Rutherford Fred P Millington
1934	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6720.83%	Matthew Dunn James Campbell John W Slayton (head-to-head) Thomas H Murray
1930	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10,04528.16%	Jacob Kurtz Riley W Daniels
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	11,85736.35%	John Rose R G Seaman
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6051.8%	John Farr John Burschel Lee B Woodcock
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	272,8296.63%	Thomas Crago John Scott Mahlon Garland Daniel Lafean Robert S Bright Martin Jennings Caton Charles N Crosby William C Mitchell Arthur Rupley Anderson Walters J Watson (head-to-head) Warren L Hayden W S Greely King D O Coughlin Charles Sehl William Hart Patton L A Smith B R Pike Joseph B Holtz Howard S Welker Albert W Binz Hiram H Fisher (head-to-head) John Lipsett Charles W Erwin Charles Durner H G Meinel
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10%	Galusha Grow Robert Foerderer Grim Lewis Edwards William W Hague Ezra Grumbine John W Slayton (head-to-head) Edward Kuppinger John R Root Donald L Monro Robert Bringham George Main Benjamin A Bubbett William H Thomas A B Spencer Patterson W S Hale J Watson (head-to-head) A J Doud Burns Foster 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 (head-to-head)
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	9261.88%	Alvin Evans James M Walters Walter Rowley
1886	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,0503.15%	Edward Scull Tate Suckling
1886	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5971.9%	Louis Atkinson J Howard Jacobs
1880	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10,98639.93%	William Shallenberger H M Close
1862	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7,70344.73%	Henry Tracy
1848	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1791.38%	Robert Reed James H Hopkins

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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.