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RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Lewis4.0M
Opponents3.0M
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Elections run
Between 1918 and 1936, J. Hamilton Lewis ran in 3 U.S. Senate elections, winning 2 and losing 1. Lewis's biggest single-election total was 2,142,887 votes, in the 1936 U.S. Senate election in Illinois.
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How many votes has J. Hamilton Lewis received?
J. Hamilton Lewis has received 4,002,046 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–1.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | U.S. SenateIllinois | Won | 2,142,88756.47% | Otis F. Glenn Newton Jenkins Arthur McDowell Adah M. Hagler Frank Schnur |
| 1930 | U.S. SenateIllinois | Won | 1,432,21664.02% | Ruth H. McCormick Lottie H. O'Neill George Koop Freeman Thompson Louis Warner Ernest Stout Frank L. Smith James J. McGrath |
| 1918 | U.S. SenateIllinois | Lost | 426,94344.92% | Medill McCormick William B. Lloyd John M. Francis Frank B. Vennum |
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