James M Holmes

U.S. House candidate
Home state
Kentucky
Party
prohibition
On the ballot
1894–1900
Career timeline
0-2
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Holmes661
Opponents71,327
2
Elections run

Between 1894 and 1900, James M Holmes ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Holmes's biggest single-election total was 458 votes, in the 1894 U.S. House election in Kentucky's District 2.

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How many votes has James M Holmes received?

James M Holmes has received 661 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

James M Holmes’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
1900U.S. HouseKentuckyLost2030.47%Henry Allen
Lynch
1894U.S. HouseKentuckyLost4581.6%John Clardy
Elijah G Sebree Jr.

Thomas Turner
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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.