Jim Smith

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Iowa
Party: unknown
On the ballot: 1870–1966

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith63,646

Opponents670,114

Elections run

Between 1870 and 1966, Jim Smith ran in 15 U.S. House elections, losing all 15. Smith's biggest single-election total was 16,541 votes, in the 1884 U.S. House election in Iowa's District 5.

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How many votes has Jim Smith received?

Jim Smith has received 63,646 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–15.

Election history

Jim Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1966	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	4140.32%	Wiley Mayne Stanley L Greigg
1964	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	5590.34%	Stanley Greigg Howard N Sokol
1922	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	15,82532.01%	Cyrenus Cole
1914	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	1,2513.41%	Horace Towner H E Valentine S D Mercer William Orr
1910	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	4951.34%	Elbert Hubbard F E White
1908	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	4051.07%	Gilbert Haugen M E Geiser C J Thorgrimson
1906	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	8112.31%	Robert Cousins (head-to-head) Robert C Stinton Cain L Crowell
1906	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	11,46434.61%	John Hull Joseph P Gill John W Johns
1902	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	9932.88%	Robert Cousins (head-to-head) Anthony P Daly A F Palmer
1884	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	16,54149.74%	Benjamin Frederick Enoch Lewis James Wilson
1884	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	10%	William Hepburn S R Davis E L Burton
1882	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	20%	Isaac Struble J Allison J R Sovereign Josial Doane A Oliver N Wilcox
1880	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	10%	Marsena Cutts John Cook T O Walker C Cooper
1874	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	10.01%	Henry Pratt John Bowman Fred Neidert William Morehouse Guy Farnsworth Peter Malan D D Murphy James Hankin
1870	U.S. HouseIowa	Lost	14,88343.87%	Madison Walden

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Jim Smith: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/jim-smith-iowa. Accessed [date].

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.