John Ambler Smith

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Virginia
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1819–1964

Career timeline

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2-13

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith26,245

Opponents264,262

Elections run

Between 1819 and 1964, John Ambler Smith ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 13. Smith's biggest single-election total was 8,060 votes, in the 1882 U.S. House election in Virginia's District 3.

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How many votes has John Ambler Smith received?

John Ambler Smith has received 26,245 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–13.

Election history

John Ambler Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	9390.74%	David E. Satterfield III Richard D Obenshain Dr Edward E Haddock
1922	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	4,69929.08%	James Hooker Charles A Osborne A S Priddy
1918	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	10.02%	Schuyler Bland H R Houston I B Weaver
1900	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1030.35%	Henry Flood Robert T Hubard (head-to-head) R S Griffith Julian M Querks
1898	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	620.32%	Julian Quarles Robert T Hubard (head-to-head) J D Mustoe P T Glasgow John Morrisey
1894	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	520.23%	Peter Otey Daniel J Hoge O C Rucker
1882	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	8,06042.88%	George Wise W C Wickham H Turckham
1874	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	10.01%	John Tucker Jno R Johnson Thomas Whitehead J W Daniel William Kimberlin
1869	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	6,24429.54%	James Gibson Dunn
1851	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	2,81341.22%	James Beale
1843	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1,14942.86%	Samuel Chilton
1835	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	1,73344.97%	William McComas
1831	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	—	—
1825	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	—	—
1819	U.S. HouseVirginia	Lost	38931.68%	Jared Williams

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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.