John Davis

U.S. House candidate
Home state
Kansas
Party
Democratic
On the ballot
1876–1960
0-6
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Davis122,144
Opponents916,757
6
Elections run

Between 1876 and 1960, John Davis ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Davis's biggest single-election total was 42,869 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in Kansas's District 6.

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How many votes has John Davis received?

John Davis has received 122,144 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

John Davis’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
1960U.S. HouseKansasLost42,86940.75%Bob Dole
1948U.S. HouseKansasLost40,55342.43%Wint Smith
1904U.S. HouseKansasLost4,6969.31%Philip Campbell
William H Ryan
1882U.S. HouseKansasLost26,7013.97%Samuel Peters
Edmund Morrill

Bishop Perkins

Lewis Hanback

Wood

Oflanagan

Leland

Phillips

Allen Williams

M.v. Bennett

John C Cannon
1880U.S. HouseKansasLost7,3189.3%John Anderson
C C Burnes
1876U.S. HouseKansasLost70.02%Thomas Ryan
S J Crawford

Pusey Graves
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “John Davis: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/john-davis-kansas. 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.