John R Root

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: socialist labor
On the ballot: 1898–1918

Career timeline

1898Rep 1900Rep 1900Rep 1916Rep 1918Rep

0-5

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Root8,746

Opponents4.2M

Elections run

Between 1898 and 1918, John R Root ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Root's biggest single-election total was 4,495 votes, in the 1898 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has John R Root received?

John R Root has received 8,746 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

John R Root’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6852.46%	George Edmonds (head-to-head) Joseph E Fabian John S Hay
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	9042.36%	George Edmonds (head-to-head) James F Lynch John Stay
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	2,6600.12%	Galusha Grow (head-to-head) Robert Foerderer Grim Lewis Edwards William W Hague Ezra Grumbine John W Slayton (head-to-head) Edward Kuppinger (head-to-head) Donald L Monro Robert Bringham George Main Benjamin A Bubbett William H Thomas A B Spencer Patterson W S Hale J Watson A J Doud Burns (head-to-head) Foster J M Clark O F Ayer Whitman Dambley Benjamin G Welsh R H Hinckley John Henry Mahlon Meyers R O Molineaux J E Frost W W Burk Judson J Brooks William Bloom B A Aldrich Hiram H Fisher
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	20%	Edward Morrell Samuel R Carter James B Benson Burns (head-to-head) Young D L Monroe John W Slayton (head-to-head) Edward Kuppinger (head-to-head)
1898	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,4950.24%	Galusha Grow (head-to-head) Samuel Davenport Jerry N Weiler Franklin P Iams George H Garber Pennock E Sharpless Donald L Munro Thomas Johnston Chas Percival Shaw J Acker Guss T P Hershberger George T Miller John A Wells Willis Weeks Galusha A Crow W B Bricker Silas C Swallow Garret Moulder

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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.