John Scott

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 6, 1873
Died: December 9, 1945
Age at death: 72
Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1914–1916

Career timeline

1914Rep 1916Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Scott1.2M

Opponents7.7M

Elections run

Between 1914 and 1916, John Scott ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Scott's biggest single-election total was 661,930 votes, in the 1916 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Scott received?

John Scott has received 1,166,903 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

John Scott’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	661,9300.32%	Thomas Crago (head-to-head) Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Joseph McLaughlin Ross John Moore Joseph T Kinsley Jacob B Waidelich William A Prosser Elizabeth N Baer John W Slayton Fred Willard Whiteside Fred Groff John B Bair William H Graham Frank L Morton Butler C McGrew J C Rummel J C Buchanan Michael Donohoe Robert J Lewis Harold G Knight Royd E Morrison Jerome C Reis Alfred Guerrero Richard Love B H Brenner H G Meinel (head-to-head) G W Ohls
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	504,9730.44%	Thomas Crago (head-to-head) Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Daniel Lafean Robert S Bright J M Clark Martin Jennings Caton Charles N Crosby William C Mitchell Arthur Rupley Anderson Walters J Watson Warren L Hayden W S Greely King D O Coughlin Charles Sehl William Hart Patton L A Smith B R Pike Joseph B Holtz Howard S Welker Albert W Binz Hiram H Fisher John Lipsett Charles W Erwin Charles Durner H G Meinel (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000180) and Wikidata (Q6255399). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.