John W Slayton

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: socialist
On the ballot: 1900–1934

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Slayton148,150

Opponents11.5M

Elections run

Between 1900 and 1934, John W Slayton ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Slayton's biggest single-election total was 81,785 votes, in the 1912 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 34, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 35, or every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 32.

How many votes has John W Slayton received?

John W Slayton has received 148,150 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

John W Slayton’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1934	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,4481.79%	Matthew Dunn James Campbell (head-to-head) Thomas H Murray J M Clark (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	9,0393.3%	James Magee John Murphy E J Moran Nathaniel M Ellis George Zetzman
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,5536.59%	Guy Campbell William C Wallace
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	45,3300.96%	Thomas Crago John Scott Mahlon Garland Joseph McLaughlin Ross John Moore Joseph T Kinsley Jacob B Waidelich William A Prosser Elizabeth N Baer 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 G W Ohls
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	2,4647.67%	Andrew J Barchfield William McClintock Shrodes James Campbell (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	81,7851.89%	John Morin Anderson Walters Fred Lewis Arthur Rupley Chas Percival Shaw James McLean Joseph Howley E E Greenawalt B G Parker Charles W Erwin E S Musser Howard R Sheppard James L McKee J B Gill Howard J Force Thomas H Hamilton Henry Garrett V Chas A Hawkins Daniel W Simkins William H Thomas (head-to-head)
1908	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,5006.29%	William Graham John G Schirmer Thomas J McConnell
1906	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,0043.19%	Ernest Acheson Jerome B Aiken Louis Van Orden
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,0260.18%	Galusha Grow Robert Foerderer Grim Lewis Edwards William W Hague Ezra Grumbine Edward Kuppinger (head-to-head) John R Root (head-to-head) Donald L Monro Robert Bringham George Main Benjamin A Bubbett William H Thomas (head-to-head) A B Spencer Patterson W S Hale J Watson A J Doud Burns (head-to-head) Foster J M Clark (head-to-head) 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	10%	Edward Morrell Samuel R Carter James B Benson Burns (head-to-head) Young D L Monroe John R Root (head-to-head) Edward Kuppinger (head-to-head)

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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.