Joseph McLaughlin

★ U.S. Representative

Born: June 9, 1867
Died: November 21, 1926
Age at death: 59
Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1916–1920

Career timeline

1916Rep 1920Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

McLaughlin1.7M

Opponents10.0M

Elections run

Between 1916 and 1920, Joseph McLaughlin ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. McLaughlin's biggest single-election total was 1,108,538 votes, in the 1920 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has Joseph McLaughlin received?

Joseph McLaughlin has received 1,714,195 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Joseph McLaughlin’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	1,108,53815.86%	Anderson Walters William Burke Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) John W Bracken M J Hanlan Wesley W Bowman John McDonough Flora J Diefenderfer William Hart Luther S Kauffman Charles J Bauer A M Buckwalter Warren L Hayden Henry W Schlegel F E Whittlesey George T Miller Howard Cessna William A Hagan Silas A Kline Thomas A Kavanagh T C Robinson L A Smith Frank Kalcec Herman Spittal Joseph Rack
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	605,65712.8%	Thomas Crago John Scott Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) 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 G W Ohls

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000540) and Wikidata (Q6285480). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Joseph McLaughlin: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/joseph-mclaughlin-pennsylvania. 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.