Joseph Pfeifer

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 6, 1892
Died: April 19, 1974
Age at death: 82
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1934–1948

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Pfeifer308,757

Opponents162,716

Elections run

Between 1934 and 1948, Joseph Pfeifer ran in 8 U.S. House elections, winning 7 and losing 1. Pfeifer's biggest single-election total was 61,037 votes, in the 1948 U.S. House election in New York's District 8. Pfeifer's closest win came in the 1942 U.S. House election in New York's District 3, decided by 9,721 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 8, every U.S. House race in New York's District 3, or all 1948 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Joseph Pfeifer received?

Joseph Pfeifer has received 308,757 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 7–1.

Election history

Joseph Pfeifer’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	61,0378.72%	Benjamin F Westervelt Jr. August Claessens
1946	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	34,87642.89%	Williams
1944	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	55,56510.25%	Frank W Porcaro
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	18,70059.61%	Samuel Rosenthal (head-to-head) Louis Weil (head-to-head)
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	42,8848.14%	Samuel Rosenthal (head-to-head)
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	28,31764.77%	Philip Tirone Bernard Kleban David Breslow
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	40,64080.3%	Jerome G Licari Ernest Mendez Domenick Flaiani (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	26,73872.75%	Alex Pisciotta Louis Weil (head-to-head) Domenick Flaiani (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000285) and Wikidata (Q1707452). 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.