Joshua Talbott

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 29, 1843
Died: October 5, 1918
Age at death: 75
Home state: Maryland
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1878–1916

Career timeline

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11-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Talbott222,388

Opponents199,285

Elections run

Between 1878 and 1916, Joshua Talbott ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning 11 and losing 1. Talbott's biggest single-election total was 24,648 votes, in the 1916 U.S. House election in Maryland's District 2. Talbott's closest win came in the 1882 U.S. House election in Maryland's District 2, decided by 1,087 votes.

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How many votes has Joshua Talbott received?

Joshua Talbott has received 222,388 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–1.

Election history

Joshua Talbott’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1916	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	24,64850.3%	William H Lawrence John S Green (head-to-head) William H Champlin
1914	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	23,12453.47%	Thomas B Farmer William J Heaps Emory C Ebaugh William W Johnson Charles Becker
1912	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	22,08759.85%	Labin Sparks Basil W Bowman Martin O Hutmann
1910	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	19,35251.77%	George Baker (head-to-head) Harry E Gilbert Charles W Smiley Randolph Barton G W Yellott
1906	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	17,87050.25%	Robert Garrett (head-to-head) John S Green (head-to-head) George A Bauer
1904	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	18,92252.22%	Robert Garrett (head-to-head) P G Spencer
1902	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	16,97150.81%	William T Page Henry N Hanna
1894	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	19,10047.5%	William Baker John Parker
1892	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	22,77253.95%	George Baker (head-to-head) J Macklem Enoch Noyes
1882	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	12,72852.23%	Blair
1880	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	14,98852.66%	Webster
1878	U.S. HouseMaryland	Won	9,82666.88%	Milligan McCombs

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (T000021) and Wikidata (Q759150). 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.