L A Smith

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: prohibition
On the ballot: 1796–1970

0-29

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith329,807

Opponents12.0M

Elections run

Between 1796 and 1970, L A Smith ran in 29 U.S. House elections, losing all 29. Smith's biggest single-election total was 62,298 votes, in the 1940 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 19.

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How many votes has L A Smith received?

L A Smith has received 329,807 popular votes across 29 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–29.

Election history

L A Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1970	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	51,50632.82%	Joseph Michael McDade Stephen P Depue
1960	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	23,14621.59%	Robert N. C. Nix
1954	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	44,15730.99%	Vera Buchanan
1942	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	46,69148.91%	Charles Pracht
1940	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	62,29845.57%	John Kunkel
1926	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1650.46%	Franklin Menges Samuel F Glatfelter
1922	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,4163.38%	Samuel Glatfelter Mahlon N Haines George E Barnhart
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,1970.02%	Anderson Walters (head-to-head) William Burke Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Joseph McLaughlin John W Bracken M J Hanlan Wesley W Bowman John McDonough Flora J Diefenderfer William Hart (head-to-head) Luther S Kauffman Charles J Bauer A M Buckwalter Warren L Hayden (head-to-head) Henry W Schlegel F E Whittlesey George T Miller (head-to-head) Howard Cessna William A Hagan Silas A Kline Thomas A Kavanagh T C Robinson Frank Kalcec Herman Spittal Joseph Rack
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,6643.96%	Henry Temple William J Mellon Isaac A Ramsey
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6312.03%	Stephen Porter (head-to-head) C D Thompson Karl C Jursek
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	26,0750.63%	Thomas Crago John Scott 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 (head-to-head) J Watson Warren L Hayden (head-to-head) W S Greely King D O Coughlin Charles Sehl William Hart (head-to-head) Patton 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
1912	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4251.64%	Stephen Porter (head-to-head) Joseph Gallagher Thomas J McConnell Charles F Chubb
1910	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3671.97%	William Griest James G McSparran Daniel Vonneida
1906	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5221.91%	John McHenry Edmund Samuel
1902	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	2921.14%	Edward Morrell
1896	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	10%	Irving Wanger Charles S Vandegrift B G Parker Elmer Minster Daniel G Hendricks
1896	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1660.4%	John Dalzell George T Miller (head-to-head)
1894	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4871.76%	Joseph Scranton Edward Merrifield William H Richmond
1894	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	12,45638.85%	Thaddeus Mahon Charles Bieler
1886	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	12,27630.05%	Alfred Harmer Herwig Magee
1882	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	9,80535.5%	John Storm Charles R Buckalew
1880	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1980.6%	Cornelius Jadwin Robert H Packer Joshua Burrows
1878	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	5,84921.55%	John Mitchell Dewitt C Davis
1860	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7,11141.58%	Sydenham Ancona
1856	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7,65742.31%	John Montgomery
1848	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7,00848.41%	Alfred Gilmore Cornelius McLaughlin Sr.
1838	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3,62538.9%	William Beatty
1798	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,55433.74%	John Hanna
1796	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,06242.4%	Brown David Bard

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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.