Louis Rabaut

★ U.S. Representative

Born: December 5, 1886
Died: November 12, 1961
Age at death: 74
Home state: Michigan
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1934–1960

Career timeline

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13-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Rabaut1.1M

Opponents841,496

Elections run

Between 1934 and 1960, Louis Rabaut ran in 13 U.S. House elections, winning all 13. Rabaut's biggest single-election total was 132,602 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 14. Rabaut's closest win came in the 1950 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 14, decided by 4,801 votes.

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How many votes has Louis Rabaut received?

Louis Rabaut has received 1,147,528 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 13–0.

Election history

Louis Rabaut’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	132,60262.68%	Lois Nair V (head-to-head) Smith William Sablich Eugene Hopusch
1958	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	97,23664.23%	Lois Nair V (head-to-head) Ruth Harrett V
1956	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	122,07956.78%	Harold F Youngblood (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	97,29758.2%	Joseph A Moynihan Jr. Herman G Ottmer (head-to-head) John M Theodorou
1952	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	117,02753.05%	Richard Durant (head-to-head) Herman G Ottmer (head-to-head)
1950	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	76,93851.53%	Richard Durant (head-to-head) Herman G Ottmer (head-to-head)
1948	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	99,22756.95%	Harold F Youngblood (head-to-head) A L Leach A H Suppus
1944	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	98,98856.38%	Sheldon William J McDonald (head-to-head) Lloyd H Knox
1942	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	50,70758.73%	Sheldon William J McDonald (head-to-head)
1940	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	80,46359%	George B Shaeffer
1938	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	62,87257.59%	O Z Ide Loren Walters (head-to-head) Stanley Romanski John Vonica
1936	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	66,79155.92%	Frederick M Alger Jr. Edgar J Auclair Loren Walters (head-to-head) Fred Vandeputte
1934	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	45,30162.19%	John H McPherson Axel Londal Earl Reno

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (R000001) and Wikidata (Q1564503). 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.