Perry H Smith Jr.

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Illinois
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1862–1940

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Jr.3.1M

Opponents9.7M

Elections run

Between 1862 and 1940, Perry H Smith Jr. ran in 20 U.S. House elections, losing all 20. Jr.'s biggest single-election total was 1,968,143 votes, in the 1940 U.S. House election in Illinois's at-large district.

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How many votes has Perry H Smith Jr. received?

Perry H Smith Jr. has received 3,057,303 popular votes across 20 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–20.

Election history

Perry H Smith Jr.’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1940	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	1,968,14324.66%	William Stratton Stephen Day Walter J Orlikoski Harry Fleischman Lee S Gregory James Wilson Lena Duell Vincent
1934	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	46,11144.66%	John Buckbee Anton Vdovick
1930	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	890,32722.58%	William Dieterich Richard Yates Walter Nesbit Emil Z Levitin Morris A Gold William S Feinberg John W McLain Brown (head-to-head) Charles A Reinhart
1922	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	6430.9%	William Hull William T Black James Lofthouse
1920	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	27,29532.54%	Joseph Cannon (head-to-head) Otto C Christensen Bert Balloh
1916	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	23,66843.74%	Joseph Cannon (head-to-head) Edward M Methe William H Dunn
1912	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	9,29520.26%	Claudius Stone William E Cadmus Rudolf Pfeiffer Norman C Warner
1902	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	10,51740.28%	William Wilson Joshua Wanhope Freeborn D Brooke
1898	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	4831.13%	Joseph Crowley William W Jacobs Dixon T Harbison
1894	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	1,3173.24%	James Connolly William M Springer James A Crawford
1892	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	37,90447.4%	James Aldrich Winfield S McComas Jno B Clark A J Weldon
1890	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	10%	Owen Scott Jonathan Rowell (head-to-head) William C Outten A C Baker Farmer
1888	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	1,3464.1%	Lewis Payson Herman W Snow E R Wiley Hy M Miller Martin L Newell
1888	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	1,7454.71%	Jonathan Rowell (head-to-head) Duncan Stewart
1888	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	10%	Edward Lane Brown (head-to-head) Jasper L Douthit Robert R Wallace Adlai E Stevenson William Waggoner Rob Patten Charles Kerr Frank Walsh Edgar L D Douthis W G Cochran
1886	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	10%	Joseph Cannon (head-to-head) J Lindsey Archibald Eastois Theodore S Thompson I N Gibbs
1880	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	11,90341.03%	Charles Farwell Chas H Adams Oscar Neebe Adolphe Waldmann
1878	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	9,94642.18%	William Sparks James Creed
1874	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	9,80348.95%	Bernard Caulfield
1862	U.S. HouseIllinois	Lost	6,85438.39%	William Morrison

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Perry H Smith Jr.: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/perry-h-smith-jr. 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.