Peter M McDonald

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Maine
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1823–1940

Career timeline

1823Rep 1834Rep 1850Rep 1852Rep 1940Rep

2-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

McDonald47,146

Opponents89,498

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1940, Peter M McDonald ran in 5 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 3. McDonald's biggest single-election total was 32,018 votes, in the 1940 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1. McDonald's closest win came in the 1850 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1, decided by 490 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Maine's District 1 or all 1940 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Peter M McDonald received?

Peter M McDonald has received 47,146 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–3.

Election history

Peter M McDonald’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1940	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	32,01836.58%	James Oliver
1852	U.S. HouseMaine	Won	9,21857.77%	David Appleton (head-to-head) Samuel Fessenden
1850	U.S. HouseMaine	Won	5,17349.58%	David Appleton (head-to-head) M Sweat
1834	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	4925.87%	Joshua Goodwin (head-to-head) Horace Porter W A Hayes
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	2455.41%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Charles E Allen Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Samuel E Smith Enoch Wood Joshua Goodwin (head-to-head) W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball Joshua Hall John Bodwell Timothy Shaw Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer David Appleton (head-to-head) Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston

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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.