Robert Bacon

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 23, 1884
Died: September 12, 1938
Age at death: 54
Home state: New York
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1922–1936

Career timeline

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8-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bacon922,679

Opponents662,934

Elections run

Between 1922 and 1936, Robert Bacon ran in 8 U.S. House elections, winning all 8. Bacon's biggest single-election total was 185,891 votes, in the 1936 U.S. House election in New York's District 1. Bacon's closest win came in the 1922 U.S. House election in New York's District 1, decided by 14,967 votes.

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How many votes has Robert Bacon received?

Robert Bacon has received 922,679 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 8–0.

Election history

Robert Bacon’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	185,89155.17%	William G Morrell (head-to-head) Christine Schmidtchen
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	127,08256.03%	William G Morrell (head-to-head) Eric E Demarsh (head-to-head) William Henkel Jr.
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	153,43554.03%	William Whitney Eric E Demarsh (head-to-head) William F Varney
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	96,39058.38%	James S Shevlin S W Christensen (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	143,23061.99%	James E Cuff S W Christensen (head-to-head)
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	82,09063.36%	W Irving Vanderpoel William Herman
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	87,37067.11%	Preston E Terry May Harris Mainland
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	47,19157.56%	S A Warner Baltazzi Barnet Wolff William A Simons

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B000019) and Wikidata (Q111588). 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.