Robert J Lewis

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1812–1924

Career timeline

1812Rep 1898Rep 1906Rep 1916Rep 1916Rep 1924Rep

1924Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Lewis47,076

Opponents5.0M

Elections run

Between 1812 and 1924, Robert J Lewis ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Lewis's biggest single-election total was 19,016 votes, in the 1898 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 19.

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How many votes has Robert J Lewis received?

Robert J Lewis has received 47,076 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

Robert J Lewis’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1924	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7790.99%	Thomas Butler Gordon H Cilley Walter N Lodge Joseph H Bruner
1924	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	2,2654.02%	Thomas Phillips John G Cobler
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3,3820.07%	Thomas Crago John Scott Mahlon Garland Joseph McLaughlin Ross John Moore Joseph T Kinsley Jacob B Waidelich William A Prosser Elizabeth N Baer John W Slayton Fred Willard Whiteside Fred Groff John B Bair William H Graham Frank L Morton Butler C McGrew J C Rummel J C Buchanan Michael Donohoe Harold G Knight Royd E Morrison Jerome C Reis Alfred Guerrero Richard Love B H Brenner H G Meinel G W Ohls
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	14,85741.4%	Henry Steele Elmer E Field Joseph Browell
1906	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3571.09%	John Reyburn U S Stephens Godfrey Saringer
1898	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	19,01648.58%	Edward Ziegler A Foster Mullin
1812	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6,42011.39%	Adam Seybert William Anderson Charles Ingersoll John Conard Joseph Hopkinson Samuel Harvey William Pennock

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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.