Samuel Peters
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- August 16, 1842
- Died
- April 21, 1910
- Age at death
- 67
- Home state
- Kansas
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1882–1888
4-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Peters198,056
Opponents649,082
4
Elections run
Between 1882 and 1888, Samuel Peters ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning all 4. Peters's biggest single-election total was 99,866 votes, in the 1882 U.S. House election in Kansas's at-large district.
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How many votes has Samuel Peters received?
Samuel Peters has received 198,056 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | U.S. HouseKansas | Won | 37,93553.17% | C S Ebey S H Snyder E W Beeson |
| 1886 | U.S. HouseKansas | Won | 34,51556.15% | Thos George W B Mayes H H Waiting |
| 1884 | U.S. HouseKansas | Won | 25,74061.03% | H M Bickel A A Arnott |
| 1882 | U.S. HouseKansas | Won | 99,86614.85% | Edmund Morrill Bishop Perkins Lewis Hanback Wood Oflanagan Leland John Davis Phillips Allen Williams M.v. Bennett John C Cannon |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000256) and Wikidata (Q212276). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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