Schuyler Bland

★ U.S. Representative

Born: May 4, 1872
Died: February 16, 1950
Age at death: 77
Home state: Virginia
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1918–1948

Career timeline

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16-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bland408,966

Opponents2.3M

Elections run

Between 1918 and 1948, Schuyler Bland ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Bland's biggest single-election total was 204,372 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in Virginia's at-large district. Bland's closest win came in the 1926 U.S. House election in Virginia's District 1, decided by 3,846 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Virginia's District 1, every U.S. House race in Virginia's at-large district, or all 1948 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Schuyler Bland received?

Schuyler Bland has received 408,966 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.

Election history

Schuyler Bland’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	24,74679.98%	S C Adams J Luther Kibler
1946	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	13,86374.97%	Jno R Johnson (head-to-head)
1944	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	23,28481.2%	Jno R Johnson (head-to-head)
1942	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	5,20799.96%	—
1940	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	22,49399.91%	—
1938	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	7,19199.74%	—
1936	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	20,01280.85%	William A Dickinson Addison Gayle (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	7,63791.44%	Arthur W Showalter W A Rowe (head-to-head) Addison Gayle (head-to-head)
1932	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	204,3728.23%	J A Garber Clifton Woodrum Andrew Montague Thomas Burch Absalom Robertson Howard Smith Patrick Drewry Colgate Darden John Flannagan Menalcus Lankford J W McWane Roland E Chase Winfield Scott John S Wise (head-to-head) Henry Brown C C Berkeley (head-to-head) R Lindsay Gordon Jr. A J Dunning Jr. Albon James Royal John M Dawson Herman R Ansell David G George Angie M Norris J F Spaulding Frank Lyon
1930	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	7,32491.04%	W A Rowe (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	23,91299.65%	—
1926	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	3,84799.92%	C C Berkeley (head-to-head) William W Butzner I B Weaver (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	16,95899.93%	H R Houston (head-to-head) S I Hopkins W E Barrett J C Councill
1922	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	8,63983.48%	John S Wise (head-to-head) Benjamin T Jones
1920	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	14,64679.75%	S P Powell Edward Schade
1918	U.S. HouseVirginia	Won	4,83599.94%	H R Houston (head-to-head) John Ambler Smith I B Weaver (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B000545) and Wikidata (Q1274587). 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.