Sol Bloom

★ U.S. Representative

Born: March 9, 1870
Died: March 7, 1949
Age at death: 78
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1924–1948

Career timeline

1924Rep 1926Rep 1928Rep 1930Rep 1932Rep 1934Rep

1936Rep 1938Rep 1940Rep 1942Rep 1944Rep 1946Rep

1948Rep

13-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bloom708,100

Opponents407,360

Elections run

Between 1924 and 1948, Sol Bloom ran in 13 U.S. House elections, winning all 13. Bloom's biggest single-election total was 87,724 votes, in the 1944 U.S. House election in New York's District 20. Bloom's closest win came in the 1924 U.S. House election in New York's District 19, decided by 8,752 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 20, every U.S. House race in New York's District 19, or all 1948 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Sol Bloom received?

Sol Bloom has received 708,100 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 13–0.

Election history

Sol Bloom’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	73,86651.25%	Jules J Justin (head-to-head) Charles Francis Connolly
1946	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	57,20845.93%	Jules J Justin (head-to-head)
1944	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	87,72414.31%	Lawrence S Mayers
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	41,56616.1%	Clarence McMillan
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	71,01862.82%	Daniel J Riesner Benjamin M Zelman
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	43,13453.31%	Robert P Levis Joseph Schlossberg
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	74,16069.54%	William S Bennet John J Neary Leroy C Lane (head-to-head) Theodore R Bassett
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	42,61465.31%	Harold Goldman Leroy C Lane (head-to-head) Peter Uffre
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	57,40069.02%	William L Carns Reinhold Niebuhr Jeremiah T Brooks
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	35,32266.88%	Julius D Tobias G August Gerber Max Bedacht
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	48,05459.39%	David Steinhardt Frank Crosswaith
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	36,27464.55%	Harold Korn James P Cannon
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	39,76054.48%	Walter M Chandler Lucille E Randolph

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B000565) and Wikidata (Q7555503). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Sol Bloom: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/sol-bloom. Accessed [date].

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.