Thomas Crago

★ U.S. Representative

Born: August 8, 1866
Died: September 12, 1925
Age at death: 59
Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1912–1918

Career timeline

1912Rep 1914Rep 1916Rep 1918Rep

3-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Crago1.7M

Opponents10.6M

Elections run

Between 1912 and 1918, Thomas Crago ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning 3 and losing 1. Crago's biggest single-election total was 668,581 votes, in the 1916 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district. Crago's closest win came in the 1914 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district, decided by 432 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's at-large district, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 23, or all 1918 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Thomas Crago received?

Thomas Crago has received 1,709,783 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–1.

Election history

Thomas Crago’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	527,96115.36%	William Burke Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Anderson Walters (head-to-head) Joseph F Gorman J Calvin Strayer Samuel R Tarner Fred Ikeler O D Brubaker Elisha Kent Kane Albert Gaddis James L McKee David Bixler Henry W Schlegel John C Euler Harry T Vaughn James H Dix Ryan Oliver McKnight Calvin B Power
1916	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	668,5810.03%	John Scott (head-to-head) Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) 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 Robert J Lewis Harold G Knight Royd E Morrison Jerome C Reis Alfred Guerrero Richard Love B H Brenner H G Meinel (head-to-head) G W Ohls
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	505,40511.83%	John Scott (head-to-head) Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Daniel Lafean Robert S Bright J M Clark Martin Jennings Caton Charles N Crosby William C Mitchell Arthur Rupley Anderson Walters (head-to-head) J Watson Warren L Hayden W S Greely King D O Coughlin Charles Sehl William Hart Patton L A Smith B R Pike Joseph B Holtz Howard S Welker Albert W Binz Hiram H Fisher John Lipsett Charles W Erwin Charles Durner H G Meinel (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	7,83624.87%	Wooda Carr Harvey L Berkeley Charles L Gans Bert S Forsythe

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000853) and Wikidata (Q7793720). 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.