Thomas King

★ U.S. Representative

Born: August 27, 1800
Died: May 10, 1864
Age at death: 63
Home state: Georgia
Party: whig
On the ballot: 1838–1848

Career timeline

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5-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

King114,455

Opponents1.7M

Elections run

Between 1838 and 1848, Thomas King ran in 6 U.S. House elections, winning 5 and losing 1. King's biggest single-election total was 38,895 votes, in the 1840 U.S. House election in Georgia's at-large district. King's closest win came in the 1844 U.S. House election in Georgia's District 1, decided by 784 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Georgia's District 1, every U.S. House race in Georgia's at-large district, or all 1848 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Thomas King received?

Thomas King has received 114,455 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 5–1.

Election history

Thomas King’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1848	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	3,54956.98%	Joseph Jackson
1846	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	3,27459.59%	Cohen
1844	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	3,70255.92%	Spalding
1842	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Lost	32,8226.01%	Mark Cooper (head-to-head) John Lamar Howell Cobb Edward Black (head-to-head) William Stiles Hugh Haralson John Lumpkin John Millen Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Roger Gamble (head-to-head) Wright Richard H Wilde Absalom Chappell Augustus H Kenan Henry P Smead
1840	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	38,8955.78%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Eugenius Nisbet Thomas Foster Lott Warren (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Roger Gamble (head-to-head) James Meriwether Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Edward Black (head-to-head) Lumpkin Campbell (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Josiah S Patterson (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head)
1838	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	32,2135.66%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Lott Warren (head-to-head) Nesbit Edward Black (head-to-head) Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Campbell (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head) Josiah S Patterson (head-to-head) John Graves Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Burney McWhorter Nelson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (K000215) and Wikidata (Q2422831). 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.