William Dawson

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 4, 1798
Died: May 5, 1856
Age at death: 58
Home state: Georgia
Party: whig
On the ballot: 1836–1840

Career timeline

1836Rep 1838Rep 1840Rep

3-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dawson101,580

Opponents1.7M

Elections run

Between 1836 and 1840, William Dawson ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning all 3. Dawson's biggest single-election total was 39,299 votes, in the 1840 U.S. House election in Georgia's at-large district.

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How many votes has William Dawson received?

William Dawson has received 101,580 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–0.

Election history

William Dawson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1840	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	39,2995.84%	Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Eugenius Nisbet Thomas Foster Lott Warren (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Roger Gamble Thomas King (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	33,2785.85%	Julius Alford (head-to-head) Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Thomas King (head-to-head) Lott Warren (head-to-head) Nesbit (head-to-head) 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
1836	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Won	29,0035.67%	Jabez Jackson Thomas Glascock George Towns Jesse Cleveland Charles Haynes Seaton Grantland George Owens Hopkins Holsey Julius Alford (head-to-head) Colquette Habersham John Coffee G P King Nesbit (head-to-head) Black

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000156) and Wikidata (Q5618144). 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.