William H Thomas

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1866–1964

Career timeline

1866Rep 1870Rep 1900Rep 1900Rep 1910Rep 1912Rep

1914Rep 1924Rep 1928Rep 1956Rep 1956Rep 1962Rep

1964Rep

1-12

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Thomas289,126

Opponents7.2M

Elections run

Between 1866 and 1964, William H Thomas ran in 13 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 12. Thomas's biggest single-election total was 73,606 votes, in the 1956 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 11. Thomas's closest win came in the 1910 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's District 23, decided by 4,771 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 11, every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 2, or every U.S. House race in Pennsylvania's District 24.

How many votes has William H Thomas received?

William H Thomas has received 289,126 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–12.

Election history

William H Thomas’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	34,05722.56%	Daniel J. Flood (head-to-head)
1962	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	42,60732.92%	Robert N. C. Nix
1956	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	73,60646.95%	Daniel J. Flood (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	68,62542.24%	Carroll Kearns
1928	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	28,00439.58%	Milton Shreve William H Kerschner
1924	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3,2376.17%	Benjamin Golder Adolph Class David Oscar Sobel
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	8162.54%	Robert Heaton Robert Lee William W Thorn
1912	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	1,0810.02%	John Morin Anderson Walters Fred Lewis Arthur Rupley Chas Percival Shaw James McLean Joseph Howley E E Greenawalt John W Slayton (head-to-head) B G Parker Charles W Erwin E S Musser Howard R Sheppard James L McKee J B Gill Howard J Force Thomas H Hamilton Henry Garrett V Chas A Hawkins Daniel W Simkins
1910	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	13,66552.93%	Jesse H Wise Washington Herd J O Speicher
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	240%	Galusha Grow Robert Foerderer Grim Lewis Edwards William W Hague Ezra Grumbine John W Slayton (head-to-head) Edward Kuppinger John R Root Donald L Monro Robert Bringham George Main Benjamin A Bubbett (head-to-head) A B Spencer Patterson W S Hale J Watson A J Doud Burns Foster J M Clark O F Ayer Whitman Dambley Benjamin G Welsh R H Hinckley John Henry Mahlon Meyers R O Molineaux J E Frost W W Burk Judson J Brooks William Bloom B A Aldrich Hiram H Fisher
1900	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3350.55%	Ernest Acheson Wooda N Carr Benjamin A Bubbett (head-to-head)
1870	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	11,62244.79%	William Kelley
1866	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	11,44744.97%	Benjamin Boyer

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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.