William Hart

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: prohibition
On the ballot: 1910–1932

Career timeline

1910Rep 1914Rep 1914Rep 1920Rep 1922Rep 1932Rep

0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Hart122,609

Opponents11.2M

Elections run

Between 1910 and 1932, William Hart ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Hart's biggest single-election total was 85,771 votes, in the 1920 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district.

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How many votes has William Hart received?

William Hart has received 122,609 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

William Hart’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1932	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	3,0054.13%	Patrick Boland
1922	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	6421.38%	Laurence Watres Patrick McLane
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	85,7711.23%	Anderson Walters (head-to-head) William Burke Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Joseph McLaughlin John W Bracken M J Hanlan Wesley W Bowman John McDonough Flora J Diefenderfer Luther S Kauffman Charles J Bauer A M Buckwalter Warren L Hayden (head-to-head) Henry W Schlegel F E Whittlesey George T Miller Howard Cessna William A Hagan Silas A Kline Thomas A Kavanagh T C Robinson L A Smith (head-to-head) Frank Kalcec Herman Spittal Joseph Rack
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	27,5610.67%	Thomas Crago John Scott 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 (head-to-head) W S Greely King D O Coughlin Charles Sehl Patton L A Smith (head-to-head) 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
1914	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	4,67115.84%	Henry Steele Charles Hoffman Howard Flagler Porter Vincent Cargill
1910	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Lost	9594.04%	John McHenry Theodore C Harter Jacob W Renn

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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.