Jacob K. Javits - Electoral History

Electoral History

U.S. House of Representatives, New York 21st District

1946

• Jacob Javits (R), 46,897 votes (46.0%)
• Daniel Flynn (D), 40,652 votes (39.9%)
• William Mandel (American Labor), 14,359 votes (14.1%)

1948

• Jacob Javits (R), 67,067 votes (50.9%)
• Paul O'Dwyer (D), 64,654 votes (49.1%)

1950

• Jacob Javits (R), 62,604 votes (61.8%)
• Bennett Schessel (D), 33,349 votes (32.9%)

1952

• Jacob Javits (R), 89,866 votes (63.4%)
• John C. Hart (D), 47,637 votes (33.6%)

New York State Attorney General

1954

• Jacob Javits (R), 2,603,858 votes (51.7%)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (D), 2,430,959 votes (48.3%)

U.S. Senate, New York

1956

• Jacob Javits (R), 3,723,933 votes (53.3%)
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (D), 3,265,159 votes (46.7%)

1962

• Jacob Javits (R), 3,272,417 votes (57.4%)
• James B. Donovan (D), 2,178,212 votes (40.1%)

1968

• Jacob Javits (R), 3,269,772 votes (49.6%)
• Paul O'Dwyer (D), 2,150,659 votes (32.7%)
• James L. Buckley (Conservative), 1,139,402 votes (17.3%)

1974

• Jacob Javits (R), 2,340,188 votes (45.3%)
• Ramsey Clark (D), 1,973,781 votes (38.2%)
• Barbara Keating (Conservative), 822,584 votes (15.9%)

1980 Republican Primary

• Jacob Javits, 257,433 votes (44.3%)
• Alfonse D'Amato, 323,468 votes (55.7%)

1980 General Election

• Jacob Javits (Liberal), 664,544 votes (11.0%)
• Elizabeth Holtzman (D), 2,618,661 votes (43.5%)
• Alfonse D'Amato (R), 2,699,652 votes (44.9%)