title: American Sculling Championship
text: # American Sculling Championship
  
  The American Sculling Championship for professionals are rowing races conducted under the challenge system. For details of this see World Sculling Championship, Challenges.
  
  All races were with a turn.
  
  The following table shows winners from 1859 to 1888. Other races must have taken place at a later date and others may be add to this table.
  
  | Date (DMY) | Winner | Loser | Length | Comment |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11-10-1859 | Joshua Ward | T Daw | 5 miles | See Ward Brothers (rowers) |
  | 13-08-1862 | James Hamill | Joshua Ward | 3 miles | - |
  | 14-08-1862 | James Hamill | Joshua Ward | 5 miles | - |
  | 23-07-1863 | Joshua Ward | James Hamill | 5 miles | - |
  | 28-09-1863 | James Hamill | Joshua Ward | 5 miles | - |
  | 19-07-1864 | James Hamill | Joshua Ward | 5 miles | - |
  | 21-05-1867 | W Brown | James Hamill | 5 miles | - |
  | 09-09-1867 | James Hamill | W Brown | 5 miles | Sunk |
  | 19-06-1868 | James Hamill | H Coulter | 5 miles | - |
  | 09-09-1868 | W Brown # | H Coulter | - | less than 5 miles |
  | 08-07-1874 | George Brown | William Scharff | 5 miles | - |
  | 26-09-1874 | George Brown | E Morris | 5 miles | - |
  | 11-09-1875 | E Morris | H Coulter | - | less than 5 miles |
  | 16-10-1875 | E Morris | H Coulter | - | less than 5 miles |
  | 21-10-1876 | William Scharff | E Morris | 5 miles | - |
  | 09-06-1877 | E Morris | William Scharff | 5 miles | - |
  | 13-10-1877 | E Morris | P Luther | 5 miles | - |
  | 20-06-1878 | Ned Hanlan | E Morris | 5 miles | - |
  | 03-10-1878 | Ned Hanlan | Charles E. Courtney | 5 miles | - |
  | - - 1879 | Ned Hanlan | Charles E. Courtney | 5 miles | 'The Fixed Match' |
  | 19-05-1880 | Ned Hanlan | Charles E. Courtney | - | - |
  | 26-05-1880 | Ned Hanlan | James Riely | 5 miles | - |
  | 24-10-1885 | James Teemer | Ned Hanlan | 3 miles | - |
  | 12-06-1886 | Jacob Gaudaur | James Teemer | 3 miles | - |
  | 30-05-1887 | Jacob Gaudeur | Ned Hanlan | - | less than 3 miles |
  | 23-07-1887 | Ned Hanlan | Jacob Gaudaur | 3 miles | - |
  | 13-08-1887 | James Teemer | Ned Hanlan | - | less than 3 miles |
  | 28-10-1887 | James Teemer | Jacob Gaudeur | 3 miles | - |
  | 24-11-1888 | William Joseph O'Connor | James Teemer | 3 miles | - |
  | 02-08-1919 | John B. Kelly Sr. | Paul Costello | | |
  
  A much later race occurred when Tom Sullivan (rower) attempted to win the Championship of America in August 1905 when he raced Edward Durnan of Canada in a 3-mile (4.8 km) race in Toronto. Sullivan was soundly beaten and Durnan went on to unsuccessfully challenge for the World Sculling Title. Durnan was Hanlan's nephew.
  
  