The American Sculling Championship (Professional).

These races were 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) Ward Brothers (rowers) The Ward Brothers were four members of one family who rowed as a team and sometimes individually. They were declared World Champions after a four-oared race in 1871.-Ward family:...
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 Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	E Morris	5 miles	-
03-10-1878	Ned Hanlan Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	Charles E. Courtney Charles E. Courtney Charles Edward Courtney was an American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories.In 1877, he moved from an amateur to a professional rower,...	5 miles	-
- - 1879	Ned Hanlan Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	Charles E. Courtney Charles E. Courtney Charles Edward Courtney was an American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories.In 1877, he moved from an amateur to a professional rower,...	5 miles	'The Fixed Match'
19-05-1880	Ned Hanlan Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	Charles E. Courtney Charles E. Courtney Charles Edward Courtney was an American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur and finished a total of 88 victories.In 1877, he moved from an amateur to a professional rower,...	-	-
26-05-1880	Ned Hanlan Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	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 Ned Hanlan Edward "Ned" Hanlan was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Early life:...	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 O’Connor	James Teemer	3 miles	-

# Walter Brown died in March 1871 while still Champion

A much later race occurred when Tom Sullivan (rower)

Tom Sullivan (rower)

Thomas "Tom" Sullivan was a New Zealand amateur rowing and sculling champion who later turned professional and challenged for the World Championship title. He later became a rowing coach.-Rowing:...

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.

References.

The New York Clipper Annual 1892.

'Edward Hanlan America's Champion Oarsman' by R K Fox. 1880. (note, Hanlan was Canadian.)