Abraham Matteson

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1876

Career timeline

1818Rep 1846Rep 1876Rep

0-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Matteson22,751

Opponents45,886

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1876, Abraham Matteson ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Matteson's biggest single-election total was 17,056 votes, in the 1876 U.S. House election in New York's District 21.

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How many votes has Abraham Matteson received?

Abraham Matteson has received 22,751 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

Abraham Matteson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1876	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,05647.53%	Solomon Bundy
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,69345%	Timothy Jenkins Delong
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell

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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.