Alva Carpenter

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1793–1966

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Carpenter104,699

Opponents473,976

Elections run

Between 1793 and 1966, Alva Carpenter ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Carpenter's biggest single-election total was 82,759 votes, in the 1936 U.S. House election in New York's District 24.

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How many votes has Alva Carpenter received?

Alva Carpenter has received 104,699 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Alva Carpenter’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1966	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,07011.12%	Joseph P. Addabbo Louis R Mercogliano
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	82,75929.37%	James Fitzpatrick E Primoff Jacob Jay
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0232.23%	Henry Danforth John G Ward Silas L Strivings John E Orourke
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,5233.29%	James Wadsworth (head-to-head) Gordon
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,27513.63%	James Wadsworth (head-to-head) Michael C Shea
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.03%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester Evans (head-to-head) George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson (head-to-head) Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	Uri Tracy Edward B %dr< Foote Vincent Matthew Barent Mooney Vincent Matthews (head-to-head) William H Depuy Patience Burguine Benjamin Gold Robert Minor Charles R Seymour Clarence Hathaway Ebenezer Foot Eleazur Dana Charles A Hitchcock Daniel Olmstead Isaac C Andrews Isaac Toole Jasper Hopper Jonathan Forman Mead Merrits Michael E Butler Obadiah German
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9700.02%	Vincent Matthews (head-to-head) William Harris James R Grover Josiah Willoughby Edward C Baker (head-to-head) James McAll Hugh W Dobbins George Hornel Smith (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre Emanuel Coryel G L Halsey Townsend
1793	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	722.33%	Peter Van Gaasbeck John Hathorn C C Schoonmaker Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Jesse Woodhull

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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 November 9, 2026.