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) Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Oliver Comstock Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson (head-to-head) Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller (head-to-head) David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne (head-to-head) Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill William D Stewart Robinson (head-to-head) J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith (head-to-head) 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
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	Clarence Hathaway Uri Tracy Edward B %dr< Foote Vincent Matthew Vincent Matthews (head-to-head) Barent Mooney William H Depuy Patience Burguine Robert Minor Benjamin Gold Ebenezer Foot Charles R Seymour Eleazur Dana Isaac C Andrews Daniel Olmstead Obadiah German Mead Merrits Jonathan Forman Michael E Butler Jasper Hopper Charles A Hitchcock Isaac Toole
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 Smith (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre George Hornel G L Halsey Townsend Emanuel Coryel
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 July 28, 2026.