Bacon

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1914

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bacon51,784

Opponents135,569

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1914, Bacon ran in 9 U.S. House elections, losing all 9. Bacon's biggest single-election total was 17,659 votes, in the 1892 U.S. House election in New York's District 17.

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How many votes has Bacon received?

Bacon has received 51,784 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–9.

Election history

Bacon’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,7714.28%	Frederick Rowe Anthony J B Ross Charles H Matchett Ole L Snyder
1904	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,38234.05%	James Perkins Gad Martindale Clapp Robert C Wetzel
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,65948.11%	Francis Marvin Joseph M Leeper
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,50942.45%	Charles Baker Copeland
1826	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,80830.22%	Henry Storrs (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,63249.44%	Henry Storrs (head-to-head) Thomas H Lynch Bert Clark Walter Ballou
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Silas Wood James Guion Nathan Sage John Garrelson James Guyon Dirck Gardenier Peter Wendover Henry Meigs James L Wells (head-to-head) Henry Blackledge Henry Rankin Joseph Kerr
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	160.04%	Henry Storrs (head-to-head) Allen Frazer Huntington William S Hamilton Sill Joel Bristol Evans (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Williams John G Davis Hoyt Samuel Dyer David Ostrom Ernest H Woodruff George S Schuyler Samuel F Snowden J L N Hunt Charles R Seymour John Doe Andrew Elmer Elmer S White Johnson Luther Guiteau John C Pride
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	60.05%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester Evans (head-to-head) Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Lemon Thompson Warner Miller James L Wells (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter 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 Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Bacon: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/bacon. Accessed [date].

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.