Benjamin F Lewis

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1964

0-27

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Lewis98,793

Opponents699,940

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1964, Benjamin F Lewis ran in 27 U.S. House elections, losing all 27. Lewis's biggest single-election total was 18,497 votes, in the 1902 U.S. House election in New York's District 27.

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How many votes has Benjamin F Lewis received?

Benjamin F Lewis has received 98,793 popular votes across 27 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–27.

Election history

Benjamin F Lewis’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,8514.36%	Adam Powell Joseph A Bailey (head-to-head) George S Schuyler
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,69331.45%	Emanuel Celler
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,8533.16%	Ralph Gamble James J Butterly
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9415.19%	Samuel Dickstein Gustave J Landau Smith (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7712.11%	Thomas Cullen Joseph Rosenbaum
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1920.57%	John Boylan Thomas Ryan Leonard Kaye
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,1975.69%	Charles Knapp Jay C Bardo Raymond K Bull
1904	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4221.29%	Jacob Olcott M Francis Loughman John J Kinneally M W %dr< Palmer
1902	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	18,49744.54%	James Sherman A S Warner
1900	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,54732.58%	Edward Vreeland John Nicholson
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,51038.96%	Joseph Mason Charles F Nash
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,1027.27%	Warner Miller Brown Gray
1868	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,02416.7%	John Fox
1860	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,15341.02%	Jacob Chamberlain Bert Clark (head-to-head)
1854	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,28119.08%	Andrew McCarty Babcock Case
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.09%	Joseph S Vanwyck Derick B Stockholm Andrew L Martin Frederick K Oakley Mitchell Peter Aikin
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Dudley Marvin Robert Rose Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Willard C Price (head-to-head) Jeremiah T Brooks Bert Clark (head-to-head) Myron Holly David Depue Luther Millard Rice
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1601.66%	Elijah Spencer D Frank Allen Wm B Rochester Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Charles R Seymour Nathaniel Wager Robert J McCall Uri Tracy
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland John Spencer (head-to-head) Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Payne Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) 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 Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) John Spencer (head-to-head) George L Church Graham Newell Micah Brooks (head-to-head) Samuel Colt Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Strong Smith (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Benj Elect Jediah Prendigrass Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) John Knox John Tayler Mallory William A Prendergast
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,91022.76%	Micah Brooks (head-to-head) Peter Porter Smith (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10%	Asa Fitch Robert Livingston James Hogeboom Reuben P Skinner Platt (head-to-head) Gabriel North Hamilton Fish Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Derick D Goes Elmer S White John Broome (head-to-head) John R Bleecker Martin S Shepherd Reuben Neely Sidney Leroy Wheeler William A Moor
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	140.64%	James Emott Rufus P Johnston Daniel C Verplanck Joel Denton Elliot W Horton Hezekiah Vankeuren John Henry Livingston Napper Tandy Theron Rudd
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,6630.02%	John Harris Silas Halsey Stanley Faulkner Egbert G Barton Willard C Price (head-to-head) Nathaniel W Howel James Falkner Evans (head-to-head) Silass Halse James R Grover John Harson Marvin Wilson Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Walter D Niehol Gideon Shearman Guy C Humphrey Henry Holland John Heresee John Pertigo Joseph B Cooper Michael F Collins Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Peter Sailly Adam Comstock Joseph A Bailey (head-to-head) Platt (head-to-head) Mark Graves Benjamin Mooers Beriah Palmer Josiah Masters Edward Hallock Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Lewis Ransom Alexander Mors Anthony J B Ross Frank J Erwin James Glenon Jonathan Hatch Peter Say Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas Thorn (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Thomas Sammons James Cusney Luther Rich Jonathan Joice Adam Hichman Frederick Strobeck John Knowlan Otis G Pike Thomas Symmons Thorn (head-to-head) William Thrall
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Nathan Williams Benjamin Gold Huntington Henry Coffin James A Peck John Broome (head-to-head) Jonathan Burkin

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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.