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 Mitchell Frederick K Oakley Peter Aikin Andrew L Martin
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 Rice David Depue Luther Millard
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1601.66%	Elijah Spencer D Frank Allen Wm B Rochester Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Robert J McCall Charles R Seymour Uri Tracy Nathaniel Wager
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson 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 (head-to-head) 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 William Carwell
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) Jediah Prendigrass Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Benj Elect Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) William A Prendergast John Knox John Tayler Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Mallory
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%	Robert Livingston Asa Fitch James Hogeboom Reuben P Skinner Platt (head-to-head) Hamilton Fish Gabriel North Sidney Leroy Elmer S White Wheeler William A Moor John R Bleecker Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Derick D Goes Martin S Shepherd John Broome (head-to-head) Reuben Neely
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	140.64%	James Emott Rufus P Johnston Daniel C Verplanck Joel Denton Napper Tandy Hezekiah Vankeuren Elliot W Horton John Henry Livingston 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 Marvin Wilson Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) John Harson Walter D Niehol Guy C Humphrey Joseph B Cooper Thomas G Sayre Rogers (head-to-head) Gideon Shearman Michael F Collins John Pertigo Henry Holland John Heresee
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 Rogers (head-to-head) Frank J Erwin Alexander Mors Peter Say Thomas Jonathan Hatch Thorn (head-to-head) Anthony J B Ross James Glenon
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Thomas Sammons Luther Rich James Cusney Jonathan Joice Frederick Strobeck Thomas Symmons Thorn (head-to-head) Otis G Pike John Knowlan William Thrall Adam Hichman
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Nathan Williams Benjamin Gold Huntington James A Peck Jonathan Burkin John Broome (head-to-head) Henry Coffin

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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.