Benjamin Gold

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1802–1954

Career timeline

1802Rep 1804Rep 1804Rep 1804Rep 1808Rep 1928Rep

1954Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Gold7,918

Opponents330,106

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1954, Benjamin Gold ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Gold's biggest single-election total was 2,853 votes, in the 1954 U.S. House election in New York's District 28.

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How many votes has Benjamin Gold received?

Benjamin Gold has received 7,918 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

Benjamin Gold’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1954	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,8532.33%	Katharine Saintgeorge Jerome F Reilly
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,3321.21%	Frank Oliver Henry H Spitz Morris Gisnet
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	Clarence Hathaway Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Edward B %dr< Foote (head-to-head) Vincent Matthew Vincent Matthews Barent Mooney William H Depuy Patience Burguine Alva Carpenter Robert Minor 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
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	280.94%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Gussie Reed George Grenell Hiram G Hotchkiss Combs John M Donald John Rawson Elmer S White Lithgow Osborne Williams John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Benajah Bundy Abel Card Peter Van Ness Rockwell Kent Oliver Phelps Monson Morris Benjamin Gilbirt Marvin Wilson Adam Hasay James P Cannon Reuben Backingham James A Peck (head-to-head) Cyrus Lad Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt Aaron Burr Kenneth Cameron Edward B %dr< Foote (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,6970.05%	Nathan Williams Huntington (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis James A Peck (head-to-head) Jonathan Burkin John Broome Henry Coffin
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.08%	J N M Hurd Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Edward Edwards G L Halsey David A Howell Comfort Tyler James A Peck (head-to-head) Payne Huntington (head-to-head) James L Wells William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter Caleb Keep
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Gaylord Griswold Francis Bloodgood Arthur Breese William Kirkpatrick George R Scott Matthew B Talmadge Howard Gillespie Myers David Ostrom Timothy Greenlys Rosel Fellows John Budlong

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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.