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%	Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Edward B %dr< Foote (head-to-head) Vincent Matthew Barent Mooney Vincent Matthews William H Depuy Patience Burguine Alva Carpenter Robert Minor Charles R Seymour Clarence Hathaway Ebenezer Foot Eleazur Dana Charles A Hitchcock Daniel Olmstead Isaac C Andrews Isaac Toole Jasper Hopper Jonathan Forman Mead Merrits Michael E Butler Obadiah German
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	280.94%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Gussie Reed George Grenell Combs Elmer S White Hiram G Hotchkiss John M Donald John Rawson Lithgow Osborne Aaron Burr Abel Card Adam Hasay Benajah Bundy Benjamin Gilbirt Cyrus Lad Edward B %dr< Foote (head-to-head) Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt James A Peck (head-to-head) James P Cannon John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Kenneth Cameron Marvin Wilson Monson Morris Oliver Phelps Peter Van Ness Reuben Backingham Rockwell Kent Williams
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,6970.05%	Nathan Williams Huntington (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis Henry Coffin James A Peck (head-to-head) John Broome Jonathan Burkin
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.08%	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) Caleb Keep J N M Hurd James L Wells John Ballard John McWhorter John Osgood Judas Iscariot Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller William I Vredenbergh William V A Waterman
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Gaylord Griswold Francis Bloodgood Arthur Breese William Kirkpatrick David Ostrom George R Scott Howard Gillespie Myers John Budlong Matthew B Talmadge Rosel Fellows Timothy Greenlys

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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.