Benjamin Mooers

U.S. House candidate

Born: April 1, 1758
Died: February 20, 1838
Age at death: 79
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1818

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Mooers18

Opponents41,415

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1818, Benjamin Mooers ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Mooers's biggest single-election total was 10 votes, in the 1804 U.S. House election in New York's District 11.

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How many votes has Benjamin Mooers received?

Benjamin Mooers has received 18 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

Benjamin Mooers’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Pitcher Ezra Gross Russell (head-to-head) Rogers (head-to-head) Adgate John Doty Percy D Adams (head-to-head) George Rosecrantz Smith Ebenezer Brownson James Mnaughton Edmund L Weston Robert Sackrider John Beshall Reuben Whallon George Royal Levins Joseph Fitch Charles F Inglis Bert Clark Erastus F Beadle John Hoffnagle Benjamin Leavens
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	John Palmer John Savage Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Zebulon R Shipherd Asa Adgate John Tayler Daniel D Tompkins Alric Man Sanford L Bradley Dorr J A King George Tibbits Gerrit Wendell Platt (head-to-head) Myron B Ferris Robert H Haskell George W Reid Percy D Adams (head-to-head) Luman Wadhems
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.06%	John Thompson (head-to-head) Porter Peter Sailly (head-to-head) Jacob Snell Platt (head-to-head) William H Cuyler John H Moore Ezekiel Mongomery Joseph A Bailey (head-to-head) John H Nichols (head-to-head) Benjamin Stafford (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	100.17%	Peter Sailly (head-to-head) Adam Comstock Joseph A Bailey (head-to-head) Platt (head-to-head) Mark Graves Beriah Palmer Josiah Masters Edward Hallock Lemon Thompson Lewis Ransom Rogers (head-to-head) Frank J Erwin Alexander Mors Peter Say Thomas Jonathan Hatch Thorn Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis James Glenon
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.07%	David Thomas Williams John Thompson (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins Stephen Lush Gordon William J Yates Benjamin Stafford (head-to-head) Abraham Ten Broeck Garret G Lansing Hezekiah Middlebrox Thomas Tredwell John H Nichols (head-to-head) Richard Macumber Russell (head-to-head) David Congress

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q4889033). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.