Charles Buckley

★ U.S. Representative

Born: June 23, 1890
Died: January 22, 1967
Age at death: 76
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1934–1962

Career timeline

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15-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Buckley1.6M

Opponents1.1M

Elections run

Between 1934 and 1962, Charles Buckley ran in 15 U.S. House elections, winning all 15. Buckley's biggest single-election total was 202,730 votes, in the 1936 U.S. House election in New York's District 23. Buckley's closest win came in the 1946 U.S. House election in New York's District 25, decided by 289 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 23, every U.S. House race in New York's District 24, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 25.

How many votes has Charles Buckley received?

Charles Buckley has received 1,602,326 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 15–0.

Election history

Charles Buckley’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1962	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	69,83654.44%	Amasa J Parker John P Hagan
1960	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	89,14056.58%	Michael R Cappelli Francis A Koenig (head-to-head)
1958	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	71,61656.23%	Charles Scanlan V (head-to-head) Francis A Koenig (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	90,07654.69%	Harold Grosberg Bernard R Rosenblatt (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	69,55258.31%	Charles Scanlan V (head-to-head) Bernard R Rosenblatt (head-to-head)
1952	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	82,34346.48%	John Kane Jr. (head-to-head) Herman Woskow Carl Trost
1950	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	64,35346.79%	John Kane Jr. (head-to-head) Max Bloom Charles Hendley (head-to-head)
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	138,7069.26%	Herman Kahn
1946	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	47,14232.52%	Ira J Palestin Charles Garside Edward Morand V John A Devany Jr. (head-to-head)
1944	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	114,24812.15%	Roderick Stephens John A Devany Jr. (head-to-head)
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	142,39527.17%	William V A Waterman
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	190,39656.45%	Brown Jack Altman Isadore Begun Max Shachtman
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	120,4740.08%	Isidore Nagler Robert H Brennen
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	202,73074.33%	Isaac F Becker (head-to-head) Alice Udren Charles Hendley (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	109,31964.17%	Isaac F Becker (head-to-head) James M Orr Moissaye J Olgin Michael J Villamena Benjamin Gassman I Benjamin Schachter

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B001024) and Wikidata (Q5074810). 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.