Charles E Allen

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Maine
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1823–1896

Career timeline

1823Rep 1823Rep 1843Rep 1888Rep 1890Rep 1896Rep

0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Allen30,576

Opponents100,242

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1896, Charles E Allen ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Allen's biggest single-election total was 15,614 votes, in the 1888 U.S. House election in Maine's District 2.

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How many votes has Charles E Allen received?

Charles E Allen has received 30,576 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Charles E Allen’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1896	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	1,0953.38%	Nelson Dingley (head-to-head) A Levensaler Edw R Ogier
1890	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	11,18739.33%	Nelson Dingley (head-to-head) William H Foster
1888	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	15,61440.86%	Nelson Dingley (head-to-head) E A Howard William T Eustis
1843	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	2,67331.41%	Hannibal Hamlin David Shepherd
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	60.03%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Peter M McDonald Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Samuel E Smith (head-to-head) Enoch Wood Joshua Goodwin W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball Joshua Hall John Bodwell Timothy Shaw Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer David Appleton Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	10.03%	Ebenezer D Robinson Ebenezer Herrick Thomas Hill Jeremiah Bailey Daniel Rose Ebenezer Thatcher Samuel E Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Ames Isaac Barnard Jonathan Thayer John S Wright Thomas Trundy Daniel Siders Henry Tallman Nathaniel Dole Abel Merril T Lewis A J Chase Oliver Pratt Nathaniel Groton Benjamin Fisk Edward Killeran Parker McCobb

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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.