Comfort Tyler

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1858

Career timeline

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0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Tyler9,000

Opponents33,113

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1858, Comfort Tyler ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Tyler's biggest single-election total was 7,425 votes, in the 1858 U.S. House election in New York's District 22.

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How many votes has Comfort Tyler received?

Comfort Tyler has received 9,000 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Comfort Tyler’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1858	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,42537.24%	Moses Lee Andrew J Perry
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow Fernando Wood (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs Evans Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Caleb Keep (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Edward Edwards (head-to-head) Edward J Boyce French James Geddes (head-to-head) Jonathan Cooley Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh Zachariah Kinne
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	James Porter James Geddes (head-to-head) Randall Smith Sylvanus Barker V Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins Daniel D Tompkins George Tibbits J A King Sill Valentine Brother Warner Miller (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	80.13%	Uri Tracy Edward Edwards (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) David A Howell Benjamin Gold James A Peck Payne (head-to-head) Huntington Caleb Keep (head-to-head) J N M Hurd James L Wells John Ballard John McWhorter John Osgood Judas Iscariot Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller (head-to-head) William I Vredenbergh William V A Waterman
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,56144.08%	William S Patterson (head-to-head) Caleb Hyde Francis Bloodgood Fernando Wood (head-to-head) George Walton Green Hoxie Lemon Thompson Paul F Harper Amos Mozzy David Ostrom Frederick Getman Max Meyers Uri Tracy William Beeckman Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) John M Wharter Joseph B Cooper Joshua Mersereau Simeon Skeeles
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.07%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart William S Patterson (head-to-head) Robert Roseboom Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) T H Walker Edward Edwards (head-to-head) Aaron Henry Ada Danforth Eaker G L Halsey (head-to-head) Samuel Tinckham William Cooper Clarence M Lyon Joseph S Sidney Michael E Butler Nathaniel W Howel Rockwell Kent William D Stewart William H Cuyler Williams

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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.