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 John Lewis Childs Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Evans Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Jonathan Forman Caleb Keep (head-to-head) Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Zachariah Kinne Edward J Boyce Jonathan Cooley James Geddes (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh French Edward Edwards (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	James Porter James Geddes (head-to-head) Smith Randall Sylvanus Barker V Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Valentine Brother Warner Miller (head-to-head) George Tibbits Daniel D Tompkins Sill Alphonzo A Hopkins J A King
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	80.13%	J N M Hurd 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 James L Wells William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller (head-to-head) John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter Caleb Keep (head-to-head)
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,56144.08%	William S Patterson (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood Caleb Hyde Lemon Thompson Paul F Harper Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Hoxie George Walton Green David Ostrom Max Meyers Amos Mozzy Frederick Getman William Beeckman Uri Tracy Joseph B Cooper Simeon Skeeles John M Wharter Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) Joshua Mersereau
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) Eaker William Cooper Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry G L Halsey (head-to-head) Michael E Butler William H Cuyler Rockwell Kent Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney Williams William D Stewart Clarence M Lyon

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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.