Daniel Cruger

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: whig
On the ballot: 1818–1852

Career timeline

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0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cruger25,824

Opponents51,265

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1852, Daniel Cruger ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Cruger's biggest single-election total was 9,798 votes, in the 1852 U.S. House election in New York's District 12.

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How many votes has Daniel Cruger received?

Daniel Cruger has received 25,824 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Daniel Cruger’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1852	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,79849.65%	Gilbert Dean (head-to-head)
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,94248.87%	Gilbert Dean (head-to-head)
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,43541.66%	Joseph Anderson
1840	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,95545.44%	Aaron Ward
1824	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,69328.51%	Timothy Porter William Woods George L Church
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell

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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.