Daniel Riordan

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 7, 1870
Died: April 28, 1923
Age at death: 52
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1898–1922

Career timeline

1898Rep 1906Rep 1908Rep 1910Rep 1912Rep 1914Rep

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10-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Riordan186,488

Opponents113,538

Elections run

Between 1898 and 1922, Daniel Riordan ran in 10 U.S. House elections, winning all 10. Riordan's biggest single-election total was 29,134 votes, in the 1922 U.S. House election in New York's District 11. Riordan's closest win came in the 1920 U.S. House election in New York's District 11, decided by 1,739 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 11, every U.S. House race in New York's District 8, or all 1922 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Daniel Riordan received?

Daniel Riordan has received 186,488 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 10–0.

Election history

Daniel Riordan’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	29,13467.6%	Joseph B Handy Walter Dearing D Leigh Colvin
1920	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	19,09750.67%	Wilbur F Wakeman Rudolph Rochow (head-to-head)
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	21,52571.21%	William H Michales Elinor Byrns Conrad Weber
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	13,04756.21%	Montague Lessler Samuel P Kramer Elliot W Horton (head-to-head)
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	13,20058.97%	George S Schofield Charles Mills (head-to-head) Rudolph Rochow (head-to-head) Elliot W Horton (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	15,41760.1%	Charles Mills (head-to-head) J Merton Rose John H W Nagle William T Magrath
1910	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	20,68366.24%	George S Husch McMahon Isidor Deitelbaum Funk
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	22,32962.51%	James E Winterbottom Franklin Quinby John Nagel (head-to-head) Andrew J Doremus Sr.
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	21,34065.57%	Frank L Frugone Edward F Cassidy Parker J Gates Timothy Sullivan
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	10,71658.63%	Mitchell John Nagel (head-to-head) M W %dr< Palmer Schwartz

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (R000264) and Wikidata (Q1446757). 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.