David A Howell

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1922

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Howell6,579

Opponents152,869

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1922, David A Howell ran in 8 U.S. House elections, losing all 8. Howell's biggest single-election total was 2,163 votes, in the 1854 U.S. House election in New York's District 26.

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How many votes has David A Howell received?

David A Howell has received 6,579 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–8.

Election history

David A Howell’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2560.42%	William Cleary Charles Bond David P Berenberg
1902	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	450.18%	William H Douglass (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin Edward F Cassidy Robert J McCall
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	240.11%	Elbridge Lapham Pierpont
1854	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,16315.08%	Andrew Oliver John Seeley
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass (head-to-head) 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 Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0550.08%	Peter Porter Albert J Rumsey David McCracken Charles W Loomis
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	90.08%	J N M Hurd Uri Tracy Edward Edwards G L Halsey Comfort Tyler Benjamin Gold James A Peck (head-to-head) 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
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0140.13%	Silas Halsey James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Rockwell Kent Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Jedediah Sanger Thomas G Sayre Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews William Harris James A Peck (head-to-head) Uri Tracy

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “David A Howell: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/david-a-howell. Accessed [date].

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.