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 Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson Smith Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass (head-to-head) Wm Filbe
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%	Uri Tracy Edward Edwards G L Halsey Comfort Tyler Benjamin Gold James A Peck (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Huntington Caleb Keep 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
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0140.13%	Silas Halsey James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner James Van Horn Walter P Nicoll Guy C Humphrey Silas Hasey Fred W Hewitt Peter Demas Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews Jabesh Goran James A Peck (head-to-head) Jedediah Sanger Rockwell Kent Thomas G Sayre Uri Tracy Willard C Price William Harris

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 November 9, 2026.