David Appleton

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Maine
Party: whig
On the ballot: 1823–1852

Career timeline

1823Rep 1838Rep 1850Rep 1852Rep

0-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Appleton14,577

Opponents36,486

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1852, David Appleton ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Appleton's biggest single-election total was 5,333 votes, in the 1852 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1.

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How many votes has David Appleton received?

David Appleton has received 14,577 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

David Appleton’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1852	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	5,33333.42%	Peter M McDonald (head-to-head) Samuel Fessenden
1850	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	4,68344.88%	Peter M McDonald (head-to-head) M Sweat
1838	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	4,56044.89%	Nathan Clifford
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	10.02%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Peter M McDonald (head-to-head) Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Charles E Allen Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Samuel E Smith Enoch Wood Joshua Goodwin W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball Joshua Hall John Bodwell Timothy Shaw Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston

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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.