Dirck Gardenier

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1818

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Gardenier7,235

Opponents40,253

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1818, Dirck Gardenier ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Gardenier's biggest single-election total was 4,634 votes, in the 1808 U.S. House election in New York's District 2.

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How many votes has Dirck Gardenier received?

Dirck Gardenier has received 7,235 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

Dirck Gardenier’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	340.4%	Silas Wood James Guion (head-to-head) Nathan Sage (head-to-head) John Garrelson James Guyon Peter Wendover Henry Meigs Bacon James L Wells (head-to-head) Henry Blackledge Henry Rankin Joseph Kerr
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,55728.28%	Freeborn Garretson Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Andrew Gassner Fernando Wood James L Wells (head-to-head) Howard Gillespie Myers James Guion (head-to-head) Nathan Sage (head-to-head) Phillip Brather Walter Peek Jacob Jay (head-to-head) John Tylee Samuel A Lawrance John Anthon David B Ogden
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	90.25%	Ebenezer Sage E Watson Gardiner (head-to-head) Barnet Suydam Thomas Divine Murphy Peter Baganot Burdet Stryker John Dikeman Samuel Griffing Payne
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,63421.31%	J A King William Denning Gurdon Mumford Washington T Henderson Barnet Gardinier Benjamin Coe Townsend Monson Morris E Watson Gardiner (head-to-head) James Lawrence V John N Jones Benjamin W Seaman William H Ireland Stephen Jumal Thomas Nixon Oliver Wolcott T H Walker John Sidell William A Crane Smith George Gosman Frederick Shanewolfe Jacob Jay (head-to-head) James Cheetham
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Bird John Henry Livingston Ellis Woodworth John Bud William J Yates F R Gilbert John Lovitt James Savage Leroy C Lane Cortlandt S Vanrensselaer

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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.