E Watson Gardiner

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1808–1972

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Gardiner115,554

Opponents349,894

Elections run

Between 1808 and 1972, E Watson Gardiner ran in 9 U.S. House elections, losing all 9. Gardiner's biggest single-election total was 36,956 votes, in the 1928 U.S. House election in New York's District 30.

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How many votes has E Watson Gardiner received?

E Watson Gardiner has received 115,554 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–9.

Election history

E Watson Gardiner’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1972	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	18,6279.53%	Otis G. Pike William M Boyd Robert P Samek
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	36,95638.09%	Frank Crowther (head-to-head) Charles W Noonan
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	26,51039.92%	Frank Crowther (head-to-head) Herbert M Merrill
1868	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,18041.41%	Hamilton Ward
1864	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,94242.52%	Charles Goodyear
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,80640.09%	Abel Huntington
1828	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,29435.97%	Timothy Childs Daniel Barnard
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2360.25%	Ebenezer Sage Dirck Gardenier (head-to-head) Barnet Suydam Thomas Divine Murphy Peter Baganot Burdet Stryker John Dikeman Samuel Griffing Payne
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.01%	J A King William Denning Gurdon Mumford Washington T Henderson Dirck Gardenier (head-to-head) Barnet Gardinier Benjamin Coe Townsend Monson Morris 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 James Cheetham

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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.