Edward C Baker

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1906

Career timeline

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1822Rep 1846Rep 1854Rep 1878Rep 1894Rep 1906Rep

1906Rep

0-13

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Baker31,117

Opponents192,126

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1906, Edward C Baker ran in 13 U.S. House elections, losing all 13. Baker's biggest single-election total was 17,382 votes, in the 1906 U.S. House election in New York's District 6.

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How many votes has Edward C Baker received?

Edward C Baker has received 31,117 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–13.

Election history

Edward C Baker’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,3820.73%	William Calder
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6901.4%	Michael Driscoll William W Vanbrocklin William Bourke Cochran
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,9436.64%	Richard Shannon Amos J Cummings (head-to-head) William F Westerfield Joseph Finn T J Mancer
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,70033.31%	John Ketcham John Doty Harman S Potter
1854	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,23113.12%	Thomas Flagler Platt N Chase
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	940.9%	Gideon Reynold Josiah Masters
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Henry Martindale Russel Henry C Mart
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Justin Dwinell Baldwin Nehemiah Auntington Smith (head-to-head) Gerald Root Augustus Donnelly Gideon Messenger James L Wells James Woods Ransom H Gillett
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Wm B Rochester Frank B Arnold Edward R Gilman George W Cooke Benjamin Shick Porter (head-to-head) Wheeler William Helm
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	66	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell (head-to-head) Warner Miller 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 Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Robinson Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Howell Samuel Hopkins Charles W Loomis Lindon Bates Jr. Jeremiah T Brooks Alex Taylor Jr. Lucius C Atwater Smith (head-to-head)
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	60.13%	Vincent Matthews William Harris (head-to-head) Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) James R Grover (head-to-head) Josiah Willoughby James McAll Hugh W Dobbins George Hornel Smith (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Emanuel Coryel G L Halsey Townsend
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell (head-to-head) James R Grover (head-to-head) Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner James Van Horn Walter P Nicoll Guy C Humphrey Silas Hasey Fred W Hewitt Peter Demas Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews Jabesh Goran James A Peck Jedediah Sanger Rockwell Kent Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Uri Tracy Willard C Price William Harris (head-to-head)

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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 November 9, 2026.