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%	Smith (head-to-head) Justin Dwinell Baldwin Nehemiah Auntington Gerald Root Ransom H Gillett James L Wells James Woods Augustus Donnelly Gideon Messenger
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Wm B Rochester Frank B Arnold Edward R Gilman George W Cooke William Helm Wheeler Porter (head-to-head) Benjamin Shick
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	66	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter (head-to-head) Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith (head-to-head) Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings (head-to-head) Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Howell Samuel Hopkins Charles W Loomis Lindon Bates Jr. Jeremiah T Brooks Lucius C Atwater Alex Taylor Jr. 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 Smith (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) George Hornel G L Halsey Townsend Emanuel Coryel
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 Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Rockwell Kent Jabesh Goran Jedediah Sanger Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews William Harris (head-to-head) James A Peck Uri Tracy

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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.