Edward Edwards

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1836

Career timeline

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0-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Edwards5,494

Opponents16,878

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1836, Edward Edwards ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Edwards's biggest single-election total was 3,576 votes, in the 1836 U.S. House election in New York's District 27.

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How many votes has Edward Edwards received?

Edward Edwards has received 5,494 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Edward Edwards’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1836	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,57640.66%	John Andrews
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow John Lewis Childs Fernando Wood Evans Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Jonathan Forman Caleb Keep (head-to-head) Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Zachariah Kinne Edward J Boyce Jonathan Cooley James Geddes Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh French
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,91136.61%	J N M Hurd Uri Tracy G L Halsey (head-to-head) David A Howell Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Benjamin Gold James A Peck Payne (head-to-head) Huntington James L Wells William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter Caleb Keep (head-to-head)
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	60.1%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart William S Patterson Robert Roseboom Jedediah Sanger T H Walker Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Eaker William Cooper Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry G L Halsey (head-to-head) Michael E Butler William H Cuyler Rockwell Kent Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney Williams William D Stewart Clarence M Lyon

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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.