Edwin Wright V

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Socialist
On the ballot: 1802–1960

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wright64,799

Opponents415,165

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1960, Edwin Wright V ran in 11 U.S. House elections, losing all 11. Wright's biggest single-election total was 59,890 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in New York's District 32.

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How many votes has Edwin Wright V received?

Edwin Wright V has received 64,799 popular votes across 11 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–11.

Election history

Edwin Wright V’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	59,89037.7%	Samuel S. Stratton
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8960.93%	John Taber Lithgow Osborne
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3010.66%	Norman Gould Hiram G Hotchkiss Anson L Gardner
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,3716.22%	Oscar Swift Dennis Obrien Thomas F Larkin William Howard Hoople
1910	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0992.7%	Sereno Payne John Colmey Delos J Cotten
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	320.11%	Jacob Olcott John J Halligan Abbott
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1300.3%	Lemuel Quigg John Connelly C W Bennett Samuel Z Batten Theophilus B Steele
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	770.54%	William Duer Reuben P Skinner James Hawley
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Nicholson Rockwell Kent Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Lucius C Atwater Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) Moss Rent Sylvanus Smalley William Whitney (head-to-head) Albert S Barnes Andrew A Bartow Austin E Ford Charles Mills Corlis Hindes Edmund L Weston Isaac C Andrews John Budlong John H Nichols John M Petrie Lyman Munson Moss Cent Nicholason Peter P Meesick Thomas Manly Thomas Stebins
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smally Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Erastus Clevelend Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh William Whipple Brown Daniel Vanhorne Huntington John W Bulkeley Fox Nathan Sage Otis G Pike Vancleve C Mott William S Hamilton Frederick Hart Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.06%	Philip Van Cortlandt Peter Talman Monson Morris John N Jones Richard Hatfield Leroy C Lane Peter De Noyelles James Onderdoak George C Owens James S Frost John Hyatt John Schenk William Whitney (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.