Edwin Wright V

U.S. House candidate

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

Career timeline

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0-11

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

V64,799

Opponents415,165

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1960, Edwin Wright V ran in 11 U.S. House elections, losing all 11. V'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%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Rockwell Kent Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) William Whitney (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Thomas Manly John H Nichols Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews John M Petrie Moss Cent
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smally Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) William Whipple G L Halsey (head-to-head) Erastus Clevelend Samuel Marsh John W Bulkeley Brown Huntington Daniel Vanhorne Vancleve C Mott Otis G Pike Nathan Sage William S Hamilton Fox Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold Frederick Hart
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 James S Frost George C Owens John Hyatt William Whitney (head-to-head) John Schenk

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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.