Emanuel Celler

★ U.S. Representative

Born: May 6, 1888
Died: January 15, 1981
Age at death: 92
Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1922–1970

Career timeline

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25-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Celler1.8M

Opponents603,796

Elections run

Between 1922 and 1970, Emanuel Celler ran in 25 U.S. House elections, winning all 25. Celler's biggest single-election total was 139,397 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in New York's District 11. Celler's closest win came in the 1922 U.S. House election in New York's District 10, decided by 3,111 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 10, every U.S. House race in New York's District 11, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 15.

How many votes has Emanuel Celler received?

Emanuel Celler has received 1,802,191 popular votes across 25 U.S. elections, with a career record of 25–0.

Election history

Emanuel Celler’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1970	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	78,3249.66%	Frank J Occhiogrosso
1968	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	106,62210.23%	Frank L Martano
1966	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	76,43971.03%	Jacob Rosenberg
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	118,94179.84%	Samuel W Held
1962	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	90,21670.94%	Seymour Besunder (head-to-head)
1960	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	139,39715.06%	Seymour Besunder (head-to-head)
1958	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	105,01166.32%	Jesse M Browser
1956	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	131,50865.76%	Henry D Dorfman (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	103,78868.15%	Henry D Dorfman (head-to-head)
1952	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	127,09156.33%	Henry D Dorfman (head-to-head) Joseph Rosenbaum Max Gilgoff
1950	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	72,39618.02%	Louis H Heiger William Podell
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	94,82856.83%	Henry D Dorfman (head-to-head)
1946	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	78,54325.3%	Lauri T Laisi Max Schachtman
1944	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	105,94344.88%	Nathan J Paulson
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	32,02622.75%	Benjamin F Lewis
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	57,28613.72%	Marvin Wilson Bessie Polonsky
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	43,88120.41%	Arthur H J Macmullen Jack Altman
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	47,87268.78%	Mortimer H Michaels John Weiss Louis Sadoff (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	31,19360.87%	Michael C Antonelli Esther Friedman (head-to-head) Williams
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	36,46063.85%	William A Ronalds Louis Sadoff (head-to-head) Esther Friedman (head-to-head)
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	23,71158.03%	George J Beldock Abraham I Shiplacoff (head-to-head) Moissaye J Olgin
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	31,15258.01%	William G Bushell Abraham I Shiplacoff (head-to-head) Bertram D Wolfe (head-to-head)
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	24,10258.26%	Samuel Rubin Abraham I Shiplacoff (head-to-head) Bertram D Wolfe (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	25,25150.04%	James N Little Joseph A Whitehorn Alex Trachtenberg
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	20,21045.63%	Lester Volk Jerome T Dehunt E J Cook James P Cannon

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000264) and Wikidata (Q3052621). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.