Evans

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1806–1940

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Evans81,934

Opponents169,802

Elections run

Between 1806 and 1940, Evans ran in 10 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 9. Evans's biggest single-election total was 51,428 votes, in the 1940 U.S. House election in New York's District 5. Evans's closest win came in the 1826 U.S. House election in New York's District 29, decided by 592 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 5, every U.S. House race in New York's District 27, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 33.

How many votes has Evans received?

Evans has received 81,934 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–9.

Election history

Evans’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	51,42844.83%	James Heffernan
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	25,62044.74%	Charles Ward Rowland Miles
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9923.35%	John Weber Payne (head-to-head)
1826	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	3,84354.17%	Simeon Cumings
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.08%	Henry Storrs Allen Frazer Bacon (head-to-head) Huntington Sill William S Hamilton Joel Bristol John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Andrew Elmer Charles R Seymour David Ostrom Elmer S White Ernest H Woodruff George S Schuyler Hoyt J L N Hunt John C Pride John Doe John G Davis Johnson Luther Guiteau Samuel Dyer Samuel F Snowden Williams
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Aaron Hackley Austin E Ford Jonas Cleland Josiah Willoughby Nichol Fosdick Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz M W %dr< Palmer Percy D Adams Thomas Greenly Thomas Hubbard Adam Frink Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Harman S Potter John Marshall Lyman C Hough Miles E Wilcox Payne (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Walter C Shaw
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Caleb Keep Jonathan Forman Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Comfort Tyler Edward Edwards Edward J Boyce French James Geddes Jonathan Cooley Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh Zachariah Kinne
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	120.11%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon (head-to-head) Lemon Thompson Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson (head-to-head) Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas Maxwell
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	24	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.1%	John Harris Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Silas Halsey Stanley Faulkner Egbert G Barton Willard C Price Nathaniel W Howel James Falkner Silass Halse James R Grover John Harson Marvin Wilson Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Walter D Niehol Gideon Shearman Guy C Humphrey Henry Holland John Heresee John Pertigo Joseph B Cooper Michael F Collins Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre

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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.