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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1-9

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

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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.