Fernando Wood

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1920

1-27

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wood134,779

Opponents458,829

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1920, Fernando Wood ran in 28 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 27. Wood's biggest single-election total was 20,281 votes, in the 1920 U.S. House election in New York's District 38. Wood's closest win came in the 1880 U.S. House election in New York's District 9, decided by 1,529 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 38, every U.S. House race in New York's District 17, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 19.

How many votes has Fernando Wood received?

Fernando Wood has received 134,779 popular votes across 28 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–27.

Election history

Fernando Wood’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1920	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20,28123.55%	Charles Messinger Thomas Dunn Harry C Gregory
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9194.82%	John Carew Lindon Bates Jr. Howard Gillespie Myers (head-to-head)
1902	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6851.86%	Norton Otis Cornelius A Pugsley Owen Carraher Beardsley
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,24836.63%	Charles Chickering Frederick B Devendorf
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4221.18%	Warren Hooker (head-to-head) D Frank Allen (head-to-head) Alex Taylor Jr. (head-to-head)
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,67426.39%	Warren Hooker (head-to-head) John S Freeman D Frank Allen (head-to-head)
1888	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	18,35643.86%	William Stahlnecker (head-to-head) Benedict Edward Goldsmith
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,39244.28%	William Stahlnecker (head-to-head) Griffen
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3081.5%	Ira Davenport Ladd
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,30528.94%	William Laidlaw Huntington
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	10,84237.97%	J L N Hunt John Hardy
1874	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,65230.55%	John Schumaker
1868	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,94547.25%	Henry Reeves
1864	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,74931.73%	William Darling Anson Herrick
1856	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,47626%	George Taylor Stranhan Alexander McCue
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,31517.25%	John Schoolcraft Bouton
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	John Morgan C G Cambrelling Henry Eckford Cadwallader D Colden Smith (head-to-head) J Franklin Sharp Curchill Camballing J A King (head-to-head) Alex Taylor Jr. (head-to-head) William S Hamilton Warner Miller (head-to-head) Lynde Catlin Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Churchill C Cambregling Thomas Stratton Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Mark Starr Josiah Churchill Edwin S Underhill
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Micah Sterling W E Keyes Reuben S Goodell John Henry Livingston (head-to-head) William H Vinining M W %dr< Palmer Richard M Esselstyn Michael F Collins Ebenezer Winslow D Frank Allen (head-to-head) Emerson Orvis Billy Doxtater A Andrus Austin E Ford Richard L Baltimore J A King (head-to-head) Gospel Bill James H Bronson
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.06%	Freeborn Garretson Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Dirck Gardenier Andrew Gassner James L Wells (head-to-head) Howard Gillespie Myers (head-to-head) James Guion Nathan Sage Phillip Brather Walter Peek Jacob Jay (head-to-head) John Tylee Samuel A Lawrance John Anthon David B Ogden
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.04%	Caleb Tompkins Benjn Isaacs Phillip Vancortlandt Crosby Edward Suffren Henry Coffin Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Jacob Delamontagne William Requa R E Sutton (head-to-head) Theodore E Garrison John Garritson John G Ward
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Evans (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 (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh French Edward Edwards
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester Evans (head-to-head) Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Moses Remington R E Sutton (head-to-head) 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 Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	James Porter James Geddes (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Randall Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Valentine Brother Warner Miller (head-to-head) George Tibbits Daniel D Tompkins Sill Alphonzo A Hopkins J A King (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Zebulon Shipherd Elisha Winter Smith (head-to-head) Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) John Henry Livingston (head-to-head) James Savage William H Daniels Grosvenor Elisha Wonter Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Henry Mattison Wheeler
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3131.72%	John Mwhorter Reuben Humphrey Reuben Humphreys John Cantine Uri Tracy Michael E Butler John Parris John Ballard Warner Miller (head-to-head) Daniel Bradley William Kirkpatrick James O Cleveland John A Brush Ada Danforth William H Sabin Josiah Hacket Reuben Humpre Stephen Arnel Reuben Humphe John Goodale Zachariah Cutting George Moury Jonas Spapford Vincent Matthew Ansa Danford John Jayne Reuben Humph John I Auckmody Jonathan Brownel Anson Cary William A Simons
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Rockwell Kent Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre Isaac C Andrews William Harris James A Peck Uri Tracy (head-to-head)
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.08%	William S Patterson Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Caleb Hyde Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Paul F Harper Hoxie George Walton Green David Ostrom Max Meyers Amos Mozzy Frederick Getman William Beeckman Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Joseph B Cooper Simeon Skeeles John M Wharter Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) Joshua Mersereau
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,87445.12%	John Smith William Denning Ebenezer Purdy Benjn Hunting John I Skidmore Strong Abraham Montfort Joseph Pettit Jonah Hallet

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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.