Fernando Wood

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
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%	Thomas Dunn Charles Messinger 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) Churchill C Cambregling Edwin S Underhill Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Josiah Churchill Lynde Catlin Mark Starr Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Thomas Stratton Warner Miller (head-to-head) William S Hamilton
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Micah Sterling W E Keyes John Henry Livingston (head-to-head) M W %dr< Palmer Reuben S Goodell William H Vinining Michael F Collins Richard M Esselstyn Ebenezer Winslow A Andrus Austin E Ford Billy Doxtater D Frank Allen (head-to-head) Emerson Orvis Gospel Bill J A King (head-to-head) James H Bronson Richard L Baltimore
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.06%	Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Dirck Gardenier Andrew Gassner Freeborn Garretson James L Wells (head-to-head) Howard Gillespie Myers (head-to-head) James Guion Nathan Sage David B Ogden Jacob Jay (head-to-head) John Anthon John Tylee Phillip Brather Samuel A Lawrance Walter Peek
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.04%	Caleb Tompkins Benjn Isaacs Phillip Vancortlandt Crosby Edward Suffren Henry Coffin Jacob Delamontagne Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) William Requa John G Ward John Garritson R E Sutton (head-to-head) Theodore E Garrison
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 Caleb Keep Jonathan Forman Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Edward Edwards Edward J Boyce French James Geddes (head-to-head) Jonathan Cooley Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh Zachariah Kinne
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) George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells (head-to-head) Low Alva Carpenter Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton (head-to-head) Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) 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 Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	James Porter James Geddes (head-to-head) Randall Smith (head-to-head) Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins George Tibbits J A King (head-to-head) Sill Valentine Brother Warner Miller (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 Grosvenor William H Daniels Elisha Wonter Henry Mattison Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Wheeler
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3131.72%	Reuben Humphrey Reuben Humphreys John Cantine Uri Tracy Michael E Butler John Mwhorter John Parris Daniel Bradley James O Cleveland John Ballard Warner Miller (head-to-head) William Kirkpatrick Ada Danforth Ansa Danford Anson Cary George Moury John A Brush John Goodale John I Auckmody John Jayne Jonas Spapford Jonathan Brownel Josiah Hacket Reuben Humph Reuben Humphe Reuben Humpre Stephen Arnel Vincent Matthew William A Simons William H Sabin Zachariah Cutting
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner James Van Horn Walter P Nicoll Guy C Humphrey Silas Hasey Fred W Hewitt Peter Demas Edward C Baker Isaac C Andrews Jabesh Goran James A Peck Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) Rockwell Kent Thomas G Sayre Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Willard C Price William Harris
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.08%	William S Patterson Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Caleb Hyde Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) George Walton Green Hoxie Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Paul F Harper Amos Mozzy David Ostrom Frederick Getman Max Meyers Uri Tracy (head-to-head) William Beeckman Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) John M Wharter Joseph B Cooper Joshua Mersereau Simeon Skeeles
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,87445.12%	John Smith Benjn Hunting Ebenezer Purdy William Denning Abraham Montfort John I Skidmore Jonah Hallet Joseph Pettit Strong

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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.