Frederick Williams

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Maryland
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1801–1894

Career timeline

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1816Rep 1820Rep 1820Rep 1826Rep 1829Rep 1831Rep

1894Rep

0-13

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Williams29,978

Opponents62,876

Elections run

Between 1801 and 1894, Frederick Williams ran in 13 U.S. House elections, losing all 13. Williams's biggest single-election total was 16,742 votes, in the 1894 U.S. House election in Maryland's District 6.

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How many votes has Frederick Williams received?

Frederick Williams has received 29,978 popular votes across 13 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–13.

Election history

Frederick Williams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1894	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	16,74244.23%	George Wellington Albert Shoemaker G Kiracafe
1831	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	2,43846.81%	George Mitchell (head-to-head)
1829	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	2,25346.51%	George Mitchell (head-to-head)
1826	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	1,00821.08%	Levin Gale I Demaulsby William Colliller Reed James W Miller (head-to-head) A Robertson
1820	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	10.02%	Philip Reed Jeremiah Cosden Stevenson Archer George Willigan John Naffitt
1820	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	20.04%	Thomas Bayly (head-to-head) Henry H Goldsborough Enoch Sloan Mark Richardson William Ridgaway John Lebonfite Ennalls Ropell Robert Griffith Ephraim Noah Whales
1816	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	861.75%	Thomas Bayly (head-to-head) John E Wilson
1812	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	2,30539.73%	Charles Goldsborough (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	9370.03%	Charles Goldsborough (head-to-head) Levin Relinoir John Cottman
1806	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	10.02%	Roger Nelson (head-to-head) Daniel Rochester (head-to-head) Daniel Wiegel Edmund Boyd George Frederick John Ragan Thomas Sprigg James W Miller (head-to-head) John Dart Basil W Bowman John Longley Henry Shaffer Harry R Hughes William S Compton Robert Douglass Thomas Kennedy Christian Feighlick
1804	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	10.06%	Roger Nelson (head-to-head) Charles Heck Benjamin Brady Edmond Boyde George Rhineheart William Beard Jacob Shook George Thistle James Morrison
1803	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	2,37939.91%	Daniel Hiester (head-to-head) James Tilghman
1801	U.S. HouseMaryland	Lost	1,82542.57%	Daniel Hiester (head-to-head) Daniel Rochester (head-to-head)

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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.