G L Halsey

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1880

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Halsey8,632

Opponents96,011

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1880, G L Halsey ran in 8 U.S. House elections, losing all 8. Halsey's biggest single-election total was 7,497 votes, in the 1850 U.S. House election in New York's District 26.

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How many votes has G L Halsey received?

G L Halsey has received 8,632 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–8.

Election history

G L Halsey’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0762.92%	Ferris Jacobs F R Gilbert
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,49749.33%	Henry Walbridge
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.02%	William Rochester David Woodcock Richmond Elisha Camp Jonathan Richman Robert J McCall Peter Hagar Charles R Seymour William E Peabody John J Jennings Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Wheeler Lindon Bates Jr. David Trepeck John Davidson James Woods Samuel Crittenden
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) William Whitney Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Thomas Manly John H Nichols Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews John M Petrie Moss Cent
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.06%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smally Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) William Whipple Erastus Clevelend Samuel Marsh John W Bulkeley Brown Huntington (head-to-head) Daniel Vanhorne Vancleve C Mott Otis G Pike Nathan Sage William S Hamilton Fox Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Frederick Hart
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Vincent Matthews William Harris Alva Carpenter James R Grover Josiah Willoughby Edward C Baker James McAll Hugh W Dobbins Smith Thomas G Sayre George Hornel Townsend Emanuel Coryel
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	460.88%	J N M Hurd Uri Tracy Edward Edwards (head-to-head) David A Howell Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Benjamin Gold James A Peck Payne Huntington (head-to-head) James L Wells William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter Caleb Keep
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.03%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart William S Patterson Robert Roseboom Jedediah Sanger T H Walker Edward Edwards (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Eaker William Cooper Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Michael E Butler William H Cuyler Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney Williams William D Stewart Clarence M Lyon

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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.