Gamaliel H Barstow

U.S. House candidate

Born: July 20, 1784
Died: March 30, 1865
Age at death: 80
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1816–1832

Career timeline

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0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Barstow7,030

Opponents79,692

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1832, Gamaliel H Barstow ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Barstow's biggest single-election total was 7,009 votes, in the 1832 U.S. House election in New York's District 22.

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How many votes has Gamaliel H Barstow received?

Gamaliel H Barstow has received 7,030 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

Gamaliel H Barstow’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,00922.86%	Nicoll Halsey Samuel Hathaway Eleazer W Edgecomb
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.08%	Henry Storrs Allen Frazer Bacon (head-to-head) Huntington Sill William S Hamilton Evans (head-to-head) Joel Bristol John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Andrew Elmer Charles R Seymour David Ostrom Elmer S White Ernest H Woodruff George S Schuyler Hoyt J L N Hunt John C Pride John Doe John G Davis Johnson (head-to-head) Luther Guiteau Samuel Dyer Samuel F Snowden Williams
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Aaron Hackley Austin E Ford Jonas Cleland Josiah Willoughby Nichol Fosdick Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz M W %dr< Palmer Percy D Adams Thomas Greenly Thomas Hubbard Adam Frink Evans (head-to-head) Harman S Potter John Marshall Lyman C Hough Miles E Wilcox Payne (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Walter C Shaw
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8	George Hall James O Wattles Fernando Wood (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 Edward Edwards Edward J Boyce French James Geddes Jonathan Cooley Payne (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh Zachariah Kinne
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Evans (head-to-head) George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon (head-to-head) Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson (head-to-head) Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter (head-to-head) Robinson (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Brown George W Beach John Mfadden Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith (head-to-head) Porter (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindley Mallory Frederick Hart John Knox Eleazer Lindey Eleazer Linley Wm B 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 November 9, 2026.