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

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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.