Howard Gillespie Myers

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: prohibition
On the ballot: 1802–1932

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Myers2,651

Opponents338,426

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1932, Howard Gillespie Myers ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Myers's biggest single-election total was 911 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in New York's District 27.

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How many votes has Howard Gillespie Myers received?

Howard Gillespie Myers has received 2,651 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Howard Gillespie Myers’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9110.92%	Philip Goodwin Warner Miller
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2400.46%	Joseph Rowan Walter Chandler Leon A Malkiel
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	500.19%	George Francis Thomas Patten Irving Ottenberg
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	640.34%	John Carew Lindon Bates Jr. Fernando Wood (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	80.07%	Henry Goldfogle Meyer London Henry Moskowitz Edward Wolf
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5171.3%	Aaron Cochrane John Henry Livingston Lawrence A Boland
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5951.51%	Frank Black Charles Haines John J Kelly
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2630.64%	Ashbel Fitch Percy D Adams Eugene H Eckert
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Freeborn Garretson Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Dirck Gardenier Andrew Gassner Fernando Wood (head-to-head) James L Wells James Guion Nathan Sage Phillip Brather Walter Peek Jacob Jay John Tylee Samuel A Lawrance John Anthon David B Ogden
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Gaylord Griswold Francis Bloodgood Arthur Breese William Kirkpatrick George R Scott Benjamin Gold Matthew B Talmadge David Ostrom Timothy Greenlys Rosel Fellows John Budlong

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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.