Ira Allen

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Vermont
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1794–1826

Career timeline

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1-5

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Allen5,297

Opponents107,786

Elections run

Between 1794 and 1826, Ira Allen ran in 6 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 5. Allen's biggest single-election total was 2,824 votes, in the 1826 U.S. House election in Vermont's District 4.

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How many votes has Ira Allen received?

Ira Allen has received 5,297 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–5.

Election history

Ira Allen’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1826	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	2,8243.41%	Benjamin Swift Samuel Crofts Agustine Young
1824	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	2033.58%	Ezra Meech Benjamin Swift Stephen Royce
1822	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	8100.88%	Rollin Mallary Samuel C Crafts Charles Rich Daniel Azro Ashley Buck S R Bradley John Mattock Elias Keyes Stephan Haight Phineas White O Merrill Horace Everett Dudley Chase Asa Aikens David Edmonds Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Ezra Meach Uriel Hatch Elisha Luce Elliot Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Chauncey Langdon (head-to-head)
1820	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	1,45640.08%	Samuel Crafts
1796	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	10.02%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Isaac Tichenor (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Samuel Safford (head-to-head) Elijah Robinson Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) Timothy Todd Gamaliel Painter William C Harrington (head-to-head) Roswell Hopkins Hubbard Barlow David Sheldon Eli Cogsell Chauncey Langdon (head-to-head) Cole Nathan Osgood David Whitney Joshua Hyde Levi House Harris Miller Solomon Waldbridge D J Wright
1794	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	30.11%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Isaac Tichenor (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) William C Harrington (head-to-head) John Strong Samuel Safford (head-to-head) Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Samuel Mattocks Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Martin Chittenden

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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.