James Geddes

U.S. House candidate

Born: July 22, 1763
Died: August 17, 1838
Age at death: 75
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1810–1821

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Geddes2,251

Opponents18,666

Elections run

Between 1810 and 1821, James Geddes ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Geddes's biggest single-election total was 2,244 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in New York's District 19.

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How many votes has James Geddes received?

James Geddes has received 2,251 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

James Geddes’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Elisha Litchfield Hall Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Lindon Bates Jr. George Gardener John McWhorter Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Samuel Sherwood George Munro
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow John Lewis Childs Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Evans Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Caleb Keep Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Zachariah Kinne Edward J Boyce Jonathan Cooley Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Payne Samuel Marsh French Edward Edwards
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,24444.39%	James Porter Smith Randall Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Valentine Brother Warner Miller George Tibbits Daniel D Tompkins Sill Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) J A King Comfort Tyler (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.07%	Uri Tracy William B Waldron Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Caleb Hyde Jasper Hopper Robert Earll William Stone M A Bowen Chester Lusk Uriah Tracey Casper M Rouse Nathaniel Waldehar Francis O Mason Lemon Thompson

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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.