James L Wells

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1960

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wells88,300

Opponents545,408

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1960, James L Wells ran in 12 U.S. House elections, losing all 12. Wells's biggest single-election total was 21,606 votes, in the 1952 U.S. House election in New York's District 22.

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How many votes has James L Wells received?

James L Wells has received 88,300 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–12.

Election history

James L Wells’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,43814.4%	James Healey (head-to-head) Dominick A Fusco
1958	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,39114.23%	James Healey (head-to-head) Alex J Soled
1956	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,52411.25%	James Healey (head-to-head) J Merton Rose
1952	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	21,60613.86%	Sidney Fine John C Greene Anita Friedlander
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,94329.72%	Joseph Goulden James T Farrelly Richard Bock David Lyle
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Justin Dwinell Baldwin Nehemiah Auntington Smith Gerald Root (head-to-head) Augustus Donnelly Edward C Baker Gideon Messenger James Woods Ransom H Gillett
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,38740.45%	Elisha Litchfield
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Silas Wood James Guion (head-to-head) Nathan Sage (head-to-head) John Garrelson James Guyon Dirck Gardenier (head-to-head) Peter Wendover Henry Meigs Bacon (head-to-head) Henry Blackledge Henry Rankin Joseph Kerr
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.03%	Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Dirck Gardenier (head-to-head) Andrew Gassner Freeborn Garretson Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Howard Gillespie Myers James Guion (head-to-head) Nathan Sage (head-to-head) David B Ogden Jacob Jay John Anthon John Tylee Phillip Brather Samuel A Lawrance Walter Peek
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.04%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester Evans George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon (head-to-head) Lemon Thompson Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root (head-to-head) Low Alva Carpenter 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. Gamaliel H Barstow George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Gurdon Mumford George Clinton John B Coles Hamilton Fish John R Livinston Monson Morris John N Jones Benjamin Coe John G Ward Allan L Benson Andrew Heister Benjamin Knap George Schmelz John Henry Livingston M W %dr< Palmer Semour Sherwin Townsend William Hoffmaster
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Uri Tracy Edward Edwards G L Halsey David A Howell Comfort Tyler Benjamin Gold James A Peck Payne (head-to-head) Huntington Caleb Keep J N M Hurd John Ballard John McWhorter John Osgood Judas Iscariot Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller (head-to-head) William I Vredenbergh William V A Waterman

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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.