James L Wells — election history & vote totals · PolitiFinder

James L Wells

U.S. House candidate

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

Career timeline

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1822House 1906House 1952House 1956House 1958House 1960House

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wells88,300

Opponents545,408

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Elections run

Election history

Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1960	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,43814.4%	James Healey Dominick A Fusco
1958	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,39114.23%	James Healey Alex J Soled
1956	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,52411.25%	James Healey 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 Ransom H Gillett James Woods Augustus Donnelly Edward C Baker Gideon Messenger
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,38740.45%	Elisha Litchfield
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Silas Wood James Guion Nathan Sage John Garrelson James Guyon Dirck Gardenier Peter Wendover Henry Meigs Bacon Henry Blackledge Henry Rankin Joseph Kerr
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.03%	Henry Meigs Peter Wendover Dirck Gardenier Andrew Gassner Freeborn Garretson Fernando Wood Howard Gillespie Myers James Guion Nathan Sage Phillip Brather Walter Peek Jacob Jay John Tylee Samuel A Lawrance John Anthon David B Ogden
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.04%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Oliver Comstock Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
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 Townsend Semour Sherwin John Henry Livingston Allan L Benson Benjamin Knap M W %dr< Palmer William Hoffmaster George Schmelz Andrew Heister
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 Huntington William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter J N M Hurd Caleb Keep