James O Cleveland

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1806–1894

Career timeline

1806Rep 1818Rep 1894Rep

0-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cleveland13,204

Opponents42,946

Elections run

Between 1806 and 1894, James O Cleveland ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Cleveland's biggest single-election total was 13,194 votes, in the 1894 U.S. House election in New York's District 2.

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How many votes has James O Cleveland received?

James O Cleveland has received 13,204 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

James O Cleveland’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,19441.03%	Denis Hurley Daniel Bradley (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Michael Raphael Charles L Furman
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.05%	Reuben Humphrey Reuben Humphreys Fernando Wood John Cantine Uri Tracy Michael E Butler John Mwhorter John Parris Daniel Bradley (head-to-head) John Ballard Warner Miller (head-to-head) William Kirkpatrick Ada Danforth Ansa Danford Anson Cary George Moury John A Brush John Goodale John I Auckmody John Jayne Jonas Spapford Jonathan Brownel Josiah Hacket Reuben Humph Reuben Humphe Reuben Humpre Stephen Arnel Vincent Matthew William A Simons William H Sabin Zachariah Cutting

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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.