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

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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.