Jedediah Sanger

U.S. House candidate

Born: February 28, 1751
Died: June 6, 1829
Age at death: 78
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1804

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Sanger83

Opponents21,593

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1804, Jedediah Sanger ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Sanger's biggest single-election total was 53 votes, in the 1800 U.S. House election in New York's District 10.

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How many votes has Jedediah Sanger received?

Jedediah Sanger has received 83 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Jedediah Sanger’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker Thomas G Sayre Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Isaac C Andrews William Harris James A Peck Uri Tracy (head-to-head)
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	William S Patterson (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood Caleb Hyde Lemon Thompson Paul F Harper Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Hoxie George Walton Green David Ostrom Max Meyers Amos Mozzy Frederick Getman William Beeckman Uri Tracy (head-to-head) Joseph B Cooper Simeon Skeeles John M Wharter Joshua Mersereau
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	280.42%	Benjamin Walker Eaker (head-to-head) Thomas Converse Jonathan Forman J A King Mersereau Joshua John Glover Daniel Paris John T Vicher Garret Putnam Abraham Amdr Jacob Merkie Benjamin Arthur Breese Nathaniel Ring C E Welch
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	530.87%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart William S Patterson (head-to-head) Robert Roseboom T H Walker Edward Edwards Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Eaker (head-to-head) William Cooper Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry G L Halsey Michael E Butler William H Cuyler Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney Williams William D Stewart Clarence M Lyon

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q21068958). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.