Jenkins

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1798–1836

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Jenkins10,312

Opponents32,931

Elections run

Between 1798 and 1836, Jenkins ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Jenkins's biggest single-election total was 4,351 votes, in the 1836 U.S. House election in New York's District 10.

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How many votes has Jenkins received?

Jenkins has received 10,312 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

Jenkins’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1836	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,35147.12%	Albert Gallup
1826	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,60849.35%	George Belden
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland 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 Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,41836.57%	Rensselaer Westerlo John Loveth Abraham Oake Charles E Dudley
1798	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,93440.78%	John Bird

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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.