John G Davis

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1812–1964

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Davis200,992

Opponents8.4M

Elections run

Between 1812 and 1964, John G Davis ran in 24 U.S. House elections, losing all 24. Davis's biggest single-election total was 52,002 votes, in the 1942 U.S. House election in New York's at-large district.

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How many votes has John G Davis received?

John G Davis has received 200,992 popular votes across 24 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–24.

Election history

John G Davis’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,4882.96%	Joseph Resnick J Ernest Wharton
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	52,0020.67%	Winifred Stanley Matthew Merritt Charles Muzzicats Johnson (head-to-head) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Leroy C Lane (head-to-head) Amicus Most
1940	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,1343.96%	William Byrne William V A Waterman
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	19,01029.89%	Marcellus Evans Max H Frankle Abraham Markoff John F McDonald
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,57826.08%	Charles Smith Henry Kobler Edward Simon Jr. D Frank Allen
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3860.86%	Henry Brewster Ryan Howard W Sneck J L N Hunt (head-to-head) Frank Siererman William J McPherson
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,79344.22%	Thomas Bunting Guy C Humphrey
1888	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4841.04%	William Laidlaw Howe Corey
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,83146.23%	Frank Hiscock Sweet Abbott
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,37845.93%	Stephen Millard Hall
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,46841.53%	Anson McCook
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,08242.27%	Jeremiah Dwight John D Wagner
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,71339.46%	Richard Crowley Warner Miller Grosvenor
1870	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,65939.59%	Joseph Warren
1860	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,47441.24%	James McKean
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,84633.64%	Lorenzo Burrows Silas Burroughs
1828	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,30248.39%	John Dickinson (head-to-head)
1824	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,92543.45%	William McManus
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	Peter Waumaker John Morgan Churchill Cambreleng Peter Sharpe Cadwallader D Colden Thomas Addis Emmet Haines Jonathan I Coddington John Striker John S Thorp Samuel Marsh James O Woodward Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Samuel Bayard Smith (head-to-head) John Pintard Gideon Tucker Nathaniel G Ingraham Samuel S Cox
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.07%	John Dickinson (head-to-head) William Mmanus William Manus Richard L Mdonald John D Dickerson James Hogeboom Thomas Clows Leroy C Lane (head-to-head) Mallory George W Reid Smith (head-to-head) Nathan Dauchy
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.04%	Henry Storrs Allen Frazer Bacon Huntington William S Hamilton Sill Joel Bristol Evans John Lewis Childs Gamaliel H Barstow Williams Hoyt Samuel Dyer David Ostrom Ernest H Woodruff George S Schuyler Samuel F Snowden J L N Hunt (head-to-head) Charles R Seymour John Doe Andrew Elmer Elmer S White Johnson (head-to-head) Luther Guiteau John C Pride
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	William Irving Peter Wendover William J Hoffman Edward Ely John N Jones Smith (head-to-head) Townsend John Evans Scudder John Perine F R Gilbert Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Gurdon S Mumfort Samuel L Mitchill
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Abraham Hasbrouck William C Dewitt Benjamin De Witt
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	43120.12%	Jonathan Fisk John Bradner Hamilton Fish

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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.