John H Nichols

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1800–1972

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Nichols125,605

Opponents447,014

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1972, John H Nichols ran in 8 U.S. House elections, losing all 8. Nichols's biggest single-election total was 51,535 votes, in the 1934 U.S. House election in New York's District 24.

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How many votes has John H Nichols received?

John H Nichols has received 125,605 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–8.

Election history

John H Nichols’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1972	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,0756.25%	Donald J. Mitchell Robert Castle John T Buckley
1968	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50,5491.6%	Howard Robison
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	51,53529.58%	James Fitzpatrick Prosper A Perrin James C Hogan
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,44239.68%	William Lounsbery Erkson James H Coutant
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Thomas Grosvenor Thomas P Grosner Hezekiah L Hosmer Bill Hylorn Joseph A Kellogg William Durfee David Chamberlin T Clinton Brockway Olin S Bishop Cortlandt S Vanrensselaer Lucian Knapp Anson L Gardner Arlington H Mallery Samuel Tenbroeck Hachaliah Dulittle Adam Wolfrom Nicholas McIntyre John I Vanalen Warner Miller Thomas Truesdell
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Rockwell Kent Joshua Hatheway Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil Wilhelmus Mynderse Aaron Henry Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman G L Halsey Luther Rich Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood William Whitney Andrew L Martin Thomas Manly Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Edwin Wright V Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews John M Petrie Moss Cent
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	John Thompson (head-to-head) Porter Peter Sailly Jacob Snell Platt Benjamin Mooers (head-to-head) William H Cuyler John H Moore Ezekiel Mongomery Joseph A Bailey Benjamin Stafford (head-to-head)
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	David Thomas Williams John Thompson (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Stephen Lush Gordon William J Yates Benjamin Mooers (head-to-head) Benjamin Stafford (head-to-head) Abraham Ten Broeck Garret G Lansing Hezekiah Middlebrox Thomas Tredwell Richard Macumber Russell David Congress

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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.