Jonathan Child

U.S. House candidate

Born: January 30, 1785
Died: October 27, 1860
Age at death: 75
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1821

Career timeline

1818Rep 1821Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Child8

Opponents24,395

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1821, Jonathan Child ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Child's biggest single-election total was 7 votes, in the 1821 U.S. House election in New York's District 11.

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How many votes has Jonathan Child received?

Jonathan Child has received 8 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Jonathan Child’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.16%	John Taylor Guert Vanschoonhoven William J Drake
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 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

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q6272752). 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.