Joseph Fitch

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1794–1908

Career timeline

1794Rep 1806Rep 1806Rep 1818Rep 1848Rep 1894Rep

1908Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Fitch38,558

Opponents91,553

Elections run

Between 1794 and 1908, Joseph Fitch ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Fitch's biggest single-election total was 20,527 votes, in the 1908 U.S. House election in New York's District 29.

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How many votes has Joseph Fitch received?

Joseph Fitch has received 38,558 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

Joseph Fitch’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20,52736.01%	Michael Driscoll Charles M Tower Smith (head-to-head)
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,96140.83%	Richard McCormick Henry Hofstadt George Steinson
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,01319.22%	Herman Gould Edgerton Wheeler (head-to-head)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Pitcher Ezra Gross Russell (head-to-head) Rogers Adgate John Doty Percy D Adams George Rosecrantz Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Brownson James Mnaughton Edmund L Weston Benjamin Mooers Robert Sackrider John Beshall Reuben Whallon (head-to-head) George Royal Levins Charles F Inglis Bert Clark (head-to-head) Erastus F Beadle John Hoffnagle Benjamin Leavens
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	150.88%	David Thomas Jacob Snell Anthony I Blanchard James Savage Russell (head-to-head) Wheeler (head-to-head) George W Reid Robert Pacel Bert Clark (head-to-head) William D Stewart Richard T Mosher Alphonzo A Hopkins William Leigh John Herkimer Daniel Malon William Tist William Robarie Alexander M Nith D Frank Allen James Cheetham Thomas Denis Duty M Intyre Williams Robert M Nab Reuben Whallon (head-to-head) Charles Stanton John G Proudfit Joseph Harrington William Trueman Andrew Haggart Gerrit Wendel Charles A Hitchcock Isaac Serjeant David Force
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Russel Andrew L Martin William E Booth June Eggleton Smith H Barlow Ole L Snyder S Marling Gerald Root Joshua Pine Beardsley Jacob Gephard F R Gilbert Erastus Ruth Samuel Burt Robert Roseboom Samuel Marvine John G Dow Elmer S White Aaron Henry Frank B Arnold
1794	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	400.9%	William Cooper Winne William Bourke Cochran

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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.