Lemon Thompson

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1793–1916

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Thompson24,582

Opponents398,209

Elections run

Between 1793 and 1916, Lemon Thompson ran in 21 U.S. House elections, losing all 21. Thompson's biggest single-election total was 12,176 votes, in the 1832 U.S. House election in New York's District 3.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 31, every U.S. House race in New York's District 30, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 3.

How many votes has Lemon Thompson received?

Lemon Thompson has received 24,582 popular votes across 21 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–21.

Election history

Lemon Thompson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2110.57%	Bertrand Snell William C Roberts John C Wallace Henry Dodd
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6451.5%	Samuel Wallin John Q Reynolds George R Lunn Edward Everett Hale
1900	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1730.36%	Henry Bristow Edmund Driggs Stephen Mummery William Stone (head-to-head)
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0106.44%	Thomas J Vanalstyne Vanheusen
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,41541.26%	John Boyd
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,17610.04%	Cornelius Lawrence Campbell White Dudley Selden Churchill Cambreleng David B Ogden Hubert Vanwagenen Peter Talman
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,56419.1%	Dudley Marvin Robert Rose Willard C Price Jeremiah T Brooks Bert Clark Myron Holly Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Rice David Depue Luther Millard
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	85126.84%	John Taylor James McRea Thomas Moon
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2	Robert Monell Joseph Lyman Andrew J Campbell Charles D Pratt (head-to-head) Platt (head-to-head) William Whitney Ezekiel Crocker Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Martin G Schuneman Baldwin (head-to-head) Abraham Vannostrand Heman Kelsey Guy C Humphrey William S Patterson (head-to-head) Caleb Eldred Seth Chace Henry Metcalf George Harpur David Buttolph Ebenezer Wakely (head-to-head) Tilly Lynde Joseph B Cooper (head-to-head) Obadiah German Otis G Pike Monson Morris
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.04%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers (head-to-head) Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Isaac Williams John Drake Clapp Caleb Hyde (head-to-head) J A King Charles D Pratt (head-to-head) James Hougteling Ladd Franklin George Tibbits Ebenezer Wakely (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) George D Wickham Elmer S White John Tayler Daniel D Tompkins Stephen O Runyon Dodge Swart (head-to-head) David Chamberlin Henry Vanderlyn Ebenezer F Norton
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.04%	Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley George Walton Green (head-to-head) Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown (head-to-head) George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith (head-to-head) Porter Eleazer Lindley Mallory John Knox Frederick Hart Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Uri Tracy William B Waldron Jonathan Forman Caleb Hyde (head-to-head) Jasper Hopper Robert Earll James Geddes William Stone (head-to-head) M A Bowen Chester Lusk Uriah Tracey Casper M Rouse Nathaniel Waldehar Francis O Mason
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.03%	William Gorslin Hermause Knickerbacker Robert Livingston John I Vanalen James Hogeboom Alphonzo A Hopkins Samuel Tenbroeck Franklin D Sargent Herman Knickerback Robert Graham James Mkown Homer A Stebbins James Brebner John Hyatt Herman Kicickerbacker Olin S Bishop George Walton Green (head-to-head) James Main James I Alen
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0260.07%	Barent Gardenier Johannis Bruyn Brown (head-to-head) Huntington Jolia W Crous Daniel Hoornbeck Swart (head-to-head) Adam Armstrong Frederick V P Bryan
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.07%	Peter Sailly Adam Comstock (head-to-head) Joseph A Bailey Platt (head-to-head) Mark Graves Benjamin Mooers Beriah Palmer (head-to-head) Josiah Masters Edward Hallock Lewis Ransom Rogers (head-to-head) Frank J Erwin Alexander Mors Peter Say Thomas (head-to-head) Jonathan Hatch Thorn Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) James Glenon
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	86	Beriah Palmer (head-to-head) Guert Van Schoonhoven Platt (head-to-head) Peter Sailly Elijah B Yerrington Adam Comstock (head-to-head) Thomas (head-to-head) Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Jay C Walton Thomas Shanckland Natalie F Couch Sanburn Foord Baldwin (head-to-head) Samuel Hodges George S Weed
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.08%	William S Patterson (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler Francis Bloodgood Caleb Hyde (head-to-head) Paul F Harper Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Hoxie George Walton Green (head-to-head) David Ostrom Max Meyers Amos Mozzy Frederick Getman William Beeckman Uri Tracy Joseph B Cooper (head-to-head) Simeon Skeeles John M Wharter Jedediah Sanger Joshua Mersereau
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	Isaac Hardenberg Lucas Elmendorf John Hathorn (head-to-head) Leonard Bronk Thomas Broadhead Bryce Oliver Johnson (head-to-head) Austin E Ford Patrick Lamb Cornelius Louw Harry Devoe
1793	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	401.29%	Peter Van Gaasbeck John Hathorn (head-to-head) Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) C C Schoonmaker Jesse Woodhull
1793	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	35512.77%	James Gordon Williams

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Lemon Thompson: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/lemon-thompson. Accessed [date].

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.