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) David Depue Luther Millard Rice
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 Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Ezekiel Crocker Martin G Schuneman Abraham Vannostrand Baldwin (head-to-head) Caleb Eldred George Harpur Guy C Humphrey Heman Kelsey Henry Metcalf Seth Chace William S Patterson (head-to-head) David Buttolph Ebenezer Wakely (head-to-head) Joseph B Cooper (head-to-head) Monson Morris Obadiah German Otis G Pike Tilly Lynde
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.04%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Evans George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Payne Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas Maxwell
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Isaac Williams John Drake Clapp Caleb Hyde (head-to-head) Charles D Pratt (head-to-head) Ebenezer Wakely (head-to-head) Franklin George Tibbits J A King James Hougteling Ladd Smith (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins David Chamberlin Dodge Ebenezer F Norton Elmer S White George D Wickham Henry Vanderlyn John Tayler Stephen O Runyon Swart (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.04%	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 Brown (head-to-head) George W Beach John Mfadden Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith (head-to-head) Porter Eleazer Lindley Mallory Frederick Hart John Knox Eleazer Lindey Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester (head-to-head)
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 Francis O Mason Nathaniel Waldehar
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	70.03%	Hermause Knickerbacker Robert Livingston John I Vanalen James Hogeboom Alphonzo A Hopkins Franklin D Sargent Samuel Tenbroeck George Walton Green (head-to-head) Herman Kicickerbacker Herman Knickerback Homer A Stebbins James Brebner James I Alen James Main James Mkown John Hyatt Olin S Bishop Robert Graham William Gorslin
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0260.07%	Barent Gardenier Johannis Bruyn Brown (head-to-head) Adam Armstrong Daniel Hoornbeck Frederick V P Bryan Huntington Jolia W Crous Swart (head-to-head)
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 Alexander Mors Anthony J B Ross (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Frank J Erwin James Glenon Jonathan Hatch Peter Say Rogers (head-to-head) Thomas (head-to-head) Thorn
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) Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Thomas (head-to-head) Baldwin (head-to-head) George S Weed Jay C Walton Natalie F Couch Samuel Hodges Sanburn Foord Thomas Shanckland
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.08%	William S Patterson (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler Caleb Hyde (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood Fernando Wood (head-to-head) George Walton Green (head-to-head) Hoxie Paul F Harper Amos Mozzy David Ostrom Frederick Getman Max Meyers Uri Tracy William Beeckman Jedediah Sanger John M Wharter Joseph B Cooper (head-to-head) Joshua Mersereau Simeon Skeeles
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	Lucas Elmendorf John Hathorn (head-to-head) Leonard Bronk Austin E Ford Bryce Oliver Johnson (head-to-head) Thomas Broadhead Cornelius Louw Harry Devoe Isaac Hardenberg Patrick Lamb
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 November 9, 2026.