Lithgow Osborne

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1942

Career timeline

1804Rep 1818Rep 1822Rep 1878Rep 1932Rep 1942Rep

0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Osborne66,611

Opponents158,452

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1942, Lithgow Osborne ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Osborne's biggest single-election total was 36,648 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in New York's District 36.

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How many votes has Lithgow Osborne received?

Lithgow Osborne has received 66,611 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Lithgow Osborne’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1942	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	28,5022.22%	John Taber (head-to-head)
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	36,64838.16%	John Taber (head-to-head) Edwin Wright V
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1020.38%	John Camp M L Walley Durston
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,35349.24%	Silas Wood Frank B Lent Smith (head-to-head)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Wadsworth Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Payne Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.07%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Benjamin Gold Gussie Reed George Grenell Combs Elmer S White Hiram G Hotchkiss John M Donald John Rawson Aaron Burr Abel Card Adam Hasay Benajah Bundy Benjamin Gilbirt Cyrus Lad Edward B %dr< Foote Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt James A Peck James P Cannon John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Kenneth Cameron Marvin Wilson Monson Morris Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Peter Van Ness Reuben Backingham Rockwell Kent Williams

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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 November 9, 2026.