Lithgow Osborne

U.S. House candidate

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

Career timeline

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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 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 Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Jonathan Child 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
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.07%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Benjamin Gold Gussie Reed George Grenell Hiram G Hotchkiss Combs John M Donald John Rawson Elmer S White Williams John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Benajah Bundy Abel Card Peter Van Ness Rockwell Kent Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Monson Morris Benjamin Gilbirt Marvin Wilson Adam Hasay James P Cannon Reuben Backingham James A Peck Cyrus Lad Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt Aaron Burr Kenneth Cameron Edward B %dr< Foote

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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.