Luther Rich

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1802–1808

Career timeline

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0-5

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Rich11

Opponents22,217

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1808, Luther Rich ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Rich's biggest single-election total was 4 votes, in the 1808 U.S. House election in New York's District 11.

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How many votes has Luther Rich received?

Luther Rich has received 11 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

Luther Rich’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) William Whitney Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Thomas Manly John H Nichols Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews John M Petrie Moss Cent
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.06%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smally Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) William Whipple G L Halsey (head-to-head) Erastus Clevelend Samuel Marsh John W Bulkeley Brown Huntington Daniel Vanhorne Vancleve C Mott Otis G Pike (head-to-head) Nathan Sage William S Hamilton Fox Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Frederick Hart
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Erastus Root (head-to-head) Gabriel North Edward B %dr< Foote Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Asa Emmons Isaac Hays Henry Lowther William Slack Francis O Mason
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.09%	Thomas Sammons James Cusney Jonathan Joice Frederick Strobeck Thomas Symmons Thorn Otis G Pike (head-to-head) John Knowlan William Thrall Benjamin F Lewis Adam Hichman
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Erastus Root (head-to-head) F R Gilbert Lucas Elmendorf Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) William Sammons Sloman Wattels James A Peck Adriance Peter Maker James Lawrence V Patrick Lamb Joseph B Cooper Solomon Sutherland

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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.