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%	John Nicholson Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Lucius C Atwater Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Moss Rent Sylvanus Smalley William Whitney Albert S Barnes Andrew A Bartow Austin E Ford Charles Mills Corlis Hindes Edmund L Weston Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Isaac C Andrews John Budlong John H Nichols John M Petrie Lyman Munson Moss Cent Nicholason Peter P Meesick Thomas Manly Thomas Stebins
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.06%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway (head-to-head) Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Henry Mneil (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman (head-to-head) Wilhelmus Mynderse (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smally Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Erastus Clevelend Francis Bloodgood (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh William Whipple Brown Daniel Vanhorne Huntington John W Bulkeley Fox Nathan Sage Otis G Pike (head-to-head) Vancleve C Mott William S Hamilton Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Frederick Hart Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold
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 Francis O Mason Henry Lowther Isaac Hays William Slack
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.09%	Thomas Sammons James Cusney Jonathan Joice Adam Hichman Benjamin F Lewis Frederick Strobeck John Knowlan Otis G Pike (head-to-head) Thomas Symmons Thorn William Thrall
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 Adriance James A Peck James Lawrence V Joseph B Cooper Patrick Lamb Peter Maker 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 November 9, 2026.