Michael F Collins

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1806–1948

Career timeline

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1-9

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Collins120,259

Opponents233,592

Elections run

Between 1806 and 1948, Michael F Collins ran in 10 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 9. Collins's biggest single-election total was 65,341 votes, in the 1948 U.S. House election in New York's District 32. Collins's closest win came in the 1816 U.S. House election in New York's District 18, decided by 10 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 32, every U.S. House race in New York's District 28, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 19.

How many votes has Michael F Collins received?

Michael F Collins has received 120,259 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–9.

Election history

Michael F Collins’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	65,34141.05%	William Byrne Wheeler
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	21,43642.91%	Rollin Sanford Allin Depew John Chaloux
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3920.78%	John Andrus John D Lynn John J Cleary Leon A Malkiel
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,93946.58%	John Quackenbush Jonathan E Hoag
1866	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,43539.18%	Hamilton Ward
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,36240.38%	Abijah Mann
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.04%	Micah Sterling W E Keyes Reuben S Goodell John Henry Livingston William H Vinining M W %dr< Palmer Richard M Esselstyn Ebenezer Winslow D Frank Allen Emerson Orvis Billy Doxtater A Andrus Austin E Ford (head-to-head) Richard L Baltimore J A King (head-to-head) Fernando Wood Gospel Bill James H Bronson
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Thomas Hubbard Austin E Ford (head-to-head) James B Eldridge Moses Maynard Nehemiah Bacheller Huntington Rudolph Defendorf Elnathan Sears Daniel Olmstead Abijah Beckwith Isaac Bumpus Alphonzo A Hopkins
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	2,34950.06%	David Ogden David A Ogdin George Tibbits J A King (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Harris Benjamin F Lewis Silas Halsey Stanley Faulkner Egbert G Barton Willard C Price Nathaniel W Howel James Falkner Evans Silass Halse James R Grover Marvin Wilson Oliver Phelps John Harson Walter D Niehol Guy C Humphrey Joseph B Cooper Thomas G Sayre Rogers Gideon Shearman John Pertigo Henry Holland John Heresee

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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.