Mitchell

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1800–1974

Career timeline

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1974Rep

4-15

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Mitchell43,963

Opponents472,069

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1974, Mitchell ran in 19 U.S. House elections, winning 4 and losing 15. Mitchell's biggest single-election total was 7,347 votes, in the 1898 U.S. House election in New York's District 8. Mitchell's closest win came in the 1804 U.S. House election in New York's District 63, decided by 16 votes.

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How many votes has Mitchell received?

Mitchell has received 43,963 popular votes across 19 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–15.

Election history

Mitchell’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,6874.85%	Bella Abzug Stephen Posner Claire Moriarty Frank J Nelson
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,3392.87%	Ogden Reid Frank Conniff
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	810.36%	Michael Conry William Henkel Jr. Daniel Oreilly Jacob W Block
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,4173.01%	Jacob Fassett Herbert Parsons Emmett D Hees Hawley S Pettibone
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,34740.2%	Daniel Riordan John Nagel M W %dr< Palmer Schwartz
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3691.6%	Waters Archibald Bliss
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,78716.64%	Cyrus Prescott J Thomas Spriggs John W Mears
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5974.89%	William Collins Francis Seger
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6124.07%	Preston King Alphonzo A Hopkins
1838	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,20234.67%	Seth Gates
1836	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,27939.42%	William Patterson
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Joseph S Vanwyck Derick B Stockholm Benjamin F Lewis Frederick K Oakley Peter Aikin Andrew L Martin
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.07%	William Wigram William C Dewitt John C Jansen Isaac Lefever Conrad Vernoy N H Decker Charles H Ruggles Bryce Oliver Henry I Schoomnaker Elisha Hoecock William J Hoffman R E Sutton John N Jones (head-to-head) Alphenus Mosur Henry H Christ
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	6,22626.36%	William Paulding John B Cotes Jacob Jay
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	4,05627.81%	Daniel D Tompkins Hamilton Fish Wynant Van Zandt James Votey William A Crane Ebenezer Purdy William Denning Thomas James T Williamson
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	60.24%	Joshua Sands John Broome (head-to-head) John N Jones (head-to-head) Albert J Brower
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	71993.74%	Smith A Sands John Broome (head-to-head) Richard Morton (head-to-head) Abraham Laziliel Bernardus Swartwout Ezekiel Robins Wm Woolsey (head-to-head) David Heckel
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	2,19051.01%	Richard Morton (head-to-head) Phillip Van Cortlandt Samuel Bayard (head-to-head) Wm Woolsey (head-to-head) Peter Wendover
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	471.3%	Philip Van Cortlandt Samuel Bayard (head-to-head) Richard Morton (head-to-head) John N Jones (head-to-head) George M Haight Strong John G Ward Wm Woolsey (head-to-head) Thomas Rockwell Robert Graham Charles Teed

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Mitchell: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/mitchell-new-york. Accessed [date].

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.