Oliver Comstock

★ U.S. Representative

Born: March 1, 1780
Died: January 11, 1860
Age at death: 79
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1812–1818

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Comstock14,488

Opponents41,735

Elections run

Between 1812 and 1818, Oliver Comstock ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning 3 and losing 1. Comstock's biggest single-election total was 5,142 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in New York's District 20. Comstock's closest win came in the 1812 U.S. House election in New York's District 20, decided by 37 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 20 or all 1818 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Oliver Comstock received?

Oliver Comstock has received 14,488 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–1.

Election history

Oliver Comstock’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	5,1420.02%	Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Daniel Cruger Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson Enos Throop (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindsley Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith Porter Eleazer Lindley Mallory John Knox Frederick Hart Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	4,98936.47%	Enos Throop (head-to-head) Oliver Phelps Emanuel Coryell
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	4,3560.18%	Daniel Avery Warner Miller (head-to-head) Vincent Matthews Daniel Every Oliver C Comsto Andrew A Mather

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000664) and Wikidata (Q7087440). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.