Oliver Phelps

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1844

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Phelps5,598

Opponents69,198

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1844, Oliver Phelps ran in 8 U.S. House elections, losing all 8. Phelps's biggest single-election total was 2,986 votes, in the 1834 U.S. House election in New York's District 26.

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How many votes has Oliver Phelps received?

Oliver Phelps has received 5,598 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–8.

Election history

Oliver Phelps’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4063.27%	William Moseley (head-to-head) R S Stevens (head-to-head)
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3673.94%	William Moseley (head-to-head) Vosbgh
1834	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,98640.55%	Francis Granger
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens (head-to-head) Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Wadsworth Payne Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter Robinson Smith Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,83213.39%	Enos Throop Oliver Comstock Emanuel Coryell
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	John Harris Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Silas Halsey Stanley Faulkner Egbert G Barton Willard C Price Nathaniel W Howel James Falkner Evans (head-to-head) Silass Halse James R Grover John Harson Marvin Wilson (head-to-head) Walter D Niehol Gideon Shearman Guy C Humphrey Henry Holland John Heresee John Pertigo Joseph B Cooper Michael F Collins Rogers Thomas G Sayre
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Daniel Verplanck Theron Akin Daniel Van Planck Garret G Lansing Peter Van Ness (head-to-head) William Morgan
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Benjamin Gold Gussie Reed George Grenell Combs Elmer S White Hiram G Hotchkiss John M Donald John Rawson Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Aaron Burr Abel Card Adam Hasay Benajah Bundy Benjamin Gilbirt Cyrus Lad Edward B %dr< Foote Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt James A Peck James P Cannon John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Kenneth Cameron Marvin Wilson (head-to-head) Monson Morris Peter Van Ness (head-to-head) Reuben Backingham Rockwell Kent Williams

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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.