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 Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens (head-to-head) Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) William Carwell
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 Marvin Wilson (head-to-head) John Harson Walter D Niehol Guy C Humphrey Joseph B Cooper Thomas G Sayre Rogers Gideon Shearman Michael F Collins John Pertigo Henry Holland John Heresee
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Daniel Verplanck Theron Akin Daniel Van Planck Peter Van Ness (head-to-head) Garret G Lansing 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 Hiram G Hotchkiss Combs John M Donald John Rawson Elmer S White Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Williams John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Benajah Bundy Abel Card Peter Van Ness (head-to-head) Rockwell Kent Monson Morris Benjamin Gilbirt Marvin Wilson (head-to-head) Adam Hasay James P Cannon Reuben Backingham James A Peck Cyrus Lad Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt Aaron Burr Kenneth Cameron Edward B %dr< Foote

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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.