Otis G. Pike

U.S. Representative
Born
August 31, 1921
Died
January 20, 2014
Age at death
92
Home state
New York
Party
liberal
On the ballot
1960–1976
8-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Pike1.1M
Opponents797,471
9
Elections run

Between 1960 and 1976, Otis G. Pike ran in 9 U.S. House elections, winning 8 and losing 1. Pike's biggest single-election total was 187,286 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in New York's District 1. Pike's closest win came in the 1970 U.S. House election in New York's District 1, decided by 9,243 votes.

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How many votes has Otis G. Pike received?

Otis G. Pike has received 1,068,342 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 8–1.

Election history

Otis G. Pike’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
1976U.S. HouseNew YorkWon135,5282.77%Salvatore Nicosia
Seth C. Morgan
1974U.S. HouseNew YorkWon101,13064.96%Donald R Sallah
William Morgan
1972U.S. HouseNew YorkWon102,62852.51%William M Boyd
E Watson Gardiner

Robert P Samek
1970U.S. HouseNew YorkWon108,74648.02%Smith
1968U.S. HouseNew YorkWon118,91353.93%James M Catterson Jr. (head-to-head)
Harold Haar

Sam Baron
1966U.S. HouseNew YorkWon101,96353.56%James M Catterson Jr. (head-to-head)
Domenico Crachi Jr.
1964U.S. HouseNew YorkWon126,52961.39%Frederick Hart
1962U.S. HouseNew YorkWon85,61958.39%Walter M Ormsby
1960U.S. HouseNew YorkLost187,2862.79%Stuyvesant Wainwright
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000348) and Wikidata (Q138050). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Otis G. Pike: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/otis-g-pike. 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.