Paine Wingate

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Hampshire
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1788–1796

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wingate1,703

Opponents30,844

Elections run

Between 1788 and 1796, Paine Wingate ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Wingate's biggest single-election total was 1,685 votes, in the 1788 U.S. House election in New Hampshire's at-large district.

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How many votes has Paine Wingate received?

Paine Wingate has received 1,703 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Paine Wingate’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1796	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Lost	180.08%	Jeremiah Smith Abiel Foster (head-to-head) William Gordon Jonathan Freeman Peleg Sprague Woodbury Langdon (head-to-head) John Prentice Thomas Cogswell Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Benjamin Bellows (head-to-head) Joseph Cilley Nathaniel Fogers Timothy Walker James Shease Arthur Livermore Israel Evans Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) James Hill Roger E Thompson Aaron Hutchinson William Plummer
1788	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Lost	1,68515.89%	Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) Samuel Livermore Benjamin West Abiel Foster (head-to-head) Frank L Sullivan Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Joshua Atherton Pierce Long Benjamin Bellows (head-to-head) Moses Dow Woodbury Langdon (head-to-head)

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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.