Payne

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1936

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Payne28,232

Opponents264,536

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1936, Payne ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Payne's biggest single-election total was 13,957 votes, in the 1884 U.S. House election in New York's District 33.

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How many votes has Payne received?

Payne has received 28,232 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Payne’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,5937.53%	Walter Andrews John L Beyer Thomas Justice Charles W Richards
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6682.17%	John Arnot T K Beecher
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,95747.16%	John Weber Evans (head-to-head)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Aaron Hackley Austin E Ford Jonas Cleland Josiah Willoughby Nichol Fosdick Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz M W %dr< Palmer Percy D Adams Thomas Greenly Thomas Hubbard Adam Frink Evans (head-to-head) Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Harman S Potter John Marshall Lyman C Hough Miles E Wilcox Smith (head-to-head) Walter C Shaw
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Evans (head-to-head) Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Caleb Keep (head-to-head) Jonathan Forman Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Edward Edwards (head-to-head) Edward J Boyce French James Geddes Jonathan Cooley Samuel Marsh Zachariah Kinne
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester Evans (head-to-head) George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells (head-to-head) Low Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson (head-to-head) Rogers Thomas Maxwell
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 (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis 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 (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Ebenezer Sage E Watson Gardiner Dirck Gardenier Barnet Suydam Thomas Divine Burdet Stryker John Dikeman Murphy Peter Baganot Samuel Griffing
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.05%	Thomas Gold Thomas Skinners Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Oscar A Gage Solomon Bebee Bert Clark Curtis N Douglas John W Bulker John W Bulkley Smith (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	Uri Tracy Edward Edwards (head-to-head) G L Halsey David A Howell (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Benjamin Gold James A Peck Huntington Caleb Keep (head-to-head) J N M Hurd James L Wells (head-to-head) John Ballard John McWhorter John Osgood Judas Iscariot Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller (head-to-head) William I Vredenbergh William V A Waterman

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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.