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 Thomas Greenly Percy D Adams M W %dr< Palmer Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz Thomas Hubbard Walter C Shaw Adam Frink Evans (head-to-head) Miles E Wilcox Smith (head-to-head) Harman S Potter Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Lyman C Hough John Marshall
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	George Hall James O Wattles Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Evans (head-to-head) Thomas F Wilkinson Willis Gaylord Jonathan Forman Caleb Keep (head-to-head) Victory Birdseye Charles S Judd Zachariah Kinne Edward J Boyce Jonathan Cooley James Geddes Comfort Tyler (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh French Edward Edwards (head-to-head)
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) Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Oliver Comstock Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson (head-to-head) Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
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 (head-to-head) David A Howell (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) William D Stewart Robinson (head-to-head) J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith (head-to-head) 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 William Carwell
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Ebenezer Sage E Watson Gardiner Dirck Gardenier Barnet Suydam Thomas Divine Murphy Peter Baganot Burdet Stryker John Dikeman Samuel Griffing
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.05%	Thomas Gold Thomas Skinners Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Solomon Bebee Oscar A Gage Bert Clark Curtis N Douglas Smith (head-to-head) John W Bulkley John W Bulker
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	J N M Hurd 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 James L Wells (head-to-head) William V A Waterman William I Vredenbergh Obadiah Yeomans Peter Betts Warner Miller (head-to-head) John Ballard John Osgood Judas Iscariot John McWhorter Caleb Keep (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.