Percy D Adams

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1816–1968

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Adams97,644

Opponents314,589

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1968, Percy D Adams ran in 12 U.S. House elections, losing all 12. Adams's biggest single-election total was 20,511 votes, in the 1968 U.S. House election in New York's District 6.

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How many votes has Percy D Adams received?

Percy D Adams has received 97,644 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–12.

Election history

Percy D Adams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1968	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20,51112.42%	Seymour Halpern Warner Miller
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,77833.47%	William Cleary Abraham H Shulman Robert E Neidig
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,82235.73%	Francis Harrison John Parr Edwin D Ackerman George Munro
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	18,55336.95%	Lemuel Quigg Charles Fornes V Richard Morton Rogers (head-to-head)
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,82028.81%	Ashbel Fitch Eugene H Eckert Howard Gillespie Myers
1872	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,53848.43%	Eli Perry
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,61145.5%	Byram Green Willis Gaylord
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	60.05%	Nathaniel Pitcher Ezra Gross Russell Rogers (head-to-head) Adgate John Doty George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Brownson James Mnaughton Edmund L Weston Benjamin Mooers (head-to-head) Robert Sackrider John Beshall Reuben Whallon George Royal Levins Joseph Fitch Charles F Inglis Bert Clark Erastus F Beadle John Hoffnagle Benjamin Leavens
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	John Fay Peter C Veeder John Vedder Aaron Hackley Aaron Haring William G Morrell George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Thomas H Jackson Marvin Wilson Jacob Eyegenbroat
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.1%	Aaron Hackley Austin E Ford Jonas Cleland Josiah Willoughby Nichol Fosdick Thomas Greenly M W %dr< Palmer Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Thomas Hubbard Walter C Shaw Adam Frink Evans Miles E Wilcox Smith (head-to-head) Harman S Potter Gamaliel H Barstow Lyman C Hough Payne John Marshall
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	William Ford Emerson Orvis David Ogden J Llewellyn Davies Alphonzo A Hopkins Ellis Arthur Chambers George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Joseph York W E Keyes Eliphalet Edmunds
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	John Palmer John Savage Anthony J B Ross Zebulon R Shipherd Asa Adgate John Tayler Daniel D Tompkins Alric Man Sanford L Bradley Dorr J A King George Tibbits Gerrit Wendell Platt Myron B Ferris Benjamin Mooers (head-to-head) Robert H Haskell George W Reid Luman Wadhems

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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.