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Porter

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1916

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Porter41,878

Opponents226,104

15

Elections run

Election history

Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,2314.32%	Walter Magee Arlington H Mallery Gustave A Strebel
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,8535.29%	Charles Fornes Laurence Latourette Driggs William Irvine Robert E Neidig
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,32640.88%	Frank Hiscock
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5782.44%	John Spriggs Fox William Harris
1868	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,45541.02%	Dennis McCarthy
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8557.53%	Elias Holmes Strong
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7175.69%	Orville Hungerford Daniel Bradley
1828	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,38244.84%	John Magee
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Rowland Day Richmond John McFadden
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Wm B Rochester Frank B Arnold Edward R Gilman George W Cooke William Helm Wheeler Benjamin Shick Edward C Baker
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0920.02%	Albert Tracy Herbert M Merrill Ebenezer F Norton Joel Dorman Leslie Pell Clarke Ashbel G Hinman
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith 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
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.02%	Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock Warner Miller Johnson Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley Lemon Thompson George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith Eleazer Lindley Mallory John Knox Frederick Hart Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow Eleazer Lindey Wm B Rochester
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,38139.24%	John Thompson Peter Sailly Jacob Snell Platt Benjamin Mooers William H Cuyler John H Moore Ezekiel Mongomery Joseph A Bailey John H Nichols Benjamin Stafford
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	David Thomas Reuben P Skinner Anthony I Blanchard Leslie Pell Clarke Peter Sallee Reuben Whallon Martin S Shepherd John Broom John M Donald Asher Right Isaac Sergeants John Thurman Emanuel T Holmes