Porter

(name as recorded in the historical source)

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

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1916, Porter ran in 15 U.S. House elections, losing all 15. Porter's biggest single-election total was 16,326 votes, in the 1884 U.S. House election in New York's District 25.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 35, every U.S. House race in New York's District 11, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 25.

How many votes has Porter received?

Porter has received 41,878 popular votes across 15 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–15.

Election history

Porter’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,2314.32%	Gustave A Strebel Walter Magee Arlington H Mallery
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 (head-to-head) John McFadden
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Frank B Arnold Edward R Gilman George W Cooke William Helm Wheeler Benjamin Shick Edward C Baker (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0920.02%	Leslie Pell Clarke (head-to-head) Albert Tracy (head-to-head) Herbert M Merrill Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Joel Dorman (head-to-head) Ashbel G Hinman
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy (head-to-head) Benjamin Ellicott Richmond (head-to-head) Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller (head-to-head) David A Howell 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 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 (head-to-head) Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman (head-to-head) 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
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.02%	Wm B Rochester (head-to-head) Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley Lemon Thompson George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindley Mallory John Knox Frederick Hart Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey
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 (head-to-head) Peter Sallee Reuben Whallon Martin S Shepherd John Broom John M Donald Asher Right Isaac Sergeants John Thurman Emanuel T Holmes

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Porter: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/porter. Accessed [date].

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.