Reuben Humphrey

★ U.S. Representative

Born: September 2, 1757
Died: August 12, 1831
Age at death: 73
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1806

1-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Humphrey1,748

Opponents2,143

Elections run

Reuben Humphrey (1757–1831), an Independent politician from New York, ran once for U.S. office, winning the 1806 U.S. House election in New York's District 16 with 1,748 votes (0.05%), defeating Reuben Humphreys and Fernando Wood and 29 other candidates.

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How many votes has Reuben Humphrey received?

Reuben Humphrey has received 1,748 popular votes across 1 U.S. election, with a career record of 1–0.

Election history

Reuben Humphrey’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	1,7480.05%	John Mwhorter Reuben Humphreys Fernando Wood John Cantine Uri Tracy Michael E Butler John Parris John Ballard Warner Miller Daniel Bradley William Kirkpatrick James O Cleveland John A Brush Ada Danforth William H Sabin Josiah Hacket Reuben Humpre Stephen Arnel Reuben Humphe John Goodale Zachariah Cutting George Moury Jonas Spapford Vincent Matthew Ansa Danford John Jayne Reuben Humph John I Auckmody Jonathan Brownel Anson Cary William A Simons

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H000957) and Wikidata (Q3388768). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.