Reuben P Skinner

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1858

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Skinner30,524

Opponents131,562

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1858, Reuben P Skinner ran in 12 U.S. House elections, losing all 12. Skinner's biggest single-election total was 7,033 votes, in the 1810 U.S. House election in New York's District 6.

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How many votes has Reuben P Skinner received?

Reuben P Skinner has received 30,524 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–12.

Election history

Reuben P Skinner’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1858	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,35530.54%	Augustus Frank Robert Black
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,18643.29%	William Duer James Hawley (head-to-head) Edwin Wright V
1840	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,88135.29%	Seth Gates Israel Chapin
1834	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,84437.49%	George Lay
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	James Hawks Samuel Campbell Robert Monell William D Stewart James Lake Farrand Strannahan Robert J McCall (head-to-head) David Buttolph Henry S Deforest Cortlandt S Vanrensselaer
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Robert J McCall (head-to-head) Oliver Petteys John G Dow Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Oliver Comstock Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,2080.01%	Zebulon Shipherd Elisha Winter Smith (head-to-head) John Henry Livingston James Savage William H Daniels Grosvenor Elisha Wonter Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Henry Mattison Wheeler (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Joel Thompson William Dowse Robert Roseboom William S Patterson Henry Metcalf Jonathan Bosaboom Stephen O Runyon Willard C Price Patterson Amos William B Waldron Aaron Henry Thomas
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,0330%	Robert Livingston Asa Fitch James Hogeboom Platt Hamilton Fish Gabriel North Sidney Leroy Elmer S White Wheeler (head-to-head) William A Moor John R Bleecker Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Derick D Goes Martin S Shepherd (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis John Broome (head-to-head) Reuben Neely
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	John Nicholson Austin E Ford Silas Stow Lucius C Atwater Silas Stowr Charles W Richards Silas Staw Nathaniel Merriam Alphonzo A Hopkins George A Hunter John Nicholonson Corlis Hinds Townsend John Broome (head-to-head) Benedict Richard Coxe Oscar W Swift M P Bush Reuben Humphries James Hawley (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Thomas Rockwell Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	110.01%	Thomas Gold Thomas Skinners Payne (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	1,0010.03%	David Thomas Anthony I Blanchard Leslie Pell Clarke Peter Sallee Reuben Whallon Martin S Shepherd (head-to-head) John Broom John M Donald Asher Right Isaac Sergeants John Thurman Porter Emanuel T Holmes

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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.