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 Farrand Strannahan James Lake Cortlandt S Vanrensselaer David Buttolph Henry S Deforest Robert J McCall (head-to-head)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester Evans George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Alva Carpenter Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Robert J McCall (head-to-head) Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Robinson Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,2080.01%	Zebulon Shipherd Elisha Winter Smith (head-to-head) John Henry Livingston James Savage Grosvenor William H Daniels Elisha Wonter Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Henry Mattison Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Wheeler (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Joel Thompson William Dowse Robert Roseboom William S Patterson Henry Metcalf Jonathan Bosaboom Aaron Henry Patterson Amos Stephen O Runyon Thomas Willard C Price William B Waldron
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,0330%	Asa Fitch Robert Livingston James Hogeboom Platt Gabriel North Hamilton Fish Benjamin F Lewis Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Derick D Goes Elmer S White John Broome (head-to-head) John R Bleecker Martin S Shepherd (head-to-head) Reuben Neely Sidney Leroy Wheeler (head-to-head) William A Moor
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Austin E Ford Silas Stow John Nicholson Lucius C Atwater Charles W Richards Silas Staw Silas Stowr Alphonzo A Hopkins Nathaniel Merriam Corlis Hinds George A Hunter John Nicholonson Benedict Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) James Hawley (head-to-head) John Broome (head-to-head) M P Bush Oscar W Swift Reuben Humphries Richard Coxe Smith (head-to-head) Thomas Rockwell Townsend
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	110.01%	Thomas Gold Thomas Skinners Payne (head-to-head) Oscar A Gage Solomon Bebee Bert Clark Curtis N Douglas John W Bulker John W Bulkley Smith (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0010.03%	David Thomas Anthony I Blanchard Leslie Pell Clarke Peter Sallee Asher Right Emanuel T Holmes Isaac Sergeants John Broom John M Donald John Thurman Martin S Shepherd (head-to-head) Porter Reuben Whallon

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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 November 11, 2026.