Richmond

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1944

Career timeline

1818Rep 1821Rep 1822Rep 1856Rep 1856Rep 1884Rep

1944Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Richmond94,518

Opponents197,438

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1944, Richmond ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Richmond's biggest single-election total was 76,014 votes, in the 1944 U.S. House election in New York's District 5.

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How many votes has Richmond received?

Richmond has received 94,518 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

Richmond’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1944	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	76,01445.69%	James Roe
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,8695.48%	John Sawyer Robert Stevens
1856	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,68518.46%	Edwin Morgan Fosgt
1856	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,03223.23%	Judson Sherman Cooly
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,80440.74%	Rowland Day John McFadden Porter (head-to-head)
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,04823.64%	William Rochester David Woodcock Elisha Camp Jonathan Richman Peter Hagar Robert J McCall Charles R Seymour G L Halsey Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) John J Jennings Wheeler William E Peabody David Trepeck James Woods John Davidson Lindon Bates Jr. Samuel Crittenden
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	66	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter (head-to-head) Robinson Smith Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe

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

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified November 9, 2026.