Robinson

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Socialist
On the ballot: 1814–1962

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Robinson128,196

Opponents805,988

Elections run

Between 1814 and 1962, Robinson ran in 17 U.S. House elections, losing all 17. Robinson's biggest single-election total was 35,664 votes, in the 1962 U.S. House election in New York's District 20.

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How many votes has Robinson received?

Robinson has received 128,196 popular votes across 17 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–17.

Election history

Robinson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1962	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	35,66427.42%	William Ryan
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,7837.09%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) William Koch
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,9363.35%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) John D Wagner
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,8593.61%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) William S Patterson
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,6205.31%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) Gust C Peterson
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,5286.77%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) Andrew Petersen (head-to-head) Frank Mershon
1920	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,4209.34%	Andrew Petersen (head-to-head) David J Oconnell (head-to-head) Frank E Merchon
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,75110.71%	David J Oconnell (head-to-head) Oscar Swift
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,87235.04%	Ashbel Fitch Thomas George B Hillard Gleason
1888	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,06039.59%	John Clancy Funk
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,1794.56%	Peter Mahoney Oconnor
1872	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0314.53%	John Schumaker Andrew J Perry
1870	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,35245.07%	Horace Smith
1860	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,38932.51%	Augustus Frank
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester Evans (head-to-head) George Guest Hubbard W Rathbun Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller (head-to-head) Anson L Gardner Gerald Root James L Wells Low Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Philip Kings Raymond K Bull Samuel Crittendon Fernando Wood Ira S Jarvis John G Dow Moses Remington Oliver Petteys R E Sutton Reuben P Skinner Robert J McCall Abraham Gridley Charles C Dill David Woodcock Edward F Cassidy Elijah Hiaman Ephraim Wethey Frank B Arnold Franklin Leonard Jr. Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) George H Stevenson Horace Jerome J Mulford Jacob H Durkee Jeremiah Cassady Julian Park Oliver Comstock Payne (head-to-head) Peter Field Richard Townley Rogers Thomas Maxwell
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Edward C Baker Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland John Spencer Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs (head-to-head) A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) 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 Smith Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,75021.9%	Jabez Hammond James Birdsall Andrew J Campbell

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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 9, 2026.