Rockwell Kent

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1793–1948

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Kent9,006

Opponents179,730

Elections run

Between 1793 and 1948, Rockwell Kent ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Kent's biggest single-election total was 4,257 votes, in the 1948 U.S. House election in New York's District 33.

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How many votes has Rockwell Kent received?

Rockwell Kent has received 9,006 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Rockwell Kent’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,2572.75%	Dean Taylor Joseph T Hammer
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0160.02%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Joshua Hatheway Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil Wilhelmus Mynderse Aaron Henry (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins Jonathan Forman G L Halsey (head-to-head) Luther Rich (head-to-head) Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood William Whitney Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Thomas Manly John H Nichols Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Edwin Wright V Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews (head-to-head) John M Petrie Moss Cent
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.41%	Daniel Verplanck Williams (head-to-head) Edward A Sheldon Thomas Gritman Jeremiah T Brooks Peter Lossing B Cleveland Sloan John I Skidmore Theron Akin Samuel Burt
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.1%	William Kirkpatrick John Nicholson John Nicholas Gaylord Griswold Freegift Patchin John M Whorter Joseph Annin Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Evans Wharry Smith Westel Willouby George Rosecrantz Hugh Panuel Platt Guy C Humphrey (head-to-head) Salmon Buel John Boadman John Ballard H Gould William Kirkrick Uri Doolittle Nathan Williams Nelson S 2d Kirk Henry P Forbes Aaron Burr (head-to-head) John Nichloas Smiley Rosel Fellows Ernest Harrison Buell G Brayton
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	John Russell F R Gilbert (head-to-head) Andrew L Martin (head-to-head) Erastus Root (head-to-head) Benjamin Gold Gussie Reed George Grenell Hiram G Hotchkiss Combs John M Donald John Rawson Elmer S White Lithgow Osborne Williams (head-to-head) John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Benajah Bundy Abel Card Peter Van Ness Oliver Phelps Monson Morris Benjamin Gilbirt Marvin Wilson Adam Hasay James P Cannon Reuben Backingham James A Peck (head-to-head) Cyrus Lad Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt Aaron Burr (head-to-head) Kenneth Cameron Edward B %dr< Foote
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell James R Grover Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey (head-to-head) Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) Thomas G Sayre Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews (head-to-head) William Harris James A Peck (head-to-head) Uri Tracy
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.1%	Erastus Root (head-to-head) F R Gilbert (head-to-head) Lucas Elmendorf William Sammons Sloman Wattels James A Peck (head-to-head) Adriance Peter Maker James Lawrence V Patrick Lamb Joseph B Cooper Luther Rich (head-to-head) Solomon Sutherland
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart William S Patterson Robert Roseboom Jedediah Sanger (head-to-head) T H Walker Edward Edwards Comfort Tyler Eaker William Cooper (head-to-head) Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry (head-to-head) G L Halsey (head-to-head) Michael E Butler William H Cuyler Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney Williams (head-to-head) William D Stewart Clarence M Lyon
1798	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,86547.78%	William Cooper (head-to-head)
1793	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	85246.41%	Theodorus Bailey

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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.