Samuel S Cox

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1822–1932

Career timeline

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1-10

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cox554,610

Opponents803,191

Elections run

Between 1822 and 1932, Samuel S Cox ran in 11 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 10. Cox's biggest single-election total was 400,797 votes, in the 1872 U.S. House election in New York's at-large district. Cox's closest win came in the 1884 U.S. House election in New York's District 8, decided by 14,903 votes.

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How many votes has Samuel S Cox received?

Samuel S Cox has received 554,610 popular votes across 11 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–10.

Election history

Samuel S Cox’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	43,17440.82%	Hamilton Fish (head-to-head) Albert J Brower
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	21,62127.21%	Hamilton Fish (head-to-head) James C Hogan (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	22,77233.03%	Hamilton Fish (head-to-head) James C Hogan (head-to-head)
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	18,82543.75%	Edmund Platt William C Ramsdell H Schefer
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4490.77%	James Perkins Herman S Searle Charles L Swaim William W Kenfield
1900	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,43831.55%	Henry Goldfogle Rudolph Katz John N Jones Timothy N Holden
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	330.06%	John Underhill James Irving Burns John J Kinneally Collin F Jewell
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20,11447.12%	Jacob Lefevre Johnson
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	19,38680.72%	Hall
1872	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	400,79747.76%	Lyman Tremain
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Peter Waumaker John Morgan Churchill Cambreleng Peter Sharpe Cadwallader D Colden John G Davis Thomas Addis Emmet Haines Jonathan I Coddington John Striker John S Thorp Samuel Marsh James O Woodward Sylvanus Barker V Samuel Bayard Smith John Pintard Gideon Tucker Nathaniel G Ingraham

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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.