Samuel Safford

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Vermont
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1794–1796

Career timeline

1794Rep 1796Rep

0-2

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Safford18

Opponents7,029

Elections run

Between 1794 and 1796, Samuel Safford ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Safford's biggest single-election total was 10 votes, in the 1794 U.S. House election in Vermont's District 1.

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How many votes has Samuel Safford received?

Samuel Safford has received 18 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Samuel Safford’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1796	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	80.18%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Isaac Tichenor (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Elijah Robinson Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) Timothy Todd Gamaliel Painter William C Harrington (head-to-head) Roswell Hopkins Hubbard Barlow David Sheldon Eli Cogsell Chauncey Langdon Cole Nathan Osgood David Whitney Ira Allen (head-to-head) Joshua Hyde Levi House Harris Miller Solomon Waldbridge D J Wright
1794	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	100.11%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Isaac Tichenor (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) William C Harrington (head-to-head) John Strong Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Samuel Mattocks Ira Allen (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Martin Chittenden

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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.