Samuel Williams

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Vermont
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1794–1824

Career timeline

1794Rep 1796Rep 1798Rep 1822Rep 1824Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Williams1,997

Opponents106,680

Elections run

Between 1794 and 1824, Samuel Williams ran in 5 U.S. House elections, losing all 5. Williams's biggest single-election total was 1,544 votes, in the 1798 U.S. House election in Vermont's District 1.

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How many votes has Samuel Williams received?

Samuel Williams has received 1,997 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–5.

Election history

Samuel Williams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1824	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	742.15%	Rollin C Mallory Charles Rich (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	320.03%	Rollin Mallary Samuel C Crafts Charles Rich (head-to-head) Daniel Azro Ashley Buck S R Bradley John Mattock Elias Keyes Stephan Haight Phineas White O Merrill Horace Everett Ira Allen (head-to-head) Dudley Chase Asa Aikens David Edmonds Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Ezra Meach Uriel Hatch Elisha Luce Elliot Chauncey Langdon (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	1,54422.09%	Matthew Lyon (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Abel Spencer George W Smith
1796	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	3230.02%	Matthew Lyon (head-to-head) Israel Smith (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (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) Samuel Safford (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 (head-to-head) 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	240.08%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Isaac Tichenor (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) William C Harrington (head-to-head) John Strong Samuel Safford (head-to-head) 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.