Silas Halsey

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 6, 1743
Died: November 19, 1832
Age at death: 89
Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1806

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Halsey3,618

Opponents6,883

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1806, Silas Halsey ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 1. Halsey's biggest single-election total was 2,165 votes, in the 1804 U.S. House election in New York's District 17.

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How many votes has Silas Halsey received?

Silas Halsey has received 3,618 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–1.

Election history

Silas Halsey’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,45328.66%	John Harris Benjamin F Lewis Stanley Faulkner (head-to-head) Egbert G Barton Willard C Price (head-to-head) Nathaniel W Howel James Falkner Evans Silass Halse James R Grover (head-to-head) Marvin Wilson Oliver Phelps John Harson Walter D Niehol Guy C Humphrey (head-to-head) Joseph B Cooper Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Rogers Gideon Shearman Michael F Collins John Pertigo Henry Holland John Heresee
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	2,1650.02%	David A Howell James R Grover (head-to-head) Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner (head-to-head) Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey (head-to-head) Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price (head-to-head) Rockwell Kent Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker Jedediah Sanger Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews William Harris James A Peck Uri Tracy

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H000090) and Wikidata (Q3610119). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.