Smith

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1790–1970

1-109

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith777,234

Opponents3.0M

110

Elections run

Between 1790 and 1970, Smith ran in 110 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 109. Smith's biggest single-election total was 99,503 votes, in the 1970 U.S. House election in New York's District 1. Smith's closest win came in the 1878 U.S. House election in New York's District 12, decided by 4,676 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 1, every U.S. House race in New York's District 16, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 30.

How many votes has Smith received?

Smith has received 777,234 popular votes across 110 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–109.

Election history

Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1970	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	99,50330.95%	Otis G. Pike
1970	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	62,59715.72%	John M. Murphy (head-to-head) George D McClain
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	56,2384.76%	John M. Murphy (head-to-head)
1962	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,0822.39%	Carleton King William W Egan
1954	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	66,31938.8%	Dennis Obrien
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	38,56034.06%	William Cole Trevor Teele Platt N Chase
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,5563.81%	Daniel Reed James C Hogan Howard Albro
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	28,95527.67%	Joseph Gavagan Frank Crosswaith Washington T Henderson (head-to-head)
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,1443.77%	William Brunner James C Macdevitt Conrad J Meyer
1930	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1931.06%	Samuel Dickstein Gustave J Landau Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,3542.66%	Loring Black Lee (head-to-head)
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	33,21229.65%	Gale Stalker (head-to-head)
1924	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,1641.4%	Royal Weller William C Roberts Lucille E Randolph Morris Vanveen
1922	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	28,29039.7%	Gale Stalker (head-to-head) William J C Wismar
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,0455.37%	Stephen Dempsey John H Young
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,83913.48%	Reuben Haskell Bernard J Riley Alex S Drescher Frank J Nelson
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,1437.81%	Woodson Oglesby (head-to-head) Foster Allan L Benson (head-to-head) Benjamin L Fairchild Frederick A Victor
1914	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,2654.54%	Daniel Driscoll Willard H Ticknor Adam Schembs Alvin W Kyser
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,49630.92%	Woodson Oglesby (head-to-head) Barton E Kingman Allan L Benson (head-to-head) Peter Lindemann
1910	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	500.2%	John Fitzgerald (head-to-head) William R A Koehl (head-to-head) Charles H Matchett
1910	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	560.24%	Jefferson Levy Herbert Parsons Andrew Govan Arthur D Chapman
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,8416.06%	John Fitzgerald (head-to-head) William R A Koehl (head-to-head) Gus Petrit Brown (head-to-head)
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7901.8%	Hamilton Fish Andrew C Zabriskie George Lazar A S Warner
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,2382.17%	Michael Driscoll Joseph Fitch (head-to-head) Charles M Tower
1904	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3120.7%	John Andrus Bell Mott C Dixon Richard W Gaffney
1902	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,88337.82%	Charles Knapp Charles W Richards (head-to-head)
1900	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.01%	Harry Hanbury Bertram Clayton Hugo Vogt Edward R Keeler
1900	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,0221.81%	John Stewart Joseph B Handy Peter C Jepsen
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1370.33%	Edmund Driggs William A Prendergast (head-to-head) Jacob Ganss
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,06743.8%	Richard Shannon Joseph H Madden Isidor Phillips Murphy Thomas F Rightmire Hammond (head-to-head)
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2010.49%	George Southwick Thomas F Wilkinson Simeon Holroyd Sanford
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2380.74%	Denis Hurley James O Cleveland (head-to-head) Daniel Bradley Michael Raphael Charles L Furman (head-to-head)
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2680.96%	James R How Arthur Somers Joseph Hildebrandt Charles L Furman (head-to-head)
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,87734.77%	George Ray (head-to-head) William K Cessna
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5031.29%	William Coombs Charles B Hobbs Theodore F Cuno John Morris Snork
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8702.58%	George Ray (head-to-head) George F Hand
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,81438.37%	Thomas Magner John Schaefer John Brenen
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,42824.73%	John Ketcham
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,11734.96%	Warren Hooker Rogers (head-to-head)
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,54944.89%	David Wilber Gleason
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,4655.91%	John Weber Spalding
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,00039.07%	Darwin James
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,02737.92%	Egbert Viele
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	13,46241.39%	Frederick Johnson
1884	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,52535.28%	Walter Sessions Sill (head-to-head) Hoyt
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,36536.93%	Abraham Parker
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1230.45%	James Covert Norton P Otis Crooks
1878	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	13,75949.52%	Cobb
1876	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	15,99545.88%	George Bagley
1862	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,66540.43%	Erastus Corning
1856	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,93627.26%	Clark Cochrane Rossiter
1852	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,90246.5%	Theodoric Westbrook
1852	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,53448.19%	Henry Bennett (head-to-head) William M Boyd
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,41945.32%	Daniel Jones Pryne B Davis Noxon Daniel Gott
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,81447.97%	William Sackett
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7937.79%	Jonas Phoenix Frederick Hart (head-to-head)
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,33040.18%	Hiram Walden Hammond (head-to-head)
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,83916.46%	Henry Bennett (head-to-head) Francis O Mason
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,36710.74%	Abraham Schermerhorn Henry Selden
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,78025.64%	Harvey Putnam William Willett Jr.
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4484.35%	William Maclay Williams (head-to-head) William Picall John Cummford
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,19947.54%	Hugh White (head-to-head)
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7637.23%	Joseph Mullin Orville Hungerford
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2521.5%	Hugh White (head-to-head) Chesselden Ellis (head-to-head)
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1110.76%	Chesselden Ellis (head-to-head) Linn
1840	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20,86212.2%	James Roosevelt Charles Ferris John McKeon Fernando Wood Moses Grinnell James Monroe Hall
1834	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,58946.47%	Ransom Gillet
1834	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,54623.55%	Samuel Beardsley (head-to-head) Joel Turril H Alden Spencer
1834	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,46749.75%	Daniel Wardwell
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,22023.81%	Samuel Beardsley (head-to-head) Joel Turrell Charles P Kirkland
1830	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,42012.07%	Churchill Cambreleng (head-to-head) Campbell White Gulian Verplanck James Lawrence V (head-to-head) Walter M Chandler Thomas Hertell John Frazce Elmer Pierce
1826	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,10445.26%	John Wood
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.04%	Silas Wood (head-to-head) Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Frank B Lent
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	John Morgan (head-to-head) Churchill Cambreleng (head-to-head) Peter Sharpe Cadwallader D Colden (head-to-head) Haines John G Davis (head-to-head) Thomas Addis Emmet Gideon Tucker James O Woodward John Pintard John S Thorp John Striker Jonathan I Coddington Nathaniel G Ingraham Peter Waumaker Samuel Bayard (head-to-head) Samuel Marsh Samuel S Cox Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	67821%	Joel Frost Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Brown (head-to-head) James Guion Samuel Snider
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	James Hogeboom John D Dickinson Clair Walbridge Wessel Vanschaick Daniel Walsh
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Cady Edward A Sheldon Conkling Jesse I Degraaf
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Lot Clark Andrew J Campbell Uri Tracy Charles Burlington Patrick Lamb Solomon Cone Baldwin (head-to-head) Edward Ely (head-to-head) Hona Chubbock Howland Robert Monell
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.07%	Justin Dwinell Baldwin (head-to-head) Nehemiah Auntington Gerald Root Augustus Donnelly Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Gideon Messenger James L Wells James Woods (head-to-head) Ransom H Gillett
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4755.31%	Cadwallader Colden Peter Sharpe Silas Wood (head-to-head) Cadwallader D Colder William Morgan Henry Eckford (head-to-head) Churchill C Cambreling J Merton Rose (head-to-head) Abraham Bgrnee Henry Kneeland Huntington Matthew Clarkson Nathan Sage R S Stevens (head-to-head) Roderick Stephens (head-to-head) Samuel Bayard (head-to-head)
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.01%	John Morgan (head-to-head) C G Cambrelling Henry Eckford (head-to-head) Cadwallader D Colden (head-to-head) J Franklin Sharp Curchill Camballing Fernando Wood (head-to-head) J A King (head-to-head) Alex Taylor Jr. (head-to-head) Churchill C Cambregling Edwin S Underhill Francis Bloodgood Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Josiah Churchill (head-to-head) Lynde Catlin Mark Starr Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Thomas Stratton Warner Miller (head-to-head) William S Hamilton
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,3300.03%	Jeremiah Pierson Peter S Van Orden J Merton Rose (head-to-head) Roderick Stephens (head-to-head) Bert Clark (head-to-head) Jeremiah Piersons
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Joseph Kirkland Williams (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Henry R Storrs Benjamin Hickox Charles R Seymour Chester Hayden D Frank Allen Ralph Patrick Robert J McCall
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Dickinson William Mmanus William Manus John G Davis (head-to-head) James Hogeboom John D Dickerson Richard L Mdonald George W Reid Leroy C Lane Mallory (head-to-head) Nathan Dauchy Thomas Clows
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.04%	Nathaniel Pitcher Ezra Gross Russell Rogers (head-to-head) Adgate John Doty Percy D Adams (head-to-head) George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Ebenezer Brownson James Mnaughton Benjamin Leavens Benjamin Mooers Bert Clark (head-to-head) Charles F Inglis Edmund L Weston Erastus F Beadle George John Beshall John Hoffnagle Joseph Fitch (head-to-head) Reuben Whallon Robert Sackrider Royal Levins
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Aaron Hackley Austin E Ford (head-to-head) Jonas Cleland Josiah Willoughby (head-to-head) Nichol Fosdick Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) M W %dr< Palmer Percy D Adams (head-to-head) Thomas Greenly Thomas Hubbard Adam Frink Evans (head-to-head) Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Harman S Potter John Marshall Lyman C Hough Miles E Wilcox Payne (head-to-head) Walter C Shaw
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Richmond Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row David A Howell Warner Miller (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) R S Stevens (head-to-head) Philo Orton Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland (head-to-head) John Spencer (head-to-head) Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs A H Pickets Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Wadsworth Oliver Phelps Payne (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn (head-to-head) Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Moses Maynard Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) Amasa J Parker Amos J Cummings Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Chauncey L Shelden Daniel Cruger Dunkirk Garnsey Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden George McGunigher Hill Israel Chapin J Q Leak Jacob Steeples Jenkins Joel Dorman Jonah Hallet Jonathan Child Josiah Churchill (head-to-head) Louis W Elliott Myr Hody Porter (head-to-head) Robinson Thomas H Jackson Thomas Hustler Wagener Wilhemus Myndrees William Carwell William D Stewart William H Douglass Wm Filbe
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,2680.01%	George Townsend Tredwell Scudder John N Jones (head-to-head) Peter Wendover William Irving Edward Ely (head-to-head) William J Hoffman (head-to-head) Thomas S Lester George Tibbits (head-to-head) J A King (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	William Irving Peter Wendover William J Hoffman (head-to-head) Edward Ely (head-to-head) John Evans Scudder John N Jones (head-to-head) Townsend (head-to-head) F R Gilbert Gurdon S Mumfort John G Davis (head-to-head) John Perine Samuel L Mitchill Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Lee (head-to-head) John Henry Livingston (head-to-head) John I Vanalen Joseph A Bailey James Tallmadge
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	Isaac Williams John Drake Clapp Caleb Hyde Charles D Pratt Ebenezer Wakely Franklin George Tibbits (head-to-head) J A King (head-to-head) James Hougteling Ladd Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) David Chamberlin Dodge Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Elmer S White George D Wickham Henry Vanderlyn John Tayler (head-to-head) Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Stephen O Runyon Swart
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	James Porter James Geddes Randall Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) George Tibbits (head-to-head) J A King (head-to-head) Sill (head-to-head) Valentine Brother Warner Miller (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.03%	Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Brown (head-to-head) George W Beach John Mfadden Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Porter (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindley Mallory (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) John Knox (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Wm B Rochester
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.01%	Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) John Spencer (head-to-head) George L Church Graham Newell Micah Brooks (head-to-head) Samuel Colt Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Strong (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Benj Elect Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Jediah Prendigrass Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) John Knox (head-to-head) John Tayler (head-to-head) Mallory (head-to-head) William A Prendergast (head-to-head)
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,89322.68%	Micah Brooks (head-to-head) Peter Porter Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Hosea Moffitt Thomas Peter Crandall John W Schermerhorn D Marvin Filkins Grosvenor (head-to-head) James Dole Simon Viele Avery Cronkhite Bartholomew Harley Benjamin Covill Clara B Mann Hosea Moffe James A Peck John Moshure John N Carmerhorn V Williams (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,2370.01%	Zebulon Shipherd Elisha Winter Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) John Henry Livingston (head-to-head) James Savage Grosvenor (head-to-head) William H Daniels Elisha Wonter Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Henry Mattison Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Wheeler
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Howell Samuel Hopkins Charles W Loomis Lindon Bates Jr. Jeremiah T Brooks Alex Taylor Jr. (head-to-head) Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Lucius C Atwater (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Austin E Ford (head-to-head) Silas Stow John Nicholson Lucius C Atwater (head-to-head) Charles W Richards (head-to-head) Silas Staw Silas Stowr Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Nathaniel Merriam Corlis Hinds George A Hunter John Nicholonson Benedict Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) James Hawley John Broome M P Bush Oscar W Swift Reuben Humphries Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Richard Coxe Thomas Rockwell Townsend (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Thomas Gold Thomas Skinners Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Oscar A Gage Solomon Bebee Bert Clark (head-to-head) Curtis N Douglas John W Bulker John W Bulkley
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10%	William Denning Gurdon Mumford Washington T Henderson (head-to-head) Dirck Gardenier Barnet Gardinier Benjamin Coe (head-to-head) Townsend (head-to-head) E Watson Gardiner Monson Morris (head-to-head) James Lawrence V (head-to-head) John N Jones (head-to-head) Benjamin W Seaman Frederick Shanewolfe George Gosman J A King (head-to-head) Jacob Jay (head-to-head) James Cheetham John Sidell Oliver Wolcott Stephen Jumal T H Walker Thomas Nixon William A Crane William H Ireland
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Vincent Matthews William Harris Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) James R Grover Josiah Willoughby (head-to-head) Edward C Baker (head-to-head) James McAll Hugh W Dobbins George Hornel Thomas G Sayre Emanuel Coryel G L Halsey Townsend (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1275.97%	Philip Van Cortlandt Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Peter Tallman Benjamin Coe (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Lockwood Robert A Osborn (head-to-head) Samuel Marvine John G Ward Monson Morris (head-to-head) Samuel G Verbryck Samuel Gone Abraham Odell Benjn Isaacs Ebenezer Purdy George Munro James Wilkin John N Jones (head-to-head) John Schenk Mason B Cole Peter Tallmadge Peter Tillman Phillip Van Corpland Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.06%	William Kirkpatrick John Nicholson John Nicholas Gaylord Griswold Andrew L Martin Evans Wharry Freegift Patchin John M Whorter Joseph Annin Rockwell Kent George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Hugh Panuel Westel Willouby Guy C Humphrey Platt Aaron Burr Buell G Brayton Ernest Harrison H Gould Henry P Forbes John Ballard John Boadman John Nichloas Nathan Williams Nelson S 2d Kirk Rosel Fellows Salmon Buel Smiley Uri Doolittle William Kirkrick
1805	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	635.23%	George Clinton James Woods (head-to-head) Tho. Van Pelt
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8020.03%	Eliphalet Wickes Samuel Riker Hisbee Raynor Strong (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	Josiah Masters Brown (head-to-head) Anthony I Blanchard Jonathan Bun Johnson (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,74848.83%	Jonas Platt
1794	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	25111.63%	Jonathan N Havens Andrew C Cornwall John N Jones (head-to-head)
1790	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	111.57%	James Lawrence V (head-to-head)

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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 November 9, 2026.