Smith

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
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%	John H Young Stephen Dempsey
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%	Sanford George Southwick Thomas F Wilkinson Simeon Holroyd
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	50.07%	Justin Dwinell Baldwin (head-to-head) Nehemiah Auntington Gerald Root Ransom H Gillett James L Wells James Woods (head-to-head) Augustus Donnelly Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Gideon Messenger
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%	Peter Waumaker John Morgan (head-to-head) Churchill Cambreleng (head-to-head) Peter Sharpe Cadwallader D Colden (head-to-head) John G Davis (head-to-head) Thomas Addis Emmet Haines Jonathan I Coddington John Striker John S Thorp Samuel Marsh James O Woodward Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Samuel Bayard (head-to-head) John Pintard Gideon Tucker Nathaniel G Ingraham Samuel S Cox
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	67821%	Joel Frost Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Samuel Snider James Guion Brown (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	James Hogeboom John D Dickinson Wessel Vanschaick Clair Walbridge 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 Patrick Lamb Solomon Cone Charles Burlington Hona Chubbock Baldwin (head-to-head) Robert Monell Howland Edward Ely (head-to-head)
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) Huntington R S Stevens (head-to-head) Roderick Stephens (head-to-head) Samuel Bayard (head-to-head) Matthew Clarkson Henry Kneeland Nathan Sage Abraham Bgrnee
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) William S Hamilton Warner Miller (head-to-head) Lynde Catlin Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Churchill C Cambregling Thomas Stratton Francis Bloodgood Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Mark Starr Josiah Churchill (head-to-head) Edwin S Underhill
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,3300.03%	Jeremiah Pierson Peter S Van Orden Roderick Stephens (head-to-head) J Merton Rose (head-to-head) Bert Clark (head-to-head) Jeremiah Piersons
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Joseph Kirkland Williams (head-to-head) Henry R Storrs Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Chester Hayden Ralph Patrick Robert J McCall Benjamin Hickox D Frank Allen Charles R Seymour
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	John Dickinson William Mmanus William Manus John G Davis (head-to-head) Richard L Mdonald John D Dickerson James Hogeboom Thomas Clows Leroy C Lane Mallory (head-to-head) George W Reid Nathan Dauchy
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 Edmund L Weston Benjamin Mooers Robert Sackrider John Beshall Reuben Whallon George Royal Levins Joseph Fitch (head-to-head) Charles F Inglis Bert Clark (head-to-head) Erastus F Beadle John Hoffnagle Benjamin Leavens
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 Thomas Greenly Percy D Adams (head-to-head) M W %dr< Palmer Frank Beebe George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Thomas Hubbard Walter C Shaw Adam Frink Evans (head-to-head) Miles E Wilcox Harman S Potter Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Lyman C Hough Payne (head-to-head) John Marshall
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott (head-to-head) Richmond Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Warren P Bender House Evans (head-to-head) Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller (head-to-head) David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) R S Stevens (head-to-head) Philo Orton John Spencer (head-to-head) Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) James O Cleveland (head-to-head) Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne (head-to-head) Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn (head-to-head) Payne (head-to-head) Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter (head-to-head) William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter (head-to-head) Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head) Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill (head-to-head) Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) William Carwell
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,2680.01%	J A King (head-to-head) 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)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.01%	William Irving Peter Wendover William J Hoffman (head-to-head) Edward Ely (head-to-head) John N Jones (head-to-head) Townsend (head-to-head) John Evans Scudder John Perine F R Gilbert Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Gurdon S Mumfort Samuel L Mitchill John G Davis (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 J A King (head-to-head) Charles D Pratt James Hougteling Ladd Franklin George Tibbits (head-to-head) Ebenezer Wakely Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) George D Wickham Elmer S White John Tayler (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Stephen O Runyon Dodge Swart David Chamberlin Henry Vanderlyn Ebenezer F Norton (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.06%	James Porter James Geddes Randall Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Fernando Wood (head-to-head) Valentine Brother Warner Miller (head-to-head) George Tibbits (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) Sill (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) J A King (head-to-head) Comfort Tyler
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	50.03%	Wm B Rochester Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown (head-to-head) George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Porter (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindley Mallory (head-to-head) John Knox (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey
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) Jediah Prendigrass Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Benjamin F Lewis (head-to-head) Benj Elect Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) William A Prendergast (head-to-head) John Knox (head-to-head) John Tayler (head-to-head) Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Mallory (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 John Moshure John N Carmerhorn V Benjamin Covill Avery Cronkhite James A Peck Hosea Moffe Bartholomew Harley Williams (head-to-head) Clara B Mann
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 William H Daniels Grosvenor (head-to-head) Elisha Wonter Roger Grissel Roger Scinner Henry Mattison Wheeler Fernando Wood (head-to-head)
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Nathaniel Howell Samuel Hopkins Charles W Loomis Lindon Bates Jr. Jeremiah T Brooks Lucius C Atwater (head-to-head) Alex Taylor Jr. (head-to-head) Edward C Baker (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	John Nicholson Austin E Ford (head-to-head) Silas Stow Lucius C Atwater (head-to-head) Silas Stowr Charles W Richards (head-to-head) Silas Staw Nathaniel Merriam Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) George A Hunter John Nicholonson Corlis Hinds Townsend (head-to-head) John Broome Reuben P Skinner (head-to-head) Benedict Richard Coxe Oscar W Swift M P Bush Reuben Humphries James Hawley Thomas Rockwell Daniel D Tompkins (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) Solomon Bebee Oscar A Gage Bert Clark (head-to-head) Curtis N Douglas John W Bulkley John W Bulker
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10%	J A King (head-to-head) William Denning Gurdon Mumford Washington T Henderson (head-to-head) Dirck Gardenier Barnet Gardinier Benjamin Coe (head-to-head) Townsend (head-to-head) Monson Morris (head-to-head) E Watson Gardiner James Lawrence V (head-to-head) John N Jones (head-to-head) Benjamin W Seaman William H Ireland Stephen Jumal Thomas Nixon Oliver Wolcott T H Walker John Sidell William A Crane George Gosman Frederick Shanewolfe Jacob Jay (head-to-head) James Cheetham
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 Thomas G Sayre George Hornel G L Halsey Townsend (head-to-head) Emanuel Coryel
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1275.97%	Jacob Jay (head-to-head) Philip Van Cortlandt Peter Tallman Benjamin Coe (head-to-head) Lockwood Samuel Marvine Robert A Osborn (head-to-head) Daniel D Tompkins (head-to-head) John G Ward Monson Morris (head-to-head) Samuel Gone Samuel G Verbryck John N Jones (head-to-head) Benjn Isaacs Ebenezer Purdy John Schenk Mason B Cole Sylvanus Barker V (head-to-head) Peter Tillman Abraham Odell George Munro James Wilkin Peter Tallmadge Phillip Van Corpland
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	40.06%	William Kirkpatrick John Nicholson John Nicholas Gaylord Griswold Freegift Patchin John M Whorter Joseph Annin Andrew L Martin Rockwell Kent Evans Wharry Westel Willouby George Rosecrantz (head-to-head) Hugh Panuel Platt Guy C Humphrey Salmon Buel John Boadman John Ballard H Gould William Kirkrick Uri Doolittle Nathan Williams Nelson S 2d Kirk Henry P Forbes Aaron Burr John Nichloas Smiley Rosel Fellows Ernest Harrison Buell G Brayton
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 July 28, 2026.