Thomas Maxwell

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1872

Career timeline

1818Rep 1872Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Maxwell12,015

Opponents23,232

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1872, Thomas Maxwell ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Maxwell's biggest single-election total was 12,014 votes, in the 1872 U.S. House election in New York's District 14.

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How many votes has Thomas Maxwell received?

Thomas Maxwell has received 12,015 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Thomas Maxwell’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1872	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,01449.96%	William C Dewitt
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Wm B Rochester Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson Warner Miller James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood Robert J McCall Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold Oliver Comstock Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy

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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.