Timothy Shaw

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Maine
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1823–1868

Career timeline

1823Rep 1830Rep 1868Rep

0-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Shaw16,293

Opponents33,625

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1868, Timothy Shaw ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Shaw's biggest single-election total was 14,579 votes, in the 1868 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1.

Browse every U.S. House race in Maine's District 1, every U.S. House race in Maine's District 3, or all 1868 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Timothy Shaw received?

Timothy Shaw has received 16,293 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

Timothy Shaw’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1868	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	14,57946.43%	John Lynch
1830	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	1,71241.38%	Edward Kavanagh
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	20.05%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Peter M McDonald Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Charles E Allen Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Samuel E Smith Enoch Wood Joshua Goodwin W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball Joshua Hall John Bodwell Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer David Appleton Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston

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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.