Vancleve C Mott

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1802–1918

Career timeline

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0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Mott18,822

Opponents126,173

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1918, Vancleve C Mott ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Mott's biggest single-election total was 11,351 votes, in the 1918 U.S. House election in New York's District 43.

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How many votes has Vancleve C Mott received?

Vancleve C Mott has received 18,822 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Vancleve C Mott’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	11,35123.33%	Daniel Reed Gust C Peterson
1908	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5110.97%	De Alexander William H Follette John J Findlater Willard C Price
1870	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,69930.45%	William Wheeler
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Egbert Benson Jotham Post William Irving R H Ferguson Jacob Jay Benjamin B Blydenburgh Billy Irvin John Bingham Nathan Sage (head-to-head) John Lefferts Washington T Henderson Gurdon Mumford Townsend Williams Joseph S Vanwyck Hamilton Fish William Someville Edward Ely Michael Cashman George Gardener
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.03%	Thomas Gold Joshua Hatheway Wilhelmus Mynderse Aaron Henry Alphonzo A Hopkins Henry Mneil Jonathan Forman Sylvanus Smally Francis Bloodgood Andrew L Martin Luther Rich William Whipple G L Halsey Erastus Clevelend Samuel Marsh John W Bulkeley Brown Huntington Daniel Vanhorne Otis G Pike Nathan Sage (head-to-head) William S Hamilton Fox Pascal C I Deaugelis Thomas R Guld Thomas Rold Edwin Wright V Frederick Hart
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,25844.47%	Max Bloom Edward B %dr< Foote John Van Ness Alex Taylor Jr. Samuel Nott

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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.