W E Keyes

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1818–1938

Career timeline

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1938Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Keyes13,051

Opponents219,387

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1938, W E Keyes ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Keyes's biggest single-election total was 8,617 votes, in the 1828 U.S. House election in New York's District 20.

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How many votes has W E Keyes received?

W E Keyes has received 13,051 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

W E Keyes’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3200.44%	Bruce Barton Walter H Liebman George Backer
1920	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6080.68%	John Kindred Rudolph Hantusch William Burkle
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2752.58%	Orville Hungerford Merrick
1828	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8,61724.24%	Joseph Hawkins George Fisher Silas Wright
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.02%	Peter G Teneyck Ela Collins Joseph Hasbrouck Micah Sterling David B Ogden M P Bush Austin E Ford (head-to-head) John W Steerns Nathan Fine House Anthony J B Ross Melancton W Welles Silas Stow Brown Edward Everett Hale John Bullin Frank B Arnold Samuel C Hoyle
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,22847.26%	Micah Sterling Reuben S Goodell John Henry Livingston William H Vinining M W %dr< Palmer Richard M Esselstyn Michael F Collins Ebenezer Winslow D Frank Allen Emerson Orvis (head-to-head) Billy Doxtater A Andrus Austin E Ford (head-to-head) Richard L Baltimore J A King Fernando Wood Gospel Bill James H Bronson
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	William Ford Emerson Orvis (head-to-head) David Ogden J Llewellyn Davies Alphonzo A Hopkins Ellis Arthur Chambers George Rosecrantz Joseph York Percy D Adams Eliphalet Edmunds

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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.