Wadsworth

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1818–1886

Career timeline

1818Rep 1844Rep 1848Rep 1850Rep 1870Rep 1886Rep

0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Wadsworth28,710

Opponents84,892

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1886, Wadsworth ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Wadsworth's biggest single-election total was 10,022 votes, in the 1886 U.S. House election in New York's District 31.

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How many votes has Wadsworth received?

Wadsworth has received 28,710 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Wadsworth’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10,02237.22%	John Sawyer Sparrow
1870	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,24317.36%	James Brooks George Wilkes
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,60942.06%	Jerediah Horsford
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,36717.67%	Elbridge Spaulding George Clinton
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,46541.96%	Charles Carroll Hiram Pitts
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins R S Stevens Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith 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 Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Wadsworth: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/wadsworth. Accessed [date].

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.