William Burleigh

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 24, 1785
Died: July 2, 1827
Age at death: 41
Home state: Maine
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1823–1826

Career timeline

1823Rep 1826Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Burleigh8,416

Opponents8,364

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1826, William Burleigh ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Burleigh's biggest single-election total was 6,276 votes, in the 1823 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1.

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How many votes has William Burleigh received?

William Burleigh has received 8,416 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

William Burleigh’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1826	U.S. HouseMaine	Won	2,14060.45%	—
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Won	6,27627.41%	Thomas G Thornton 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 Timothy Shaw 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

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B001109) and Wikidata (Q2578161). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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.