William H Douglass

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1818–1902

Career timeline

1818Rep 1821Rep 1902Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Douglass12,581

Opponents51,773

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1902, William H Douglass ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 2. Douglass's biggest single-election total was 12,575 votes, in the 1902 U.S. House election in New York's District 15.

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How many votes has William H Douglass received?

William H Douglass has received 12,581 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–2.

Election history

William H Douglass’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1902	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	12,57549.79%	Andrew L Martin Edward F Cassidy Robert J McCall David A Howell (head-to-head)
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5	Reuben Walworth Nathaniel Pitcher John Grary Murray Gross O Richard Judson Asa Hascall Zebulon R Shipherd Rebecca Finch Simon Viele M W %dr< Palmer Gray John Henry Livingston Anson Cary Reuben S Goodell Nath Bilbe Rowland Day John Csary
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell (head-to-head) 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 Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden 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

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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.