William Harris

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1968

Career timeline

1804Rep 1808Rep 1810Rep 1876Rep 1882Rep 1968Rep

0-6

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Harris26,883

Opponents106,755

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1968, William Harris ran in 6 U.S. House elections, losing all 6. Harris's biggest single-election total was 16,596 votes, in the 1876 U.S. House election in New York's District 16.

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How many votes has William Harris received?

William Harris has received 26,883 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

William Harris’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1968	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,08711.96%	Jacob H Gibert Sergio S Pena Juan J Lugo Louis Newman
1882	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1910.81%	John Spriggs Fox Porter
1876	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,59648.68%	Terence Quinn
1810	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,94129.55%	Daniel Avery John Horris Jacob Teeple John Hurris Wm Floyd John Knox Isaac Swartwood Daniel D Tompkins J Merton Rose Peter Leconte Martin Reminington John Hans Ellis Woodworth John Jayne
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,06723.2%	Vincent Matthews Alva Carpenter James R Grover (head-to-head) Josiah Willoughby Edward C Baker (head-to-head) James McAll Hugh W Dobbins Smith Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) George Hornel G L Halsey Townsend Emanuel Coryel
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Silas Halsey David A Howell James R Grover (head-to-head) Bernard Hughes Oliver Phelps Stanley Faulkner Walter P Nicoll James Van Horn Silas Hasey Guy C Humphrey Peter Demas Fred W Hewitt Willard C Price Rockwell Kent Jabesh Goran Edward C Baker (head-to-head) Jedediah Sanger Thomas G Sayre (head-to-head) Fernando Wood Isaac C Andrews James A Peck Uri Tracy

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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.