William Whitney

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1802–1932

Career timeline

1802Rep 1808Rep 1818Rep 1892Rep 1898Rep 1926Rep

1932Rep

0-7

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Whitney142,567

Opponents306,123

Elections run

Between 1802 and 1932, William Whitney ran in 7 U.S. House elections, losing all 7. Whitney's biggest single-election total was 121,909 votes, in the 1932 U.S. House election in New York's District 1.

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How many votes has William Whitney received?

William Whitney has received 142,567 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–7.

Election history

William Whitney’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1932	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	121,90942.93%	Robert Bacon Eric E Demarsh William F Varney
1926	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	17,23729.87%	Bertrand Snell
1898	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,3423.04%	Lucius Littauer Dennis B Lucy Miles E Wilcox
1892	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,0704.54%	Newton Curtis John J Kelly
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6	Robert Monell Joseph Lyman Andrew J Campbell Charles D Pratt Platt Ezekiel Crocker Anthony J B Ross Martin G Schuneman Baldwin Abraham Vannostrand Heman Kelsey Guy C Humphrey William S Patterson Caleb Eldred Lemon Thompson Seth Chace Henry Metcalf George Harpur David Buttolph Ebenezer Wakely Tilly Lynde Joseph B Cooper Obadiah German Otis G Pike Monson Morris (head-to-head)
1808	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	20.04%	Albert S Barnes John Nicholson Rockwell Kent Joshua Hatheway Thomas R Gord Washington T Henderson Lucius C Atwater Henry Mneil Wilhelmus Mynderse Aaron Henry Alphonzo A Hopkins Jonathan Forman G L Halsey Luther Rich Sylvanus Smalley Moss Rent Francis Bloodgood Andrew L Martin Thomas Manly John H Nichols Thomas Stebins Lyman Munson Corlis Hindes Andrew A Bartow Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) Charles Mills Edmund L Weston Peter P Meesick John Budlong Austin E Ford Nicholason Isaac C Andrews John M Petrie Moss Cent
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.06%	Philip Van Cortlandt Peter Talman Monson Morris (head-to-head) John N Jones Richard Hatfield Leroy C Lane Peter De Noyelles James Onderdoak James S Frost George C Owens John Hyatt Edwin Wright V (head-to-head) John Schenk

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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.