Williams

(name as recorded in the historical source)

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1974

1-41

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Williams261,377

Opponents980,093

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1974, Williams ran in 42 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 41. Williams's biggest single-election total was 81,509 votes, in the 1964 U.S. House election in New York's District 36.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 12, every U.S. House race in New York's District 36, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 44.

How many votes has Williams received?

Williams has received 261,377 popular votes across 42 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–41.

Election history

Williams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1250.38%	Shirley Chisholm Francis J Voyticky Martin Shephard Teresa Delgado
1964	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	81,50942.51%	Frank J. Horton Helmut A Zander
1948	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,0621.99%	Chester Gorski Michael E Butler (head-to-head)
1946	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	29,85146.12%	Joseph Pfeifer
1938	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,6389.94%	Wallace Pierce George C Owens (head-to-head) John C Wallace
1936	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	6,1856.72%	Bertrand Snell George C Owens (head-to-head)
1934	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,8163.54%	Emanuel Celler Michael C Antonelli Esther Friedman
1918	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	23,34040.52%	Homer Snyder Enoch Ohnstrand John Latimore
1912	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,1464.69%	Charles Hamilton Manton M Wyvell Adolph C Carlson C E Welch
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,20938.45%	De Alexander Charles B Mathews Henry Moses Abraham L Witmer
1906	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,1813.03%	Edward Vreeland Mark Graves Eugene R Esler
1896	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,2692.55%	James Wadsworth Frank P Hulette Sweet John Ideson
1894	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3761.24%	Rowland Mahany J Cavin J Otto W P Goodenough
1890	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	16,24042.64%	Daniel Lockwood Calvin S Crosser
1886	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,0868.91%	Milton Delano Downs
1872	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,81341.68%	Lyman Bass
1870	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	9,27249.54%	John Rogers
1856	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,65824.1%	John Cochrane Stillman
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	7,13645.86%	Leander Babcock
1848	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3,21422.36%	Orsamus Matteson Clara B Mann (head-to-head)
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,05739.39%	William Maclay (head-to-head) William Picall Smith (head-to-head) John Cummford
1846	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	750.61%	John Slingerland Bradford Wood
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	850.64%	William Maclay (head-to-head) James Lawrence V
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	4,77746.22%	William Maclay (head-to-head) Whiting
1842	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	870.7%	Daniel Barnard French
1838	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,67138.06%	David Russell
1838	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,19842.43%	Richard Marvin
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,77443.39%	Joseph Kirkland Henry R Storrs Frederick Hart Chester Hayden Ralph Patrick Robert J McCall Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Hickox D Frank Allen (head-to-head) Charles R Seymour (head-to-head)
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.04%	Henry Storrs (head-to-head) Allen Frazer Bacon Huntington (head-to-head) William S Hamilton Sill (head-to-head) Joel Bristol Evans John Lewis Childs Gamaliel H Barstow John G Davis Hoyt Samuel Dyer David Ostrom Ernest H Woodruff George S Schuyler Samuel F Snowden J L N Hunt Charles R Seymour (head-to-head) John Doe Andrew Elmer Elmer S White (head-to-head) Johnson Luther Guiteau John C Pride
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,54047.05%	T H Walker (head-to-head) Henry Storrs (head-to-head) Albert S Barnes David Ambler Elisha Camp James Hawley Samuel Marsh Buell G Brayton Huntington (head-to-head) Curtis Charles D Pratt Sill (head-to-head) George Tibbits Valentine Brother Uri Tracy Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head)
1814	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,15943.35%	H Gould
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Egbert Benson Jotham Post William Irving R H Ferguson Jacob Jay Benjamin B Blydenburgh Billy Irvin John Bingham Nathan Sage John Lefferts Washington T Henderson Gurdon Mumford Townsend Joseph S Vanwyck Vancleve C Mott Hamilton Fish William Someville Edward Ely Michael Cashman George Gardener
1812	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.05%	Hosea Moffitt Thomas Peter Crandall John W Schermerhorn D Marvin Filkins Grosvenor James Dole Simon Viele Smith (head-to-head) John Moshure John N Carmerhorn V Benjamin Covill Avery Cronkhite James A Peck (head-to-head) Hosea Moffe Bartholomew Harley Clara B Mann (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	30.25%	Daniel Verplanck Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Edward A Sheldon Thomas Gritman Jeremiah T Brooks Peter Lossing B Cleveland Sloan John I Skidmore Theron Akin Samuel Burt
1806	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.06%	David Thomas (head-to-head) Jacob Snell Anthony I Blanchard Joseph Fitch James Savage (head-to-head) Russell (head-to-head) Wheeler George W Reid Robert Pacel Bert Clark (head-to-head) William D Stewart (head-to-head) Richard T Mosher Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) William Leigh John Herkimer Daniel Malon William Tist William Robarie Alexander M Nith D Frank Allen (head-to-head) James Cheetham Thomas Denis Duty M Intyre Robert M Nab Reuben Whallon Charles Stanton John G Proudfit Joseph Harrington William Trueman Andrew Haggart Gerrit Wendel Charles A Hitchcock Isaac Serjeant David Force
1804	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.03%	John Russell F R Gilbert Andrew L Martin Erastus Root Benjamin Gold Gussie Reed George Grenell Hiram G Hotchkiss Combs John M Donald John Rawson Elmer S White (head-to-head) Lithgow Osborne John Brimer Jonathan Nicholls Benajah Bundy Abel Card Peter Van Ness Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Oliver Phelps Monson Morris Benjamin Gilbirt Marvin Wilson Adam Hasay James P Cannon Reuben Backingham James A Peck (head-to-head) Cyrus Lad Ephraim Sturtvert Henry Bradt Aaron Burr Kenneth Cameron Edward B %dr< Foote
1802	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,24335.63%	David Thomas (head-to-head) Russell (head-to-head) Bert Clark (head-to-head) James Savage (head-to-head) Meriweather Stuart (head-to-head) Waters Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head)
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	2,81147.57%	David Thomas (head-to-head) John Thompson (head-to-head) Alphonzo A Hopkins (head-to-head) Stephen Lush Gordon William J Yates Benjamin Mooers Benjamin Stafford Abraham Ten Broeck Garret G Lansing Hezekiah Middlebrox Thomas Tredwell John H Nichols Richard Macumber Russell (head-to-head) David Congress
1800	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.02%	Thomas Morris Meriweather Stuart (head-to-head) William S Patterson Robert Roseboom Jedediah Sanger T H Walker (head-to-head) Edward Edwards Comfort Tyler Eaker William Cooper Ada Danforth Samuel Tinckham Aaron Henry G L Halsey Michael E Butler (head-to-head) William H Cuyler Rockwell Kent (head-to-head) Nathaniel W Howel Joseph S Sidney William D Stewart (head-to-head) Clarence M Lyon
1798	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,56941.66%	John Thompson (head-to-head)
1793	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,14641.24%	James Gordon Lemon Thompson
1789	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	501.57%	Peter Silvester Adgate

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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.