Wm B Rochester

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1816–1822

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Rochester3,449

Opponents38,864

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1822, Wm B Rochester ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 3. Rochester's biggest single-election total was 3,426 votes, in the 1822 U.S. House election in New York's District 28.

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How many votes has Wm B Rochester received?

Wm B Rochester has received 3,449 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–3.

Election history

Wm B Rochester’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1822	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	3,42698.42%	Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Edward R Gilman George W Cooke William Helm Wheeler Porter (head-to-head) Benjamin Shick Edward C Baker
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	90.09%	Elijah Spencer D Frank Allen Benjamin F Lewis Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Robert J McCall (head-to-head) Charles R Seymour Uri Tracy Nathaniel Wager
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	130.11%	Jonathan Richmond Caleb Baker Silas Bowker John Lewis Childs Evans Hubbard W Rathbun George Guest Bacon Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) James L Wells Anson L Gardner Gerald Root Low Philip Kings Samuel Crittendon Raymond K Bull Alva Carpenter Ira S Jarvis Fernando Wood Robert J McCall (head-to-head) Oliver Petteys John G Dow Reuben P Skinner Moses Remington R E Sutton Jeremiah Cassady Frank B Arnold (head-to-head) Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Peter Field Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Ephraim Wethey Horace Jerome Jacob H Durkee Charles C Dill J Mulford Robinson Richard Townley David Woodcock Rogers Abraham Gridley Thomas Maxwell Julian Park Franklin Leonard Jr. Payne George H Stevenson Elijah Hiaman Edward F Cassidy
1816	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Daniel Cruger Oliver Comstock (head-to-head) Warner Miller (head-to-head) Johnson Enos Throop Eleazer Lindsley Lemon Thompson (head-to-head) George Walton Green Jacob L Larzalere John Mfadden Brown George W Beach Rowland Day Evert Vanwickle Smith Porter (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindley Mallory John Knox Frederick Hart (head-to-head) Eleazer Linley Gamaliel H Barstow (head-to-head) Eleazer Lindey

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Wm B Rochester: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/wm-b-rochester. Accessed [date].

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.