1791 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey
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New Jersey switched to a conventional district system for the Second Congress. At the time, the districts were not numbered, but are retroactively renumbered as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively here.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[1] |
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| New Jersey at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Abraham Clark (Pro-Administration) 19.9% √ Jonathan Dayton (Pro-Administration) 13.8% √ Elias Boudinot (Pro-Administration) 13.7% √ Aaron Kitchell (Pro-Administration) 8.8% Lambert Cadwalader (Pro-Administration) 7.0% James Linn 5.5% Thomas Sinnickson (Pro-Administration) 5.1% Robert Hoops 4.9% Thomas Henderson 3.7% John Witherspoon 2.7% John Beatty (Pro-Administration) 2.3% John Sheppard 1.9% Joseph Ellis 1.7% Robert Ogden 1.5% James Schureman (Pro-Administration) 1.5% John Harring 1.1% John Hugg 1.1% |
| Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
| James Schureman | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
| Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
See also
[edit]- United States House of Representatives elections, 1790 and 1791
- List of United States representatives from New Jersey
References
[edit]- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
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