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1st Congress: New Jersey 1789

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New Jersey elected four Federalists to the First Congress.

New Jersey used a state-wide at-large system to elect members of Congress.

The results from Cumberland County were included in the reports from Cape May County.

Congressional election results, 1st Congress: New Jersey 1789
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large James Schureman Federalist 13,871 19.9% ✓ Elected
At-large Lambert Cadwallader Federalist 9,051 13% ✓ Elected
At-large Elias Boudinot Federalist 8,702 12.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Thomas Sinnickson Federalist 8,364 12% ✓ Elected
At-large Abraham Clark Federalist 7,287 10.5% Not elected
At-large Jonathan Dayton Federalist 6,859 9.9% Not elected
At-large Other candidates 2,989 4.2% Not elected
At-large Robert Hoops 2,562 3.7% Not elected
At-large Whitten Cripps 2,375 3.4% Not elected
At-large Benjamin Van Cleve 1,983 2.8% Not elected
At-large James Parker Anti-Federalist 1,724 2.5% Not elected
At-large John Witherspoon 1,711 2.5% Not elected
At-large Thomas Henderson Federalist 1,156 1.7% Not elected
At-large Robert L. Hooper 964 1.4% Not elected

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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“1st Congress: New Jersey 1789,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress01.nj.county.html