1st Congress: New Jersey 1789
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.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At-large | James Schureman | Federalist | 13,871 | 19.9% | ✓ |
| At-large | Lambert Cadwallader | Federalist | 9,051 | 13% | ✓ |
| At-large | Elias Boudinot | Federalist | 8,702 | 12.5% | ✓ |
| At-large | Thomas Sinnickson | Federalist | 8,364 | 12% | ✓ |
| At-large | Abraham Clark | Federalist | 7,287 | 10.5% | |
| At-large | Jonathan Dayton | Federalist | 6,859 | 9.9% | |
| At-large | Other candidates | 2,989 | 4.2% | ||
| At-large | Robert Hoops | 2,562 | 3.7% | ||
| At-large | Whitten Cripps | 2,375 | 3.4% | ||
| At-large | Benjamin Van Cleve | 1,983 | 2.8% | ||
| At-large | James Parker | Anti-Federalist | 1,724 | 2.5% | |
| At-large | John Witherspoon | 1,711 | 2.5% | ||
| At-large | Thomas Henderson | Federalist | 1,156 | 1.7% | |
| At-large | Robert L. Hooper | 964 | 1.4% |
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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