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2nd Congress: New Jersey 1791

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New Jersey elected three Federalists and one Anti-Federalist to the Second Congress.

New Jersey used a state-wide at-large method for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 2nd Congress: New Jersey 1791
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Other candidates 8,500 26.1% Not elected
At-large Abraham Clark Federalist 6,435 19.9% ✓ Elected
At-large Jonathan Dayton Federalist 4,446 13.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Elias Boudinot Federalist 4,433 13.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Aaron Kitchel Anti-Federalist 2,828 8.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Lambert Cadwalader Federalist 2,275 7% Not elected
At-large James Linn Anti-Federalist 1,773 5.5% Not elected
At-large Thomas Sinnickson Federalist 1,648 5.1% 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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