Mapping Early American Elections


3rd Congress: New Jersey 1792

New Jersey elected five Federalists to the Third Congress.

New Jersey used a state-wide at-large system for electing members to Congress. New Jersey gained a seat in the House of Representatives following the 1790 Census.

Abraham Clark died in office. In January 1795, a special election was held and Aaron Kitchel was elected to replace Clark.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large John Beatty Federalist 6,993 16.3%
At-large Other candidates 6,601 15.5%
At-large Jonathan Dayton Federalist 5,731 13.4%
At-large Abraham Clark Federalist 5,035 11.7%
At-large Elias Boudinot Federalist 4,631 10.8%
At-large Lambert Cadwalader Federalist 4,325 10.1%
At-large Thomas Sinnickson Federalist 3,704 8.6%
At-large Aaron Kitchel Anti-Federalist 3,656 8.5%
At-large James Linn Anti-Federalist 2,222 5.2%

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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