Mapping Early American Elections

16th Congress: New Jersey 1818

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New Jersey elected six Democratic-Republicans to the Sixteenth Congress.

New Jersey used a statewide at-large system for electing members to Congress.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Charles Kinsey was elected to replace John Condit, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 16th Congress: New Jersey 1818
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Ephraim Bateman Democratic-Republican 13,949 16.6% ✓ Elected
At-large John Linn Democratic-Republican 13,822 16.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Joseph Bloomfield Democratic-Republican 13,159 15.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Bernard Smith Democratic-Republican 12,868 15.3% ✓ Elected
At-large Henry Southard Democratic-Republican 12,769 15.2% ✓ Elected
At-large John Condit Democratic-Republican 8,640 10.3% ✓ Elected
At-large Charles Kinsey Democratic-Republican 7,219 8.6% 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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