1791 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey

Summary

New Jersey switched to a conventional district system for the Second Congress. At the time, the districts were not numbered, but are retroactively renumbered as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively here.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates[1]
New Jersey at-large
4 seats on a general ticket
Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration 1789 Incumbent re-elected. Abraham Clark (Pro-Administration) 19.9%
Jonathan Dayton (Pro-Administration) 13.8%
Elias Boudinot (Pro-Administration) 13.7%
Aaron Kitchell (Pro-Administration) 8.8%
Lambert Cadwalader (Pro-Administration) 7.0%
James Linn 5.5%
Thomas Sinnickson (Pro-Administration) 5.1%
Robert Hoops 4.9%
Thomas Henderson 3.7%
John Witherspoon 2.7%
John Beatty (Pro-Administration) 2.3%
John Sheppard 1.9%
Joseph Ellis 1.7%
Robert Ogden 1.5%
James Schureman (Pro-Administration) 1.5%
John Harring 1.1%
John Hugg 1.1%
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration hold.
James Schureman Pro-Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration hold.
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration hold.

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  1. ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed