1791 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey

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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.

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates [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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