New Jersey 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Special
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Jersey 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Special
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Adam Boyd, Aaron Ogden, Ebenezer Elmer, Lewis Condit, Silas Whitehead, David C. Baldwin, William S. Pennington, George Burgin, James Cox, Joseph Falkinburge, Jacob Hufty, George C. Maxwell, William MacCullough, John Linn, George Bidleman, Nathan Stout, Benjamin Champneys, Alexander C. MacWhorter, Ebenezer Newton, Elijah Townsend, Thomas Ward, James J. Wilson
| Candidates: | Adam Boyd[1] | Aaron Ogden | Ebenezer Elmer | Lewis Condit | Silas Whitehead | David C. Baldwin | William S. Pennington | George Burgin | James Cox | Joseph Falkinburge | Jacob Hufty | George C. Maxwell | William MacCullough | John Linn | George Bidleman | Nathan Stout | Benjamin Champneys | Alexander C. MacWhorter | Ebenezer Newton | Elijah Townsend | Thomas Ward | James J. Wilson |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||||
| Final Result: [2] | 7315 | 884 | 366 | 99 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 40 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bergen County | 393 | 29 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burlington County | 506 | 59 | 24 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cape May County | 39 | 38 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lower | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middle | 14 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upper | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cumberland County[3] | 420 | 12 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Deerfield | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Downe | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fairfield | 116 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenwich | 14 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hopewell | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Maurice River | 31 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Millville | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stow Creek | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Essex County | 1152 | 188 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 56 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acquackanonk | 102 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caldwell | 119 | - | - | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elizabeth | 86 | 102 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newark | 319 | 29 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange | 198 | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rahway | 96 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Springfield | 99 | 11 | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Westfield | 133 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester County | 505 | 2 | 148 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Deptford | 90 | - | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egg Harbour | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galloway | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gloucester | 1 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Greenwich | 9 | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newton | 19 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waterford | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Weymouth | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woolwich | 28 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hunterdon County[4] | 574 | 52 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexandria | 84 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amwell | 167 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bethlehem | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hopewell | 44 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kingwood | 77 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maidenhead | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reading | 25 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tewksbury | 62 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trenton | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 386 | 123 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monmouth County | 868 | 42 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morris County | 667 | 52 | 52 | 92 | 1 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salem County | 455 | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somerset County | 289 | 117 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sussex County[5][6] | 1061 | 211 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Byram | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Frankford | 56 | 23 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenwich | 79 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hardwick | 117 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hardyston | 128 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Independence | 78 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Knowlton | 83 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mansfield | 36 | 24 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Montigue | 29 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newton | 98 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oxford | 69 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sandyston | 31 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vernon | 95 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Wallpack | 15 | 29 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wantage | 119 | 28 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"ELECTION: The election for member of Congress to fill the vacancy in our representation, occasioned by the death of Mr. Darby, closed on Thursday last. Great apathy was prevelent, owing to there not being any active oppositon to the republican candidate. We have no returns except from this county; it may however be fairly presumed that Adam Boyd, Esquire, is the candidate elect. Aaron Ogden, Esq. we suppose has been mostly voted for by the federalists." The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). March 22, 1808.
[3]The following names appear on the original election return from Cumberland County with zero votes: David C. Baldwin, George Bidleman, William Campfield, Benjamin Champneys, Louis Condit, Abraham Godwin, James H. Imlay, Benjamin Ludlow, John Linn, Lewis Moore, James Morgan, Alexander C. MacWhorter, William MacCullough, George C. Maxwell, William S. Pennington, Azel Pierson, Nathan Stout, Elijah Townsend, Thomas Ward, Silas Whitehead, John Wilson, James J. Wilson, and Silas Condit.
[4]The Centinel of Freedom March 22, 1808 lists 11 votes for Aaron Ogden in Hunterdon county but the Original Election returns lists 52.
[5]The Centinel of Freedom March 22, 1808 lists 1261 votes for Adam Boyd in Sussex county but the Original Election returns lists only 1061.
[6]The Centinel of Freedom March 23, 1809 lists 35 votes for Ebenezer Elmer in Sussex county but the Original Election returns lists only 32.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). March 15, 1808.
Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). March 21, 1808.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). March 22, 1808.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). March 24, 1808.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). March 29, 1808.
Staunton Eagle (Staunton, VA). April 8, 1808.
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