New Jersey 1797 U.S. House of Representatives
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Jersey 1797 U.S. House of Representatives
- Date:
- 1797
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Dayton, Mark Thompson, James H. Imlay, James Schureman, Thomas Sinnickson, Aaron Kitchell, Joseph Bloomfield, James Linn, Ebenezer Elmer, John Condit, William Crane, Joseph Cooper, William Helms, Thomas Lowrey, Jonathan Elmer, John Outwater, Henry Southard, Gabriel H. Ford, Elisha Lawrence, Matthias Williamson, Jr., Silas Condit, Thomas Henderson, Peter Haring, John Doughty, John Terrill, Franklin Davenport, Samuel S. Smith, Aaron D. Woodruff, John W. Vancleve, Moses Scott, Abraham Westervelt, Richard Cox, William B. Bell, John J. Westervelt, James Ackerman, Alexander C. MacWhortes, William Linn, Aaron Ogden, James Henry, John Neilson, Anthony W. White
| Candidates: | Jonathan Dayton[1] | Mark Thompson[2] | James H. Imlay[3] | James Schureman[4] | Thomas Sinnickson[5] | Aaron Kitchell | Joseph Bloomfield | James Linn | Ebenezer Elmer | John Condit | William Crane | Joseph Cooper | William Helms | Thomas Lowrey | Jonathan Elmer | John Outwater | Henry Southard | Gabriel H. Ford | Elisha Lawrence | Matthias Williamson, Jr. | Silas Condit | Thomas Henderson | Peter Haring | John Doughty | John Terrill | Franklin Davenport | Samuel S. Smith | Aaron D. Woodruff | John W. Vancleve | Moses Scott | Abraham Westervelt | Richard Cox | William B. Bell | John J. Westervelt | James Ackerman | Alexander C. MacWhortes | William Linn | Aaron Ogden | James Henry | John Neilson | Anthony W. White |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist |
| Final Result: [6][7][8][9] | 7100 | 4698 | 4333 | 4204 | 4090 | 3860 | 2485 | 2406 | 2140 | 2076 | 1597 | 1566 | 1268 | 672 | 589 | 390 | 361 | 218 | 206 | 138 | 125 | 119 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bergen County | 264 | 123 | 115 | 56 | 106 | 91 | 69 | 45 | 51 | 42 | 23 | 12 | - | - | - | 251 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burlington County[10] | 910 | 429 | 780 | 490 | 560 | 210 | 574 | 88 | 179 | 163 | - | 205 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cumberland County | 320 | 87 | 173 | 78 | 232 | 185 | 220 | 27 | 254 | 3 | - | 96 | 14 | 1 | 316 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 40 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Deerfield | 49 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 2 | - | 34 | - | - | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Downs | 15 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 18 | - | 19 | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fairfield[11] | 61 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 77 | 65 | - | 95 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Greenwich | 53 | 12 | 61 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 41 | - | 27 | - | - | 40 | 2 | - | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hopewell[12] | 56 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 51 | 37 | 12 | 51 | 1 | - | 12 | 11 | - | 60 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maurice River | 65 | 48 | 57 | 36 | 61 | 3 | 29 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stow Creek | 21 | - | 12 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 14 | - | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County[13][14] | 935 | 617 | 271 | 521 | 479 | 1074 | 155 | 671 | 671 | 1024 | 826 | 460 | 162 | 4 | 52 | 106 | - | - | - | 21 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 40 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Aquackanonk[15] | 94 | 53 | 74 | 62 | 54 | 99 | 7 | 76 | 41 | 98 | 3 | 38 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elizabethtown[16] | 505 | 445 | 89 | 277 | 332 | 23 | 58 | - | 5 | 9 | 511 | 36 | - | - | - | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newark[17] | 151 | 45 | 79 | 73 | 75 | 599 | 76 | 445 | 425 | 597 | 33 | 402 | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Springfield[18] | 58 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 201 | 10 | 149 | 115 | 193 | 56 | 13 | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Westfield | 127 | 61 | 13 | 104 | 7 | 152 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 127 | 223 | 7 | 39 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester County | 423 | 336 | 321 | 358 | 358 | 135 | 141 | 68 | 102 | - | 3 | 244 | 5 | 1 | 70 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Deptford | 63 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 40 | 32 | 37 | - | 32 | - | 2 | 40 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egg Harbour | 65 | 65 | 48 | 47 | 68 | - | 39 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gloucester | 14 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester | 48 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 1 | 49 | 49 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenwich | 56 | 53 | 51 | 44 | 54 | 3 | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newton | 12 | 18 | 18 | 43 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 17 | 12 | - | - | 49 | - | 1 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Waterford | 13 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 9 | - | 4 | - | - | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woolwich | 152 | 142 | 144 | 152 | 143 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hunterdon County[19] | 671 | 621 | 471 | 515 | 358 | 279 | 218 | 194 | 140 | 129 | - | 86 | 128 | 362 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hopewell | 85 | 8 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 24 | 13 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trenton | 178 | 171 | 184 | 186 | 178 | 62 | - | 38 | 47 | 46 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County[20] | 814 | 489 | 519 | 679 | 502 | 373 | 258 | 115 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monmouth County | 481 | 416 | 482 | 423 | 214 | 103 | 68 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 146 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 75 | 52 | 7 | - | 1 | 20 | - | 1 | - | 25 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Dover | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | - | 31 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Freehold | 96 | 74 | 75 | 69 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middletown[21] | 47 | 23 | 57 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Shrewsbury | 194 | 193 | 195 | 190 | 49 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 137 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strafford | 61 | 19 | 48 | 32 | 59 | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upper Freehold | 59 | 82 | 83 | 77 | 71 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | - | 15 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 20 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morris County | 409 | 140 | 98 | 121 | 82 | 795 | 68 | 475 | 444 | 625 | - | 303 | 542 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somerset County | 458 | 229 | 278 | 477 | 233 | 226 | 32 | 447 | 12 | 62 | 147 | 5 | 50 | 7 | 1 | - | 301 | - | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedminster | 48 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 47 | - | 81 | - | 13 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bernards | 51 | 3 | 3 | 9 | - | 95 | - | 201 | 1 | 29 | 94 | 1 | 22 | - | - | - | 202 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgewater | 40 | 27 | 20 | 54 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Precinct | 120 | 70 | 91 | 130 | 93 | 26 | 2 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hillsborough | 113 | 46 | 106 | 129 | 58 | 5 | - | 50 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Precinct | 86 | 41 | 56 | 113 | 77 | 45 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 20 | 12 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sussex County[22] | 944 | 820 | 391 | 156 | 305 | 271 | 547 | 232 | 93 | 7 | 302 | 9 | 349 | 287 | 34 | 1 | - | 205 | 36 | 3 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | 12 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Greenwich | 118 | 118 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 120 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 119 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hardiston | 97 | 92 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 46 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 84 | - | 35 | 17 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hardwick | 114 | 99 | 66 | 29 | 69 | 16 | 103 | 26 | 1 | - | 21 | - | 30 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Independence | 90 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 66 | - | 21 | 1 | 113 | 1 | - | - | - | 60 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Knowlton | 81 | 79 | 60 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 62 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 61 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mansfield | 70 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 59 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montague | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newton | 115 | 129 | 53 | 28 | 60 | 25 | 43 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 76 | - | 63 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 34 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oxford | 61 | 73 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 36 | 28 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sandiston | 23 | 23 | 12 | 23 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vernon | 39 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 37 | 2 | 32 | - | - | 37 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wantage | 88 | 90 | 1 | - | 80 | 2 | 4 | 88 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 88 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Walpack | 23 | 11 | 3 | 20 | - | 12 | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]The following names were listed on the original election returns, but received no votes: James Ackerman, William B. Bell, Richard Cox, William Crane, John N. Cumming, Gabriel H. Ford, James Giles, Peter Harring, James Henry, William Lin, Aaron Ogden, John Outwater, Isaac Smith, John Terrill, Abraham Westervelt, John Westervelt, M. Williamson Jr., and Anthony W. White.
[7]Party politics were still developing in New Jersey, and the entire political arena was in a state of transition. Several of the men listed as Federalist would later become Republicans, while William Crane, a Federalist, was run on a Republican Ticket formed at Essex county in the closing week of the campaign. An excellent account of this election can be found in the book "New Jersey's Jeffersonian Republicans" (pages 18-25) by Carl E. Prince.
[8]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ), January 18 and 25, uses the name Condict for John Condit.
[9]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ), January 18, uses the name Conduit for Silas Condict.
[10]"One township is wanting in that of Burlington." Centinel of Freedom. January 18, 1797.
[11]James H. Imlay received 1 vote as John Emly.
[12]James H. Imlay received 5 votes as James Emly and 1 vote as John Emly.
[13]Woods's Newark Gazette and New-Jersey Advertiser (Newark, NJ) and The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ), January 18, report 860 votes for Jonathan Dayton, 456 votes for James Schureman, 474 votes for Thomas Sinnickson, 952 votes for John Condit, 75 votes for William Helmes, 92 votes for John Outwater, 462 votes for Joseph Cooper, 15 votes for Matthias Williamson, 8 votes for Silas Condict, and 39 votes for John Terrill.
[14]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ), January 18, reports 521 votes for James Schureman in Essex County but the township totals add up 523.
[15]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports no votes for John Outwater.
[16]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports 7 votes for John Condit.
[17]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports 76 votes for Jonathan Dayton, 13 votes for James Schureman, 527 votes for John Condit, no votes for John Outwater and no votes for William Helmes.
[18]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports 15 votes for Joseph Cooper, no votes for James Schureman, and no votes for William Helmes.
[19]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports 127 votes for John Condit.
[20]The Centinel of Freedom, January 18, reports 114 votes for Jonathan Dayton and 377 votes for Aaron Kitchell.
[21]James H. Imlay received 1 vote as James Imbly.
[22]On the Original Election Returns tally sheet for Sussex County, in the column for John Condit there is a numeral 6 that doesn't quite line up with any town tally, and that would make his total 13, rather than the total of 7 that is listed as the sum of the column and is written out as John Condit's official total.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). January 18, 1797.
The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). January 18, 1797.
Woods's Newark Gazette and New-Jersey Advertiser (Newark, NJ). January 18, 1797.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). January 25, 1797.
The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). January 25, 1797.
Woods's Newark Gazette and New-Jersey Advertiser (Newark, NJ). January 25, 1797.
The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). February 1, 1797.
The Guardian (New Brunswick NJ). February 7, 1797.
Woods's Newark Gazette and New-Jersey Advertiser (Newark, NJ). February 15, 1797.
Prince, Carl E. New Jersey's Jeffersonian Republicans: The Genesis of an Early Party Machine. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1967. 18-25.
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