New Jersey 1814 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: New Jersey 1814 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:: 1814
State:: New Jersey
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: Henry Southard, Lewis Condit, Ephraim Bateman, Ezra Baker, Benjamin Bennett, Thomas Ward, John Frelinghuysen, John N. Cumming, James Parker, James Giles, Samuel W. Harrison, Jacob S. Thompson, William B. Ewing, Aaron Ogden

Candidates:	Henry Southard [1]	Lewis Condit [2]	Ephraim Bateman [3]	Ezra Baker [4]	Benjamin Bennett [5]	Thomas Ward [6]	John Frelinghuysen	John N. Cumming	James Parker	James Giles	Samuel W. Harrison	Jacob S. Thompson	William B. Ewing	Aaron Ogden
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist		Federalist
Final Result:	17859	17833	17803	17791	17776	17741	16697	16680	16666	16644	16639	16598	1	1
Bergen County	941	941	940	940	941	939	1163	1157	1163	1163	1163	1163	-	-
Burlington County	683	683	658	681	677	681	2253	2254	2254	2251	2254	2252	-	-
Cape May County	53	54	54	54	54	54	380	381	380	381	381	381	-	-
Cumberland County	1032	1033	1030	1028	1028	1028	903	902	904	901	902	903	1	1
Deerfield	183	183	183	183	183	182	83	83	83	83	82	82	-	1
Downe	99	99	100	99	97	99	187	187	187	186	187	187	-	-
Fairfield	257	258	256	255	256	256	31	31	32	31	31	32	-	-
Greenwich	14	14	14	14	14	14	121	119	121	121	121	121	-	-
Hopewell	136	136	134	135	135	134	122	123	122	121	122	122	1	-
Maurice River	144	144	144	143	144	144	216	216	216	216	216	216	-	-
Millville	162	162	162	162	162	162	54	54	54	54	54	54	-	-
Stoe Creek	37	37	37	37	37	37	89	89	89	89	89	89	-	-
Essex County[7]	2817	2822	2812	2805	2807	2743	586	607	580	573	572	576	-	-
Acquackanonk	253	254	253	253	252	249	60	63	57	57	59	58	-	-
Bloomfield	367	367	369	368	368	363	39	42	39	39	39	39	-	-
Caldwell	179	180	180	180	180	175	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elizabeth	168	167	166	165	166	167	130	129	129	130	129	130	-	-
Livingston	128	128	128	128	128	127	30	30	30	30	30	30	-	-
New Providence	94	94	94	94	94	92	10	9	10	10	10	10	-	-
Newark	490	491	486	484	484	455	184	196	180	179	181	181	-	-
Orange	401	401	401	401	400	386	11	15	12	12	12	11	-	-
Rahway	108	108	106	106	107	107	36	36	38	36	36	36	-	-
Springfield	203	203	203	203	203	203	20	20	20	20	18	20	-	-
Union	177	181	179	176	177	172	27	31	30	27	26	26	-	-
Westfield	249	248	247	247	248	247	39	36	35	33	32	35	-	-
Gloucester County	1047	1049	1045	1033	1047	1048	1731	1729	1730	1732	1729	1730	-	-
Deptford	157	157	157	157	157	157	247	247	246	247	245	246	-	-
Egg Harbour	146	146	146	133	146	146	45	45	45	45	45	45	-	-
Galloway	182	182	182	179	181	182	64	64	64	64	63	64	-	-
Town of Gloucester	7	7	7	7	7	7	58	58	58	59	59	58	-	-
Gloucester	130	130	130	130	130	130	102	102	102	102	101	102	-	-
Greenwich	98	99	98	99	99	99	310	310	310	310	310	310	-	-
Hamilton	34	34	34	34	34	34	104	102	104	104	104	104	-	-
Newton	58	59	58	59	59	59	183	183	183	183	183	183	-	-
Waterford	94	94	94	94	93	94	183	183	183	183	183	183	-	-
Weymouth	32	32	32	32	32	32	68	68	68	68	68	68	-	-
Woolwich	109	109	107	109	109	108	367	367	367	367	368	367	-	-
Hunterdon County	2256	2254	2256	2255	2254	2252	2138	2135	2134	2135	2134	2134	-	-
Alexandria	191	191	191	191	191	191	231	231	231	231	231	231	-	-
Amwell	761	761	761	761	761	761	394	394	394	394	394	394	-	-
Bethlehem	226	224	226	226	226	226	94	93	93	93	93	93	-	-
Hopewell	187	187	186	187	186	185	308	306	306	307	306	306	-	-
Kingwood	262	262	262	262	262	262	154	154	154	154	154	154	-	-
Lebanon	183	183	183	183	183	183	209	209	209	209	209	209	-	-
Maidenhead	41	41	41	41	41	41	149	149	149	149	149	149	-	-
Readington	120	119	120	119	119	120	193	193	193	193	193	193	-	-
Tewksbury	136	136	136	136	136	136	83	83	83	83	83	83	-	-
Trenton	149	150	150	149	149	147	323	323	322	322	322	322	-	-
Middlesex County[8]	1224	1226	1219	1220	1216	1218	1728	1726	1729	1724	1723	1725	-	-
Monmouth County	1823	1821	1822	1822	1795	1822	1791	1790	1790	1790	1790	1790	-	-
Dover	109	108	108	108	107	108	162	162	162	162	162	162	-	-
Freehold	494	494	494	494	492	494	257	257	257	257	257	257	-	-
Howell	205	205	205	205	205	205	349	349	349	349	349	349	-	-
Middletown	525	524	525	525	503	525	95	95	95	95	95	95	-	-
Shrewsbury	263	263	263	263	263	263	312	311	311	311	311	311	-	-
Stafford	60	60	60	60	60	60	118	118	118	118	118	118	-	-
Upper Freehold	167	167	167	167	165	167	498	498	498	498	498	498	-	-
Morris County	2184	2163	2183	2179	2179	2173	598	597	598	598	595	525	-	-
Salem County	990	990	990	990	990	990	847	846	846	846	846	846	-	-
Somerset County	726	722	719	713	715	719	1289	1267	1267	1263	1265	1266	-	-
Sussex County	2083	2075	2075	2071	2073	2074	1290	1289	1291	1287	1285	1307	-	-
Byram	66	66	66	66	66	66	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-
Frankford	103	103	105	104	103	105	108	108	108	108	108	111	-	-
Greenwich	189	189	189	189	189	189	229	229	229	229	229	230	-	-
Hardiston	170	170	170	170	170	170	29	29	29	29	29	29	-	-
Hardwick	198	198	199	196	198	197	186	186	186	185	186	186	-	-
Independence	132	132	130	128	131	130	76	76	80	75	74	76	-	-
Knowlton	151	151	150	151	147	151	107	107	107	107	107	110	-	-
Mansfield	134	129	129	131	132	131	173	172	172	173	171	178	-	-
Montigue	53	53	53	53	53	53	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-
Newton	186	183	185	186	185	185	116	116	116	116	117	119	-	-
Oxford	193	193	191	190	192	190	57	57	56	57	56	59	-	-
Sandyston	66	66	66	66	66	66	45	45	45	45	45	45	-	-
Vernon	152	152	152	152	152	152	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	-
Wallpack	66	66	66	65	65	66	10	9	9	9	9	10	-	-
Wantage	224	224	224	224	224	223	116	117	116	116	116	116	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]The New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ) October 18, 1814 lists totals as: Henry Southard 2822 votes, Ephraim Bateman 2817 votes, Ezra Baker 2810 votes, Benjamin Bennett 2812 votes, John Frelinghuysen 607 votes, James Parker 601 votes, James Giles 594 votes, Samuel W. Harrison 503 votes, Jacob S. Thompson 597 votes.

[8]"432 votes were given in Middlesex for Jacob I. Thompson, which were doubtless intended for Jacob S. Thompson." New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). October 25, 1814.

References:

Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 15, 1814.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 17, 1814.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 18, 1814.

New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). October 18, 1814.

The Palladium of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 20, 1814.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1814.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). October 24, 1814.

The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). October 25, 1814.

New-Jersey Journal (Elizabethtown, NJ). October 25, 1814.

The Palladium of Liberty (Morristown, NJ). October 27, 1814.

The True American (Trenton, NJ). December 12, 1814.

Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). January 25, 1815.

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