New Jersey 1792 U.S. House of Representatives
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Jersey 1792 U.S. House of Representatives
- Date:
- 1792
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- John Beatty, Jonathan Dayton, Abraham Clark, Elias Boudinot, Lambert Cadwalader, Thomas Sinnickson, Aaron Kitchel, James Linn, Jonathan Elmer, Samuel Dick, Thomas Henderson, Joseph Smith, John Chetwood, John Witherspoon, John Bayard, John Harring, James F. Armstrong, Elias Dayton, Joseph Bloomfield, Frederick Frelinghuysen, James Schureman, James Kinsey, Abraham Kitchell
| Candidates: | John Beatty[1] | Jonathan Dayton[2] | Abraham Clark[3] | Elias Boudinot[4] | Lambert Cadwalader[5] | Thomas Sinnickson | Aaron Kitchel | James Linn | Jonathan Elmer | Samuel Dick | Thomas Henderson | Joseph Smith | John Chetwood | John Witherspoon | John Bayard | John Harring | James F. Armstrong | Elias Dayton | Joseph Bloomfield | Frederick Frelinghuysen | James Schureman | James Kinsey | Abraham Kitchell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [6][7][8][9][10] | 6993 | 5731 | 5035 | 4631 | 4325 | 3704 | 3656 | 2222 | 1881 | 1757 | 1251 | 323 | 284 | 271 | 253 | 240 | 118 | 113 | 98 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Bergen County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burlington County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Evesham | 185 | 2 | - | - | 184 | 185 | - | - | 185 | 184 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cumberland County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester County | 377 | 14 | 18 | 64 | 410 | 466 | 31 | - | 470 | 445 | 2 | 22 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Deptford[11] | 74 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 90 | 82 | - | - | 90 | 81 | 2 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egg Harbour[12] | 73 | - | - | - | 73 | 73 | - | - | 72 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | - | - | 63 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Gloucester[13] | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester | 21 | - | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 4 | - | 23 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenwich | 28 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 7 | - | 28 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newton[14] | 22 | - | 6 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 19 | - | 32 | 33 | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Waterford | 21 | - | - | 21 | 25 | 26 | 1 | - | 23 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Weymouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woolwich[15] | 126 | 1 | - | 1 | 124 | 126 | - | - | 128 | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hunterdon County | 1179 | 614 | 679 | 731 | 803 | 520 | 274 | 337 | 30 | 34 | 438 | - | 22 | 83 | 206 | 5 | 48 | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Alexandria | 120 | 64 | 29 | 107 | 104 | 92 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 30 | - | - | 40 | 6 | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amwell | 135 | 61 | 78 | 116 | 70 | 16 | 45 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 59 | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bethlehem | 87 | 11 | 73 | 70 | 84 | 44 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 64 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Hopewell | 131 | 106 | 94 | 123 | 46 | 30 | 27 | - | 1 | - | 109 | - | - | 26 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Kingwood | 123 | 25 | 21 | 84 | 125 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 19 | - | 10 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | 124 | 52 | 82 | 51 | 99 | 15 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 42 | - | - | 1 | 117 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Maidenhead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Readington | 191 | 193 | 180 | 58 | 44 | 1 | 133 | 187 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tewksbury | 63 | 39 | 78 | 3 | 13 | - | 33 | 88 | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trenton | 205 | 63 | 44 | 119 | 218 | 199 | 23 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 145 | - | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monmouth County | 158 | 213 | 170 | 131 | 208 | 11 | 119 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 254 | - | 7 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dover | 19 | 19 | - | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Freehold | 54 | 77 | 63 | 33 | 70 | 2 | 98 | 1 | - | 1 | 102 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middletown | 16 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shrewsbury | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 10 | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stafford | - | 47 | 48 | - | 47 | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upper Freehold | 68 | 50 | 26 | 61 | 51 | 9 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 44 | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morris County[16] | 1174 | 1308 | 1272 | 604 | - | - | 1328 | 798 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somerset County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sussex County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the spelling Beaty for John Beatty, Clarke for Abraham Clark, and Kitcheel for Aaron Kitchel.
[7]The Original Election Returns for Gloucester County uses the spelling Ketchel for Aaron Kitchel.
[8]The name Abraham Kitchell appears on the Original Election Returns for Gloucester County, but he did not receive any votes.
[9]The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ), November 14, reports 7028 votes for John Beatty, 5741 votes for Jonathan Dayton, 5036 votes for Abraham Clark, 4626 votes for Elias Boudinet and 3066 votes for Aaron Kitchel.
[10]Woods's Newark Gazette (Newark, NJ) reports 7028 votes for John Beatty, 5741 votes for Jonathan Dayton, and 3666 votes for Aaron Kitchel.
[11]John Beatty received 74 votes as John Beaty.
[12]John Beatty received 73 votes as John Beaty.
[13]John Beatty received 12 votes as John Beaty.
[14]John Beatty received 22 votes as John Beaty.
[15]John Beatty received 126 votes as John Beaty.
[16]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), New-Jersey State Gazette (Trenton, NJ), and New York Journal report 601 votes for Elias Boudinet.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
Original Election Tally Sheets. Monmouth County Archives, Freehold.
New Jersey Privy Council Records. Vol. I. 176.
New-Jersey State Gazette (Trenton, NJ). October 17, 1792.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1792.
The New-York Journal, and Patriotic Register (New York, NY). October 20, 1792.
The Guardian; or, New-Brunswick Advertiser (New Brunswick, NJ). November 14, 1792.
Woods's Newark Gazette (Newark, NJ). November 15, 1792.
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