New Jersey 1816 U.S. House of Representatives
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- New Jersey 1816 U.S. House of Representatives
- Date:
- 1816
- State:
- New Jersey
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- John Linn, Charles Kinsey, Henry Southard, Joseph Bloomfield, Benjamin Bennett, Ephraim Bateman, John Frelinghuysen, James Parker, Jacob S. Thompson, Charles Ewing, Samuel W. Harrison, John Cummings, Franklin Davenport, John Johnson, Elias Boudinot, James Giles, William Colfax, Charles Kinsey, Jerediah Duboice, Jonathan Dayton, Israel Canfield, Isaac Williamson, Thomas Newbold, William MacCullough, Joseph C. Hornblower, Samuel Southard, Isaiah Shinn, John Simpson, John Outwater, Gervas Hale, Robert Colfax, Robert W. Rutherford, John Kinsey, John F. Smith, John Rutherford, James E. Wescott, Bernard Smith, Samuel Pennington, David Thompson, Aaron Vansyckel, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Joseph Sharp
Candidates: | John Linn[1] | Charles Kinsey[2] | Henry Southard[3] | Joseph Bloomfield[4] | Benjamin Bennett[5] | Ephraim Bateman[6] | John Frelinghuysen | James Parker | Jacob S. Thompson | Charles Ewing | Samuel W. Harrison | John Cummings | Franklin Davenport | John Johnson | Elias Boudinot | James Giles | William Colfax | Charles Kinsey[7] | Jerediah Duboice | Jonathan Dayton | Israel Canfield | Isaac Williamson | Thomas Newbold | William MacCullough | Joseph C. Hornblower | Samuel Southard | Isaiah Shinn | John Simpson | John Outwater | Gervas Hale | Robert Colfax | Robert W. Rutherford | John Kinsey | John F. Smith | John Rutherford | James E. Wescott | Bernard Smith | Samuel Pennington | David Thompson | Aaron Vansyckel | Frederick Frelinghuysen | Joseph Sharp |
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Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Result: [8] | 5691 | 5589 | 5544 | 5498 | 5472 | 5434 | 102 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 70 | 54 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bergen County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Burlington County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cape May County | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lower | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Middle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Upper | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cumberland County | 288 | 289 | 287 | 285 | 288 | 284 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Deerfield | 48 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Downe | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fairfield | 85 | 87 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greenwich[9] | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hopewell | 49 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Maurice River | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Millville | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Stoe Creek | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Essex County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gloucester County | 204 | 204 | 204 | 204 | 193 | 204 | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | - | 17 | - | 17 | 17 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Deptford | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Egg Harbour | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Galloway | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gloucester Town | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gloucester Township | 41 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greenwich | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hamilton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Newtown | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | - | 17 | - | 17 | 17 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Waterford | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Weymouth | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Woolwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hunterdon County | 620 | 615 | 620 | 619 | 618 | 616 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 57 | 45 | 32 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Alexandria | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Armwell | 227 | 224 | 228 | 229 | 228 | 231 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bethlehem | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hopewell | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kingwood | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lawrence | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lebanon | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Readington | 55 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tewksbury | 50 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 7 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Trenton | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Middlesex County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Monmouth County | 460 | 459 | 456 | 458 | 448 | 456 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Dover | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Freehold | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Howell | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Middletown | 184 | 183 | 184 | 182 | 186 | 182 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Shrewsbury | 129 | 131 | 129 | 131 | 124 | 131 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Stafford | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Upper Freehold | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Morris County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Salem County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Somerset County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sussex County | 778 | 711 | 714 | 682 | 694 | 639 | 44 | 29 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 29 | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Byram | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Frankford | 29 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Greenwich | 69 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hardwick | 58 | 49 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 47 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hardyston[10] | 139 | 138 | 139 | 139 | 136 | 138 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Independence | 54 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 43 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Knowlton | 56 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 57 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mansfield[11] | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Montague | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Newton | 56 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oxford | 71 | 63 | 60 | 45 | 60 | 60 | 33 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Sandyston | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Vernon[12] | 39 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wallpack | 36 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 36 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wantage | 75 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 8 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]Elected.
[7]of Burlington.
[8]"The following is a statement of the votes given at the late election in this state for representatives to Congress....There were a number of scattering votes; but no regular opposition to the Ticket agreed on by the Republican Convention." The True American (Trenton, NJ). November 25, 1816.
[9]Charles Kinsey received 10 votes with the wrong county listed.
[10]Charles Kinsey received 138 votes with the wrong county listed.
[11]Charles Kinsey received 12 votes with the wrong county listed.
[12]Charles Kinsey received 65 votes with the wrong county listed.
References:
Original Election Returns. New Jersey State Library, Trenton.
The Alexandria Herald (Alexandria, VA). October 21, 1816.
The Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ). November 12, 1816.
The Fredonian (New Brunswick, NJ). November 14, 1816.
Trenton Federalist (Trenton, NJ). November 25, 1816.
The True American (Trenton, NJ). November 25, 1816.
Sussex Register (Newton, NJ). December 2, 1816.
Washington Whig (Bridgeton, NJ). December 2, 1816.
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