1791 New Jersey U.S. House At-large Election

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Who won the 1791 New Jersey U.S. House At-large Election?

Abraham Clark won the 1791 New Jersey U.S. House At-large Election. Abraham Clark received 6,435 popular votes (19.9%). The main challenger was Jonathan Dayton (13.75%).

See the full head-to-head between Clark and Dayton

Clark +6.1 pts · won by 1,989 votes

Abraham ClarkIndependentWINNER19.9%

6,435 votes

Jonathan DaytonIndependentWINNER13.75%

4,446 votes

Elias BoudinotIndependentWINNER13.71%

4,433 votes

Aaron KitchellIndependentWINNER8.75%

2,828 votes

James LinnIndependent5.48%

1,773 votes

Thomas SinnicksonIndependent5.1%

1,648 votes

Robert HoopsIndependent4.92%

1,592 votes

Thomas HendersonIndependent3.74%

1,210 votes

John WitherspoonIndependent2.73%

884 votes

John BeattyIndependent2.26%

731 votes

John SheppardIndependent1.85%

598 votes

Joseph EllisIndependent1.73%

560 votes

James SchuremanIndependent1.51%

489 votes

John HarringIndependent1.13%

365 votes

Joseph HuggIndependent1.1%

356 votes

Samuel DickIndependent0.65%

210 votes

BayardIndependent0.61%

196 votes

Job SmithIndependent0.49%

158 votes

Ebenezer ElmerIndependent0.49%

157 votes

Abraham OgdenIndependent0.32%

593 votes

Jeremiah EldridgeIndependent0.21%

69 votes

Franklin DavenportIndependent0.16%

53 votes

Samuel SharpIndependent0.11%

35 votes

Richard HowellIndependent0.1%

36 votes

Cornelius HarrisonIndependent0.1%

32 votes

Joseph BloomfieldIndependent0.07%

22 votes

Batoman LloydIndependent0.06%

21 votes

James ParkerIndependent0.06%

21 votes

Archibald CampbellIndependent0.06%

19 votes

William EuguisjinskyIndependent0.05%

15 votes

Garrit LydulumIndependent0.02%

8 votes

James CadwaladerIndependent0.01%

2,279 votes

Robert HooperIndependent0.01%

52 votes

Abraham RyersonIndependent0.01%

4 votes

Harvey LordIndependent0.01%

4 votes

John BensonIndependent0.01%

3 votes

Adonijah SchuylerIndependent0.01%

2 votes

George J DooremusIndependent0%

1 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 8.7% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.