Aaron Kitchell

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 10, 1744
Died: June 25, 1820
Age at death: 75
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1798

Career timeline

1791Rep 1792Rep 1794Rep 1798Rep

4-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Kitchell9,883

Opponents74,039

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1798, Aaron Kitchell ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning all 4. Kitchell's biggest single-election total was 3,656 votes, in the 1792 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district. Kitchell's closest win came in the 1798 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 2, decided by 2,112 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 2, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's at-large district, or all 1798 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Aaron Kitchell received?

Aaron Kitchell has received 9,883 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.

Election history

Aaron Kitchell’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	3,39972.54%	Benjamin Thomson
1794	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	—	Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Isaac Smith Thomas Henderson Mark Thomson
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	3,6567.8%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) John Armstrong Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	2,8288.75%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Batoman Lloyd James Parker Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (K000246) and Wikidata (Q302196). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.