Abraham Ogden

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1834

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Ogden62,707

Opponents1.1M

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1834, Abraham Ogden ran in 10 U.S. House elections, losing all 10. Ogden's biggest single-election total was 26,372 votes, in the 1834 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Abraham Ogden received?

Abraham Ogden has received 62,707 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–10.

Election history

Abraham Ogden’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1834	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	26,3728.17%	William Shinn Philemon Dickerson Ferdinand Schenck Thomas Lee James Parker Samuel Fowler Silas Condict (head-to-head) Randolph Samuel Pennington Spencer Brick
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	480.17%	Ephraim Bateman George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn James Matlack Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) John Rutherford (head-to-head) Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton (head-to-head) A C Thompson Charles Ewing Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit (head-to-head) James Wilson
1810	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5230.62%	Jacob Hufty (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) George Maxwell Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Morgan William Coxe (head-to-head) John Neilson (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) John Doughty James Parker (head-to-head) Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) William Campfield (head-to-head)
1808	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,6097.31%	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Cox Jacob Hufty (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) William Campfield (head-to-head) John Neilson (head-to-head) Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5,789	William Helms (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) George C Maxwell John Beatty (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	136	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) James Cadwalader (head-to-head) William Colefax Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head)
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3810.45%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell (head-to-head)
1800	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,1779.87%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5930.32%	Abraham Clark Jonathan Dayton Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell James Cadwalader (head-to-head) James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) John Sheppard (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Batoman Lloyd James Parker (head-to-head) Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	790.1%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Stevens James Linn (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell (head-to-head) James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict (head-to-head) Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard (head-to-head) John Rutherford (head-to-head) William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong John Neilson (head-to-head)

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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.