Bayard

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1868

Career timeline

1791Rep 1792Rep 1804Rep 1868Rep

0-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bayard11,993

Opponents173,603

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1868, Bayard ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Bayard's biggest single-election total was 11,539 votes, in the 1868 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 1.

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How many votes has Bayard received?

Bayard has received 11,993 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Bayard’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1868	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	11,53943.13%	William Moore
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5	Henry Southard Ebenezer Elmer John Lambert William Helms James Sloan Ezra Darby Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay James Cadwalader (head-to-head) William Colefax Richard Stockton Job Smith (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2530.54%	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) Aaron Kitchell (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) 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	Lost	1960.61%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) 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

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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.