Benjamin Thomson

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1814

Career timeline

1789Rep 1798Rep 1810Rep 1814Rep

0-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Thomson5,290

Opponents338,999

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1814, Benjamin Thomson ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Thomson's biggest single-election total was 3,882 votes, in the 1814 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Benjamin Thomson received?

Benjamin Thomson has received 5,290 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Benjamin Thomson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1814	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3,882	Ephraim Bateman Ezra Baker Benjamin Bennet Thomas Ward Henry Southard Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) James Giles Cornelius Harrison John N Cumming
1810	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	570.07%	Jacob Hufty Adam Boyd Lewis Condict (head-to-head) George Maxwell Thomas Newbold James Morgan Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) William Coxe John Neilson (head-to-head) Richard Stockton Thomas Sinnickson John Beatty John Doughty James Parker (head-to-head) William Campfield
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,28727.46%	Aaron Kitchell
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	640.09%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower Stevens James Linn Abraham Kitchell James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith 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.